musicwriter:
For those of you who care about history.

As insulting as the press release by the Emir of Ilorin but most people don't know that Wole Soyinka himself helped officialize both English language as our language and Christianity as our religion in Africa.

In 1962, after the official end of colonialism in most African countries, there was a conscious cultural movement by intelligent educated Africans to kick out both the English language and Christianity out of Africa but Soyinka, Chinua Achebe, Christopher Okigbo, Ezekiel Mphahlele, all Christians at that time fought against the movement.

In a meeting in Makere in Uganda as I said in 1962, they officially adopted English language as our language.

Once that was done, the cultural revolution died. And ever since, the African continent entered into the "cold-colonialism" that we find ourselves till this day.

Soyinka should first free himself from the language of the white man before he free others.

Else, when he understands why he loves the English language, he'll understand why other Africans love Muhammad or Jesus.

If you need more information about the 1962 event, go to www.africason.com and read the article that says "how Britain and the CIA fooled Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe to destroy African languages in literature"

This one has stylishly left the topic to look for how to bring Achebe (Igbo) into the equation.

Oga, face the Fulani at Ilorin and leave Achebe alone

Kai Ilorin people fear them o…when it comes to politics they used religion to annex other Muslims in the state but when it comes positioning Kai na shege for Kwara South and North….this issue of Yoruba festival cannot hold cuz the yorubas Muslims in the South are ready to do Ilorin bidding in the name of Islamic religion,forgetting that it was a slap on Yoruba heritage.The Christians in Ilorin don’t even care cuz they have been sidelined since 1999 till date,

PHIPEX:
This one has stylishly left the topic to look for how to bring Achebe (Igbo) into the equation.

Oga, face the Fulani at Ilorin and leave Achebe alone

Don't mind the pseudo-intellectual

But if it is Igbo now u well shouting throw them in the lagon but Fulani step foot everybody retreat.

eteebanky1:


Lol, we don't even want ilorin to be part of Yoruba land

The day I went to that state I see poverty working on every street lol

Ekiti, Ondo, Ogun, oyo and Lagos, we know ourselves........ Oba of Benin is always welcome

Kwara is northern state.

iamrealdeji:
I'm a core Yoruba from ancient city of Sakiland where Ogun got consumed by the earth with the chain in Ogidigbo Saki.
But the ancient devil worship they call traditional religion is what we Africans should abolish. Isese religion is what has ruined our environment to this extent. It promotes money rituals,black magic and human sacrifice,etc. In ancient city of Sakiland,Egunguns(Masquerades)were once beaten black and blue by the good Alisunnah brothers and since then they know their boundaries and they even hide their Isese name. No Saki woman wants to marry them,no Saki man wants to marry from an Isese family. They get forced to adopt Islamic names and hide their Isese religion,many of them convert to Islam. ISLAM IS GOING TO RULE THE WORLD. That religion from Arabia is the world's fastest growing religion. Isese religion has no place in our society. The religion from Arabia is from God,Isese is from devil. That's why they don't even mention Olodumare in their incantations. They would rather mention Ogun lakaye or Sango. Isese is a religion of the past,Saki people are Muslims to the core now even though our grand parents and great grand parents practiced Isese but many converted to Islam. Family masquerades and Idols are been burnt by the brave boys in families in Saki everyday. If you dare come to Saki trying to rise Isese again,you might get beaten or worse might happen,Saki people are good muslims. Ilorin is now following the steps of Saki in being better Muslims too. Kudos to Dr Imam Ali Again,Dr Oloun Oyin and the great Sheikhs and Islamic scholars of Ilorin for urging the King to take action in banning Isese festival. I believe most Yoruba kings will start banning it now too. Oba Tijani Abimbola of Saki was the first to ban those ancient Isese festivals. The present King of Saki is now in Mecca in Saudi Arabia practicing that beautiful religion from Arabia and the best gift that could be given to any one,Islam worshipping,Allah.
Isese religion is dying so fast,Islam is the way of God,Isese is the way of Satan,vengeance,rituals,human sacrifice,etc

Masha Allah brother, if only people know what Islam offer everyone will quickly revert to Islam, Islam is the only religion that anywhere it is predominantly practiced they prosper if they keep to it's tenets and keep their body and environment clean, the devil runs at the mention of Islam. Allowing isese in a Muslim community will invite the anger of Allah. It is said that Islam is a religion of peace, I have since realised after reverting to Islam that this peace is for the life of the Muslim believer, you find rest round about you, the devil leaves you alone unless you are dirty or live in filthy environment in which case the spirit of Allah will not stay and your Islam will be of no effect which is the major problems of many Hausas.

