#Yorubacivilization - Twitter Hashtag

4 months ago

@USinNigeria #NoKcivilization=#Yorubacivilization #NokCulture disintegrated pre-Islam and-Pre Christianity @ #Lokoja(iLokoEja)/#Ajaokuta in Ancient times #Ooniofife #ifebronze(#Oonirisha)=#Ogun son of #Oduduwa.↩️↕️ #Shango father> #OranMiyan Father of #ObaOfBenin (#BeninBronze)& #OyoEmpire

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Adetayo Adebowale @apotiowo

6 months ago

@mallamclever *Old OyO National park* is the exact location of #Oyoile <>#OyoEmpire destroyed by #FulaniJihad of #UsmanDanfodio against #YorubaCivilization 1400-1879 including,#Ilorin #Afonja today's #IlorinEmirate, This #Islamicextremism presented today as #Iswap #Bokoharam #Lakurawa etc

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Adetayo Adebowale @apotiowo

6 months ago

@NGRPresident @HQNigerianArmy At #Nigeriagovernment It's great you call it Sir💎 @officialABAT <> #NigeriaPresident It's<> #Islamicextremism(#Islamic #Terrorism In #Nigeria Against #Christianity and #Isese <>#ancientReligion of #YorubaCivilization Thank you,they are #terrorist to the🌎🌍 #Globalcommunity

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Adetayo Adebowale @apotiowo

8 months ago

@IamaChristian10 @NGRPresident @officialABAT #NokCivilization #precusor Of #YorubaCivilization in #antiquity #YorubaCulture=#Nokculture #Yoruba #Own #MiddlebeltNigeria In #Antiquity B4 #spreading out to da #world's #Ogun In #Chacolitic #Stoneage of #ironage to #Sango to His sons #Oranmiyan and #AlaafinofOyo #Oonirisha

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@Awujo01

over 1 year ago

Fighting From the Culture: The Politics of Ceremony and the Fall of #YorubaCivilization They told us to preserve our #culture — but only the part that doesn’t threaten them. They let us keep the dance, the cloth, the food, so long as we stopped using our #wisdom to build, to govern, to lead, to think. And now look at us: Fighting for the culture like beggars. Instead of fighting from the culture like owners. What was once a #civilization has now become a #ceremony. Once, we were a people of blueprint, not performance. We didn’t just pray. We knew. We didn’t just worship. We built. We didn’t just honor #ancestors. We inherited responsibilities. But they, the colonial powers, the missionaries, the modern mind-washers, knew something: If you can turn a civilization into theatre, you can sell the costumes back to the people who once ruled the stage. That is what happened to the #Yoruba. Our #Òrìṣà became ornaments. Our #kings became influencers. Our #knowledge became superstition. Our women, once priestesses and political pillars, are now props in imported #gender wars. What we called #law, they called lore. What we called #science, they called myth. What we called #sacred, they called savage. And now we, too, have swallowed the lie. We say “#Ọba” with no understanding of the system. We say “#Ìṣẹ̀ṣe” but cannot read #Odù. We say “#ọmọlúwàbí” but uphold no code. And this is not just about us. This is what happened to the Egyptians, turned into museums. To the Aztecs, turned into ruins. To the Native Americans, turned into casinos and costumes. But also, this is what did not happen to others: The #Chinese brought back their dragons when the West thought them dead. The #Indians built satellites using Sanskrit mathematics. These people fought from their culture and resurrected #nations. But us? We wear #agbádá to weddings and call it resistance. We sprinkle #Yoruba in songs and call it revival. We name our babies with ancestral tones but raise them without ancestral thought. We think we’re keeping our #heritage alive, but all we’ve kept is the wrapping paper. And now, the world is eating our substance. White women channel #Ọ̀ṣun and sell it as “divine feminine coaching.” American celebrities burn sage and chant mantras they found on TikTok. Africans in Europe consult their ancestors in private and go to church in public. What we were killed for... ...is now sold back to us for a fee. This is the fall. Not with bombs. Not with bullets. But with beads, betrayal, and borrowed accents. And still, we say we are “progressing.” No. We are regressing with style. And look around you. We are now the only people who celebrate our very existence like an event. “#YorubaDay.” “#Ìṣẹ̀ṣeDay.” “African Culture Day.” When last did you hear English Day? Or German Day? Or French Cultural Heritage Day with parades and drummers in Trafalgar Square? They don’t have to celebrate their #identity. Because they built #institutions from it. Because they enforced policies from it. Because they legislate from their culture. But us? We dress up once a year and throw parties to prove we are still alive. We treat our identity like masquerade season, while others treat theirs like national interest. We have turned existence into a ceremony. We are now content with dancing on the grave of our forgotten systems. We must stop fighting for the culture. We must start fighting from the culture. Let #IFA not just be quoted, let it govern. Let #Ọba not just be crowned, let him be accountable. Let our women not just dance #Ọ̀ṣun, let them walk in her power. Let our language not just decorate T-shirts, let it shape thinking. We are not a people of ceremony. We are a people of civilization. And if we want to live again, truly live, then we must stop performing the ancestors... ...and start becoming them.

Awujo01's tweet photo. Fighting From the Culture: The Politics of Ceremony and the Fall of #YorubaCivilization

They told us to preserve our #culture — but only the part that doesn’t threaten them.
They let us keep the dance, the cloth, the food, so long as we stopped using our #wisdom to build, to govern, to lead, to think.

