eagleccentric:
It is now clear that you are a true blockhead!!
How can you claim to know Benin more than the Binis
There's no need arguing with you

Equalizer:
For you to have mentioned that Oduduwa was indeed a Benin prince summarized the whole write.. Ask questions and I will educate you on what led to his emergency travel from Benin to Ife and how he was installed as Oni of ife...

olavictors:
STOP THE IDIOCY, ODUDUWA DID NOT FALL FROM THE SKY WITH A CHAIN = FACT, ODUDUWA DID NOT MIGRATE FROM MECCA = FACT, YORUBA PEOPLE EXISTED BEFORE ODUDUWA CAME TO IFE = FACT, ODUDUWA DEFINITELY WAS ROYAL WHEN HE LANDED IN IFE FROM HIS MAGICAL POWERS AND APPAREL, ODUDUWA DEFINITELY MIGRATED FROM A NEARBY POWERFUL EXISTING KINGDOM =FACT.......DUDE FROM ALL ABOVE IT IS CLEAR THAT ODUDUWA WAS THE MISSING PRINCE FROM IGODOMIGODO (BENIN EMPIRE) .....THE RESORT TO ORAMIYAN SPECIFICALLY BY THE EDO UZAMA IS PROOF POSITIVE....

There is no where in that article that claimed that oduduwa is a benin prince. the statement there is 'even if oduduwa is a benin prince'.

JIGHU:
STOP THE IDIOCY, ODUDUWA DID NOT FALL FROM THE SKY WITH A CHAIN = FACT, ODUDUWA DID NOT MIGRATE FROM MECCA = FACT, YORUBA PEOPLE EXISTED BEFORE ODUDUWA CAME TO IFE = FACT, ODUDUWA DEFINITELY WAS ROYAL WHEN HE LANDED IN IFE FROM HIS MAGICAL POWERS AND APPAREL, ODUDUWA DEFINITELY MIGRATED FROM A NEARBY POWERFUL EXISTING KINGDOM =FACT.......DUDE FROM ALL ABOVE IT IS CLEAR THAT ODUDUWA WAS THE MISSING PRINCE FROM IGODOMIGODO (BENIN EMPIRE) .....THE RESORT TO ORAMIYAN SPECIFICALLY BY THE EDO UZAMA IS PROOF POSITIVE....

There is no where in that article that claimed that oduduwa is a benin prince. the statement there is 'even if oduduwa is a benin prince'.

eagleccentric:


Thanks bro for the above.
Truth be told, every group has its own cultural history whether oral or written. However you look at it, the Benin history of Prince Ikalederan/Oduduwa makes more sense than what the yorubas hold on to that Oduduwa descended from heaven with a great chain. I wonder how people can believe such a fairy tale in this generation.. (SMH)

The fact that the yorubas were the first to embrace western education and hence the first writers of modern Nigerian history does not make the fables that was shoved down our throats in primary and secondary schools to be reality.

OP please forget about fairy tales and embrace reality. It is a known and accepted fact that Benin empire were the first to have have ambassadors in the royal courts in Europe but do we force that down the throats of others??

For those still doubting, i leave you with a simple question: How comes the name ODUDUWA has a Benin meaning but yet no known yoruba meaning or translation??

eagleccentric:


Thanks bro for the above.
Truth be told, every group has its own cultural history whether oral or written. However you look at it, the Benin history of Prince Ikalederan/Oduduwa makes more sense than what the yorubas hold on to that Oduduwa descended from heaven with a great chain. I wonder how people can believe such a fairy tale in this generation.. (SMH)

The fact that the yorubas were the first to embrace western education and hence the first writers of modern Nigerian history does not make the fables that was shoved down our throats in primary and secondary schools to be reality.

OP please forget about fairy tales and embrace reality. It is a known and accepted fact that Benin empire were the first to have have ambassadors in the royal courts in Europe but do we force that down the throats of others??

For those still doubting, i leave you with a simple question: How comes the name ODUDUWA has a Benin meaning but yet no known yoruba meaning or translation??

olavictors:


Oduduwa (odu to da iwa) has meaning in Yoruba.

Oduduwa has Yoruba meaning, Google is your friend. I know the claim that oduduwa came down from heaven has no basis, but you will agree with me that eweka belongs to the oranmiyan dynasty, simple.

macof:

oduduwa came from Orun(u may choose to translate this as heaven or sky) thats what it is. however the oduduwa you should be talking about isnt the Sky Oduduwa but the earthly one who WHO CAME FROM OKE-ORA northeast of Ife
just because he didnt come from the sky doesnt mean he came from Benin.... same way u called ur first dynastic kings "kings from the sky" doesnt mean they actually came from the sky
stop acting like benin doesnt have its own myths which get woven into history





lol. but u arent even yoruba and cant speak d language. how do u expect to know the meaning of a yoruba name?

olavictors:


Oduduwa (odu to da iwa) has meaning in Yoruba.

Oduduwa has Yoruba meaning, Google is your friend. I know the claim that oduduwa came down from heaven has no basis, but you will agree with me that eweka belongs to the oranmiyan dynasty, simple.

JIGHU:
THE NAME IS IZEDUWA OR EKALADAREN ...LIKE I SAID BEFORE YORUBA EXISTED LONG BEFORE ODUDUWA AND HE DID NOT FOUND YORUBA LANGUAGE.....PEOPLE LIVED IN IFE BEFORE HE CAME (THE ASSUMPTION THAT ODUDUWA OR IZEDUWA FOUNDED THE YORUBA RACE IS THE MOST UNFOUNDED POSIT OF ALL TIME) NAMES LIKE OKODUWA, OMOJUWA,IZEDUWA STILL EXIST TODAY IN BENIN BECAUSE IT IS PART OF THE LANGUAGE BUT NOBODY BEARS ODUDUWA OR CLOSE TO IT IN YORUBA LAND.....

JIGHU:
ODU TO DA IWA IS NEVER THE SAME AS ODUDUWA, IT IS A CLEVER MANIPULATION BY YOU .....IWA AND UWA ARE NOT SAME THING....UWA MEANS HOME IN BENIN LANGUAGE AND IWA MEANS ATTITUDE IN YORUBA.....HOW ODU TO DA IWA CAN MEAN ODUDUWA MUST REALLY CONFOUND YOU WHO CRAFTED IT