Couldntfigurean:
i thinks that was last year,this year yoruba muslims will have grown to like 75%
Majority of Yoruba states are majority Muslims,even Ekiti has like 50% Yoruba muslim

Are you saying Ondo,Ekiti and Ogun state have more Muslims than christians.I can tell you Lagos states have more Christian than Muslims and it showed in the last elections.If Sanwo Olu is a Muslim I bet it with you he would have lost that election…..Osun and Oyo states is 50/50.The Tinubu DG campaign failed to understand that Tinubu being a Yoruba man lost in two out of six Yoruba states.If Yoruba really went through religious lines I bet it with you Tinubu would have lost all the yoruba states especially Ekiti and Ondo leaving only Oyo and Ogun for him to grab which is 50/50

Yoruba are an ancient tribe and it's normal to see people who were once Yoruba to take up another identity after mixing with other tribes, they will never get Yoruba's back, so it's better to know where they stand. That's why pure blood is important especially for the weak-minded who will follow the strong side by just being hit over the head. Most of the Muslim clerics including the emir are half Yoruba and the pure Yoruba among them are the weak minorities. The fact that there's still no oba in Ilorin in 2023 tells a story of a town Yoruba have lost.

Yorubaland was founded on Isese and anything that goes against that will fail. I was raised in Anglican church, both of my grandfathers were reverends, my uncle played the church piano, also a choir leader and I was in the choir but Ogun is the deity of my family that we appeased every year.

TheBillyonaire:
Arab slaves are waging war against their own Ancestors in order to impress their Arab Gods and their controllers. There is no greater shame than a black man forgetting that he is the Grand Father of all Human races and also being ignorant of his own God.

That is the fate of Jews, Islamists and Christians and the rest of those cocktales of new breeds of ether manipulating schools of thoughts.

You can't teach/tutor me Yoruba.

Yorubas have NOTHING to do with Isese.

Isese is SPECIFICALLY meant for few Traditionalist we have in Yorubaland not all Yorubas.

Isese is beyond Yoruba culture, it's religion of the traditionalist. So don't generalize it on Yorubas.

Hope you now understand

Kukutenla:

Isese means tradition in Yoruba. It's the Yoruba word for traditional religion.
Yorubas have everything to do with Isese. Don't be willfully ignorant

You cannot use because there is likelihood of violence by some people to stop others from performing their religious duty, it is totally illegal to stop it. You know why Western countries allow people to burn Qur'an or Bible? Simple, because their law has elevated individual rights to do whatever he pleases as long as it does not kill anyone else. Emir of Ilorin cannot stop cultural festival because some faceless people are opposed to it. It is like stopping Eid prayer on Sallah day because some people are threatening that they will cause violence if it goes on. Let it go on, and let the state protect those who are interested.

the main issue with islam (arabic) religion is that it is perhaps one of the few religions that erodes and eats away at your own culture like a cankerworm. These people only see you as slaves, travel to Saudi and see for your own eyes or try to go ask for marriage.

I wish Africans read to understand how barbaric this particular religion is. Slates were used to teach writings and they were forced to wash their slates and drink the effluent..Your ancestors were humiliated to accept this but you without reading it or any research continue to carry on. Tomorrow you'll be surprised when oyibo calls you animals .

The reason is simple. It's only an animal that will endure torture and forget about it and go back to eat from the hands of the torturer. You can torture a dog today, feed it tomorrow and everything goes back to default.

Those pushed the woman to do festival had intention of tarnishing our image in kwara state.
We are peaceful people.

tishbite42:

There's nothing like that in your blog
Come to think of it, how would they have communicated in that meeting?!

The article is on the blog. Scroll down, you'll find it.

We the African people have been on planet earth for millions of years before the white man showed up.

Of course, we did communicate ourselves. Or do you think our ancestors waited for white people to arrive Africa "yesterday" before we communicate ourselves??

ycat:
Yoruba are an ancient tribe and it's normal to see people who were once Yoruba to take up another identity after mixing with other tribes, they will never get Yoruba's back, so it's better to know where they stand. That's why pure blood is important especially for the weak-minded who will follow the strong side by just being hit over the head. Most of the Muslim clerics including the emir are half Yoruba and the pure Yoruba among them are the weak minorities. The fact that there's still no oba in Ilorin in 2023 tells a story of a town Yoruba have lost.

Actually, this is shameful. Every African needs to be aware that the first Humans to evolve on this planet, gave rise to all other races of humans. Therefore the Early Ancestors of the black race also known as Gods, are the authentic spirit beings that needs to be recognized.

