Punchline Amund is coming to LONDON for the first international edition of Punchline Live.
Date: September 6
Venue: The Courtyard Theater
Time: 7PM
Ticket Link: https://t.co/TqOFV1wb37
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Agbada above the knee (before or after) raising your hands is not agbada.
Agbada with sleeves not up to your wrist is not Agbaga.
And stop wearing “Shoe gbengbe” on native.
Pleaseeeeee
Hand don touch this one, Akinkunmi Oluwaseun of SA Property. One of the house agents duping people in Akobo and environs. He's not even trusted amongst his fellow agent. He has duped so many clients and get away with it.
I know we love Oyo State, ibadan especially. But as much as we hype Ibadan, have you been to Oyo town? Have you seen our inner roads? It's mostly nothing to write about. Durbar to Akinmorin. Have you been to the Durbar Stadium? Governance should touch every part of the state.
I like this submission so much. I have always contributed to this never-ending debate not only because I am from Oyo, but also because I am a historian. No serious historian will diminish the place of Ife or Oyo in Yoruba history. Any writer online can twist English together to make themselves sound intelligent, but what qualifications do they have to make certain assertions? And why should we accept their story as the gospel truth?
Many people do not realize why it is difficult to erase Oyo’s place in Yoruba history. Oyo contributed so much to what is now Yoruba history and culture for the reductionist agenda of “once an empire” that online storytellers are pushing. Talk about entertainment instruments like drums (Dundun, royal drums like bata, Sekere, Aro, Adede, Ganku, Koso, Gangan, Esa, Lauku) all had their roots in Oyo. The Egungun masquerade which is central to Yoruba spiritual and cultural life is rooted in Oyo Yoruba kingdom etc.
When we studied the political administration of the Yoruba people in Yoruba history class, we used the Oyo model to explain how the Yoruba people governed themselves because it was the most sophisticated, preserved and documented. We learned about political systems developed by the Oyo such as power devolution, checks and balances to ensure no king should have absolute authority with any checks etc. All these are documented in the pages of history.
The Yoruba speaking people did not call themselves Yoruba before Europeans came in contact with them. They were not unified under the spiritual or political leadership of a certain Yoruba king. But those who have the military and political instruments expanded to have some towns under them. They spoke the same languages but had the authority of their own. The earliest recorded Yoruba civilization started in Ife so the place of Ife in Yoruba history is firm, no one can twist or rewrite that no matter how much they try. But that civilization would not exist today if other Yoruba communities did not promote, preserve and protect it from aggressors who wanted to erase our culture.
I understand why modern Oyo rulers and historians find it difficult to submit to the rulership of any institution. In history, Oyo was never under the rulership of an external power, they never paid tribute to any empire or spiritual leader. They were on their own, expanding, conquering, re-establishing locations and forming alliances until colonialism put together people with common language and culture. But the truth is, we have to acknowledge our source (Ife) without reducing the place of Oyo in history. We are beyond bemoaning the past. It is just sad to see what Yoruba people are doing to one another online trying to distort their own history and making enemies out of themselves. I wish our traditional rulers can push beyond the supremacy battle and discuss development of the Yoruba race. Remember, a house divided against itself won’t stand.
I am dedicating this Year’s EndSars Anniversary to Pelumi Onifade; a young promising journalist who was arrested and killed in detention for recording the video of a Nigerian Politician shooting at EndSars Protesters.
Four years later, Justice has not been served in the matter of Pelumi Onifade. The Lagos State Government has also refused to release his body to his family.
This injustice must come to an end!!!
Hello September 🌿
New month, new and fresh opportunities to align our vision with our goals.
Just like requirements gathering, when we pause to clarify what we really want, the path forward becomes easier, smoother, and more rewarding.
So here’s a thought for us as BAs: