Yoruba a major tribe in Nigeria is seen to have being posted on a Facebook page of a former minister of aviation saying that the Yoruba tribe dose not exist. Read Blow....
One day all truth, no matter how bitter or hard to accept, will no longer be hidden and ignored and men will no longer be blinded by their own ignorance, pride and folly.
The following is a simple and clear contribution to the "Yoruba/Yariba" debate and in my view the highly acclaimed, well-respected and distiguished author, Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon, got it absolutely right.
The purveyors of falsehood, mendacity, historical revisionism, lies and perfidy in our midst do not want the sons and daughters of Oduduwa, the Aku's and the Anagos to know the truth about the history of the name that they were given by the Fulani 100 years ago and they are desperate to supress that truth and cover it up.
Unfortunately for them the cat is out of the bag and the 100 dark years of bearing a name that is not ours, that has questionable roots and that has a malevolent and deeply insulting meaning will soon come to an end!
Is it any wonder that when great sons of Ooduwa, the Aku and the Anago, like Sir Adeyemo Alakija and Chief Obafemi Awolowo established the paramount and leading South Western socio-political and cultural organisation in history they named it "Egbe Omo Oduduwa" and not "Egbe Omo Yoruba".
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YORUBA DOES NOT EXIST IN IFA ― Ifayemi Elebuibon.
A renown traditionalist and the Araba of Osogbo, Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon said prior to contact with the Hausa/Fulani, the race is known as the people of Ife, saying it is unfortunate that the people failed to coin a word to call the race before coming into contact with the Hausas.
According to him, the Yoruba race is usually referred to as ‘aku’ in the very early stage because of the way the people greet each other.
He agreed that the race was given the name Yariba from which it became Yoruba, saying the earliest leaders of the race failed to have a collective name.
Elebuibon added that the race ought to be called the people of Ife, saying that was how Ifa referred to the race.
He said, “we are Ife people, it is rather unfortunate that we didn’t have one word to comprise all Yoruba before Fulani or Hausa gave us yariba to become Yoruba ‘aku’ is the words they used for us in beginning because we used to greet each other by saying ‘aku owuro’, ‘Aku asaale’ it is aku people or anago that other Africans referred to you.
He opined that since the people originate from Ile-Ife, the race is ought to be known the people of Ife,
“Actually since Yoruba origins is at Ile Ife ‘Eni fe abi ara Ile Ife Loye ka ma je’, we are indigenous people of Ootu Ife”, he added. (Vanguard Newspaper, 25th October, 2019)
Let those that refuse to accept the bitter truth, no matter how scholarly, elderly or eminent, reflect on Elebuibon's insightful and incisive counsel and words. Remember: we are what we call ourselves!
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