All these Abrahamic Religions are mind control programs designed for Slavery of body and mind.

LyfeJennings:
That woman should be dealt with
What nonsense!
If she had actually gone to celebrate that festival, I am very sure it won't end well

Under what law or constitution? Some of you just come online to display your ignorance. The right to practice your religion is not limited to any particular religion.

TheNiceGuy:
You can't teach/tutor me Yoruba.

Yorubas have NOTHING to do with Isese.

Isese is SPECIFICALLY meant for few Traditionalist we have in Yorubaland not all Yorubas.

Isese is beyond Yoruba culture, it's religion of the traditionalist. So don't generalize it on Yorubas.

Hope you now understand

Whether it is practiced by only one person in the whole of Yoruba land, that person has the constitutional right to hos religious practice as long as it does not interfere with any other person's freedom or rights. Ilorin Muslims are just becoming too intolerant of other religion. The other time, they wanted to hijack clear missionary schools when all they needed to do was to set up Islamic conventional schools just as the Christian missionaries set up their own schools.

Present mudiru markaz explained how Ilorin was not yoruba land.
Despite most of indigene of Ilorin today are yorubas.

fydence:
oh please stop ranting online..You will do nothing...Kwara belongs to the Fulanis and have been theirs for a very long time... They have an Emir there incase you haven't noticed....You bloody noise making weaklings... When the time is right they will come for Lagos too...so shhhhh!

As you no get sense to know the difference between Ilorin and Kwara State. The Emir's words don't hold water even at Ganmo, which is just few meters away from Ilorin, but idiots like you don't know this.

Razakki1:
LL lol Lagos is a Muslim pupulated state. we are more than you people there. Even osun. We Yoruba Muslims are over 65% of the population, keep dreaming. You said we are poor in kwara but you come to kwara for jobs. Kwara is blessed with lot of untapped mineral resources. I know you are from Ekiti poverty state

Razaq I know you are from Kwara state.Pls are you happy with what is going on in the state regarding development where some people would just get government appointments to enrich themselves.Yes there is poverty in the land and last primary elections testified to that when performing senator Oloriegbe lost to money bag Saliu Mustapha who has nothing to offer than just to give money out due to high poverty rate in the state.We said enough of Oloye Saraki style of politics but the same Ilorin people embraced the same style from Saliu Mustapha…..Oga Ilorin people rule Kwara State with impunity and they don’t care,treating other senatorial districts as slaves .I don’t want to go into religion aspect but you know what xtians are facing in Ilorin,even ordinary low cadre employments are for Muslims…..it’s a pity how learned people in the name of religion seeing the truth but looking other ways.Imagine praying on the federal roads during jumat,stopping motorist from passing for more than an hour..My man nawa o

PHIPEX:
See how you gentle like a coward. If the title read anything like "Igbo' you would have been shouting everywhere.

Do I know you? Swerve oga

this emir is a liar from this response. when did become the security officer of the community?

I don't blame him he has shown that he is bigotted Islamist irridentist more holy in Islam than the imams of Mecca and Cairo put together. let him and his cohorts check the messages given by these two other imams regarding the treatments of other religions.

secondly, the originators and organizers of the ilorin isese day go to the Nigerian police today and seek permission to proceed on the desired isese day. we will like to have a response asap on the Nigerian police actions on their request.

if the Nigerian police refused then the kwara state police and the emir should be dragged to court for human rights violations offenses.

we are no longer in 1800.

WayoProphet:
You are daft mehn , who politics help in Nigeria but only politicians. Go ask Buhari people, Daurans what's up. Running away from your oppressors to chase shadows as usual.

See draft clown wey dey call others daft

Onyiiobi7735:

Oga, stop being stupid and idiotic and reason properly like a normal human being, instead of ranting like a rabid animal.
Of course if your brain is functioning at all and you are mentally ok, you will realise that I am entitled to my opinion and it shouldn't be your headache.Even if I got it wrong, must you display your madness to me?
I simply asked a question,oo!
And your animal nature manifested itself.
Wahala!
Animals in human form everywhere.

Moooron, having an opinion is not a defense that your opinion is not stupid.

The right to an opinion is not evidence that your opinion is intelligent. That is how fooools get confused.

If despite all the free information online about how the Fulanis got Ilorin, you are still asking "How did they allow Fulani to overtake the territory", you are a cretin!

If despite all the free information online about what took place and you still had the opinion that "The Fulani's got Ilorin without the Yorubas putting up a resistance", you are a certified moooron!