And now look at us:
Fighting for the culture like beggars.
Instead of fighting from the culture like owners.

What was once a #civilization has now become a #ceremony.

Once, we were a people of blueprint, not performance.
We didn’t just pray. We knew.
We didn’t just worship. We built.
We didn’t just honor #ancestors. We inherited responsibilities.

But they, the colonial powers, the missionaries, the modern mind-washers, knew something:

If you can turn a civilization into theatre, you can sell the costumes back to the people who once ruled the stage.

That is what happened to the #Yoruba.
Our #Òrìṣà became ornaments.
Our #kings became influencers.
Our #knowledge became superstition.
Our women, once priestesses and political pillars, are now props in imported #gender wars.

What we called #law, they called lore.
What we called #science, they called myth.
What we called #sacred, they called savage.

And now we, too, have swallowed the lie.
We say “#Ọba” with no understanding of the system.
We say “#Ìṣẹ̀ṣe” but cannot read #Odù.
We say “#ọmọlúwàbí” but uphold no code.

And this is not just about us.

This is what happened to the Egyptians, turned into museums.
To the Aztecs, turned into ruins.
To the Native Americans, turned into casinos and costumes.

But also, this is what did not happen to others:

The #Chinese brought back their dragons when the West thought them dead.
The #Indians built satellites using Sanskrit mathematics.

These people fought from their culture and resurrected #nations.

But us?
We wear #agbádá to weddings and call it resistance.
We sprinkle #Yoruba in songs and call it revival.
We name our babies with ancestral tones but raise them without ancestral thought.

We think we’re keeping our #heritage alive, but all we’ve kept is the wrapping paper.

And now, the world is eating our substance.

White women channel #Ọ̀ṣun and sell it as “divine feminine coaching.”
American celebrities burn sage and chant mantras they found on TikTok.
Africans in Europe consult their ancestors in private and go to church in public.

What we were killed for...
...is now sold back to us for a fee.

This is the fall.
Not with bombs. Not with bullets.
But with beads, betrayal, and borrowed accents.

And still, we say we are “progressing.”

No.
We are regressing with style.

And look around you. We are now the only people who celebrate our very existence like an event.
“#YorubaDay.” “#Ìṣẹ̀ṣeDay.” “African Culture Day.”

When last did you hear English Day?
Or German Day?
Or French Cultural Heritage Day with parades and drummers in Trafalgar Square?

They don’t have to celebrate their #identity.
Because they built #institutions from it.
Because they enforced policies from it.
Because they legislate from their culture.

But us?
We dress up once a year and throw parties to prove we are still alive.
We treat our identity like masquerade season, while others treat theirs like national interest.
We have turned existence into a ceremony.
We are now content with dancing on the grave of our forgotten systems.

We must stop fighting for the culture.
We must start fighting from the culture.

Let #IFA not just be quoted, let it govern.
Let #Ọba not just be crowned, let him be accountable.
Let our women not just dance #Ọ̀ṣun, let them walk in her power.
Let our language not just decorate T-shirts, let it shape thinking.

We are not a people of ceremony.
We are a people of civilization.

And if we want to live again, truly live,
then we must stop performing the ancestors...
...and start becoming them.

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Think Yoruba First, Ogun Chapter @TYFOgun

over 1 year ago

Tonight! Join our Nationalism Hour: "Ife Empire and the Making of Yoruba Civilization" Let's dive into the rich history and cultural heritage that shaped our great nation! Who's ready to explore and celebrate our Yoruba roots? #NationalismHour #YorubaCivilization

TYFOgun's tweet photo. Tonight! Join our Nationalism Hour: "Ife Empire and the Making of Yoruba Civilization" Let's dive into the rich history and cultural heritage that shaped our great nation! Who's ready to explore and celebrate our Yoruba roots? #NationalismHour #YorubaCivilization https://t.co/ErBEkmWIlu

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Sodeke @dejuwura

over 1 year ago

Tonight! Join our Nationalism Hour: "Ife Empire and the Making of Yoruba Civilization" Let's dive into the rich history and cultural heritage that shaped our great nation! Who's ready to explore and celebrate our Yoruba roots? #NationalismHour #YorubaCivilization

dejuwura's tweet photo. Tonight! Join our Nationalism Hour: "Ife Empire and the Making of Yoruba Civilization" Let's dive into the rich history and cultural heritage that shaped our great nation! Who's ready to explore and celebrate our Yoruba roots? #NationalismHour #YorubaCivilization https://t.co/26wZB6ljKk

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TYF Delta-Edo States Chapter

@TYF_DeltaEdo

over 1 year ago

Tonight! Join our Nationalism Hour: "Ife Empire and the Making of Yoruba Civilization" Let's dive into the rich history and cultural heritage that shaped our great nation! Who's ready to explore and celebrate our Yoruba roots? #NationalismHour #YorubaCivilization

TYF_DeltaEdo's tweet photo. Tonight! Join our Nationalism Hour: "Ife Empire and the Making of Yoruba Civilization" Let's dive into the rich history and cultural heritage that shaped our great nation! Who's ready to explore and celebrate our Yoruba roots? #NationalismHour #YorubaCivilization https://t.co/ywwQFuqMU9

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