The post about why people pour a part of their drinks on the ground before indulging made me remember that Africans are gradually losing their culture because of urbanization or Europeanization

Every family or clan has a totem and Oriki/ pedigree which is a string of praises/Ballad associated with them particularly

In my family as a true born Aboriginal Ekiti, Out totem is Ekun (Leopard)

My grandfather a chief among his tribe had it painted on the fence in front of his compound.

Our Oriki/pedigree begins with these lines

'Omo Owa, Omo Ekun'
Omo Apoyimokoko....

These phrases explains our origin

Omo owa means, the child of Owa (Owa is another title for a king as seen in Ilesha, Idanre etc)

Omo Ekun means child of the Leopard
(The first king of Akure, another Ekiti town is a man named Ekun)

Omo Apoyimokoko means the child of women that makes pots

So you can see that in African culture, we do not have written records but we have our own way of keeping history. It's through oral renditions.

From the excerpt from my tribe's Oriki you can tell that my forefathers were nobles and Kings while their wives made clay pots and I am related to Ilesha and Akure....

These Oriki/pedigrees are recited during ceremonies in the village especially by wives that are married into the family and they will follow u around blowing u air with a rather big hand fan. You have to spray them money.


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Good thread

In igbo land, Agu is Leopard..
The original ISI-AGU ATTIRE of the igbo is Leopard's Head and not the tiger or lion's head..

The leopard was also the animal totem of the Zulu.
That proud people of South Africa remain proud of it.

Our culture is our pride.
We were surprised to see the thread the other day also.
Our culture as a nation needs to be uphold for the next generations.
Enough of the foolish 'wokeness' that some are enforcing on us.

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In igbo land, Agu is Leopard..
The original ISI-AGU ATTIRE of the igbo is Leopard's Head and not the tiger or lion's head..

The leopard was also the animal totem of the Zulu.
That proud people of South Africa remain proud of it.

Our culture is our pride.
We were surprised to see the thread the other day also.

Oh really?

I know that Igbo language and Yoruba are in the same group and family, they are related.

Now this occurrence of leopard in both cultures can not be overlooked

The Yorubas and igbos are relatives if you ask me

By the way, what's your families totem?
Apart from the general igbos

No clue..... really have no interest in such things.

illicit:


Oh really?

I know that Igbo language and Yoruba are in the same group and family, they are related.

Now this occurrence of Tiger in both cultures can not be bypassed

The Yorubas and igbos are relatives if you ask me

By the way, what's your families totem?
Apart from the general igbos

When we say all of us @[/b],
You should know we are more than one!
If we want to start, Then we will be mentioning multiples of totems.
Therefore, let us leave it at that.
That [b]totem above is the majority from the house of MANNA.
We all wear it with pride.

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When we say all of us @[/b],
You should know we are more than one!
If we want to start, Then we will be mentioning multiples of totems.
Therefore, let us leave it at that.
That [b]totem above is the majority from the house of MANNA.
We all wear it with pride.

All of you are doing well

But it's still lion head I am seeing, can it be changed to Leopards head

Kobojunkie:
No clue..... really have no interest in such things.

Hmmmm u are missing something

I guess u are African American

illicit:
Hmmmm u are missing something
I guess u are African American

I am missing absolutely nothing, and no, I am not African American. I was born and raised right there in the same Nigeria with everyone else.

Kobojunkie:
I am missing absolutely nothing, and no, I am not African American. I was born and raised right there in the same Nigeria with everyone else.

U never visited ur village?

It's not a big deal

It's just cultural and normal to have such knowledge at your disposal

illicit:
U never visited ur village?
It's not a big deal
It's just cultural and normal to have such knowledge at your disposal

I have, to visit grandfolks back in the days but that's pretty much normal for kids and folks everywhere.

It's for those who subscribe to all them culture stuff really.... i instead choose to live my own ruled and define my own culture.

Kobojunkie:
I have, to visit grandfolks back in the days but that's pretty much normal for kids and folks everywhere.

It's for those who subscribe to all them culture stuff really.... i instead choose to live my own ruled and define my own culture.

That's how I learnt too cos I was curious

It's not like I was sat down and taught those things, I just picked it

When u go to the village, even the air u breath in is cultural

illicit:
That's how I learnt too cos I was curious

It's not like I was sat down and taught those things, I just picked it

When u go to the village, even the air u breath in is cultural

Like I said, I went to the village, listened to all about culture and came away knowing I needed none of it.

Kobojunkie:
Like I said, I went to the village, listened to all about culture and came away knowing I needed none of it.

Some part of it are not necessary tho, I get u

There's a phrase in my family's pedigree that suggests human sacrifice

illicit:

Some part of it are not necessary tho, I get u
There's a phrase in my family's pedigree that suggests human sacrifice

None of it is necessary!

You can choose to have none of it if you want. I saw, ad a child, people who lived right there in the villages above the influence of culture and I liked that they were not bothered or moved by all the noise around them.

Kobojunkie:
None of it is necessary!

Some are

There's age grade system and initiation rites to adulthood for males

illicit:
Some are

There's age grade system and initiation rites to adulthood for males

Like I said, even those are none of them necessary.

Kobojunkie:
Like I said, even those are none of them necessary.

It's our culture

Europeans have theirs too

illicit:

It's our culture
Europeans have theirs too

So what?

Kobojunkie:
So what?

So it's a necessity

History is essential

illicit:
So it's a necessit
History is essential

That in no way makes it a necessity.

Kobojunkie:
That in no way makes it a necessity.

Yoruba adage said

U must remember where u are coming from no matter where u are going to

illicit:
Yoruba adage said
U must remember where u are coming from no matter where u are going to

Interesting reference!

if I don't have this memory, what happens then?

Kobojunkie:
So if I don't have this memory, what happens then?

It means something wrong or bad has already happened

The culture doesn't have a place in u and vice versa

illicit:
It means something wrong or bad has already happened

The culture doesn't have a place in u and vice versa

Why is that a bad thing or wrong?

Why is wrong that I was not brainwashed by the culture?

Kobojunkie:
Why is that a bad thing or wrong?

Why is wrong that I was not brainwashed by the culture?

It's part of your history

U dont have to partake but the knowledge is essential

Not knowing ur pedigree is not something to be proud of if u ask me

illicit:
It's part of your history

U dont have to partake but the knowledge is essential

Not knowing ur pedigree is not something to be proud of if u ask me

It's only a part of your history if you need it to be otherwise you can exist without all that unnecessary burden on you.

As for your pedigree, the only one who cares about such things is really you and others who think as you do. Most people don't really give a flying fk about such things. They only ask either it is polite to or they are looking to make conversation. .

Kobojunkie:
It's only a part of your history if you need it to be otherwise you can exist without all that unnecessary burden on you.

As for your pedigree, the only one who cares about such things is really you and others who think as you do.

Yeah just like the Chinese, Japanese and the American indians

illicit:
Yeah just like the Chinese, Japanese and the American indians

Many of those rarely mention even theirs unless there is something valuable in the play and associated .e.g. scholarship, award, etc.

Kobojunkie:
Many of those rarely mention even theirs unless there is something valuable in the play and associated .e.g. scholarship, award, etc.

History is valuable

illicit:
History is valuable

indeed it is a valuable too used by the writers to mostly forward their ideas and opinions.

Kobojunkie:
indeed it is a valuable too used by the writers to mostly forward their ideas and opinions.

This one is not written

It's oral, it's personal

Its part of any African only if u are too woke or shy of being African