Absolutely, the Yoruba language wasn't created by the British; it was already in use by Oyo people long before the British invaders arrived. The real Yoruba people are the Oyo speakers, and Oyo was a vast Empire that included individuals from various ethnic backgrounds. Many of these people weren't originally Yoruba, but they became 'Yorubanized' due to their association with the Oyo Empire.
* The ๐ช๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป-๐ฌ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ (also known as ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒฬ or ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ) was developed by Ajayi Cowther in the 1840s. He primarily used 60% Oyo, 20% Edo, 10% Nupe, 10% Bariba, and 10% Hausa/Arabic.
* This language was already being spoken by the people within the Oyo Empire; Ajayi Crowther just compiled it into a single book. It's also important to note that not everyone in Yoruba-land today was part of the Oyo Empire. The Ondo, Eko, and some areas of Ekiti were under the Benin Empire and spoke Edo before the British amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914, which grouped them under the Oyo-Yoruba identity.
@akogunsmith@AKakanfo@rsalami208 MS Baba,a low life bigot,is your model of Yoruba great?Christians and Muslim Yoruba constitutes the largest religious demography of Yoruba.Denigrating and insulting that demography can only polarize,unity is what strengthens us.
I challenge any king in the southwest to put this on their car. The only one who can be called an Emperor in Yoruba-land is the Alaafin of Oyo; the rest are merely lower kings, chiefs, dukes, and native doctors like the Ooni of Ife.
The hypocrisy is loud:
Ibadan freely celebrates its warlords & military glory. Egbaland proudly holds Lisabi Festival, honoring revolt against Oyo Empire โ and nobody complains.
But when Oyo people speak about their powerful ancient Empire with pride? They call it arrogance,
@Pathfinder077@AbiolaMrWealth Ko deni ragba fun E ... NOK art senior Ife art and there are beautiful pieces of NOK art.... Mumu Na useless people like u dey make other tribes call us local..... calling Ori looking the greatest art of all time๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ cover your face adojutini Omo ofo