You will soon be boasting how you have certificates and you are a graduate. Schools giving you certificate without equipping you with research skills, critical thinking, evaluation & reasoning skills and the competence of mental hardwork are frauds or scammed your parents.

From you post, one can see that you have been failed in the education sphere.

What concerns pigs... with this matter sef

Every reasonable person knows ILORIN was conquered by the Fulanis.

Islam was used to bind and unite all the indigenes of city together with Yoruba adopted as the general language.

Isese would be seen as Yoruba domination of the city.

The lady shouldn't have made noise about the festival at all. Just do it low-key.

ILORIN is NOT Yorubaland.

That said, the emir gave no coherent reason for cancelling the festival.

iamrealdeji:
I'm a core Yoruba from ancient city of Sakiland where Ogun got consumed by the earth with the chain in Ogidigbo Saki.
But the ancient devil worship they call traditional religion is what we Africans should abolish. Isese religion is what has ruined our environment to this extent. It promotes money rituals,black magic and human sacrifice,etc. In ancient city of Sakiland,Egunguns(Masquerades)were once beaten black and blue by the good Alisunnah brothers and since then they know their boundaries and they even hide their Isese name. No Saki woman wants to marry them,no Saki man wants to marry from an Isese family. They get forced to adopt Islamic names and hide their Isese religion,many of them convert to Islam. ISLAM IS GOING TO RULE THE WORLD. That religion from Arabia is the world's fastest growing religion. Isese religion has no place in our society. The religion from Arabia is from God,Isese is from devil. That's why they don't even mention Olodumare in their incantations. They would rather mention Ogun lakaye or Sango. Isese is a religion of the past,Saki people are Muslims to the core now even though our grand parents and great grand parents practiced Isese but many converted to Islam. Family masquerades and Idols are been burnt by the brave boys in families in Saki everyday. If you dare come to Saki trying to rise Isese again,you might get beaten or worse might happen,Saki people are good muslims. Ilorin is now following the steps of Saki in being better Muslims too. Kudos to Dr Imam Ali Again,Dr Oloun Oyin and the great Sheikhs and Islamic scholars of Ilorin for urging the King to take action in banning Isese festival. I believe most Yoruba kings will start banning it now too. Oba Tijani Abimbola of Saki was the first to ban those ancient Isese festivals. The present King of Saki is now in Mecca in Saudi Arabia practicing that beautiful religion from Arabia and the best gift that could be given to any one,Islam worshipping,Allah.
Isese religion is dying so fast,Islam is the way of God,Isese is the way of Satan,vengeance,rituals,human sacrifice,etc

What does Islam tell you about where you will end after death?

What is shameful in my comment?

You can't stop people who want to be slaves from being that. Yoruba who put Arabic religion before their Yorubaness have mental problem. I'm a Christian but a Yoruba first and God above ALL! What these braindead Ilorin slaves don't understand is that, there's difference between God and religion. Religion is ceremony, your relationship with God is personal and that is the most important part of your worship. If you do bad things and pray 100 times a day or go to church 1,000 times a week, it means nothing. The Isese people must defy this nonsense and go ahead or kiss their tradition bye bye!

TheBillyonaire:


Actually, this is shameful. Every African needs to be aware that the first Humans to evolve on this planet, gave rise to all other races of humans. Therefore the Early Ancestors of the black race also known as Gods, are the authentic spirit beings that needs to be recognized.

All these Abrahamic Religions are mind control programs designed for Slavery of body and mind.

obyrich:
I don't think that Kwara is Yoruba land. There may be Yorubas in Kwara just as we have Igbos in Delta and Rivers but that doesn't mean those states are Igbo state. Maybe a boundary adjustment will resolve these kind of issues.

This may be true for Ilorin. They're rebels from time immemorial, but Ilorin itself is surrounded by Yoruba Towns.
The welcome signpost at Shao reads "Here is Yorubaland.. No Emirate here". The government had to build Sobi barracks between this small Town and Ilorin for a good reason.
We have Ganmo on the southern flank. If the Priestess had moved her festival to places like Ganmo, which is just a footstep from Ilorin, a thousand Emir wouldn't have do as much as breath unusually loud.
Anyone who knows Kwara state well knows the Ilorin are bastards, however that's confined within the little walls of their 4 local government areas. They'll never join issues with proud Yorubas in Kwara south. I'm from Ekiti local government of the state, just for your info, and we practice our Oro festival.

Gamesmart:


Moooron, having an opinion is not a defense that your opinion is not stupid.

The right to an opinion is not evidence that your opinion is intelligent. That is how fooools get confused.

If despite all the free information online about how the Fulanis got Ilorin, you are still asking "How did they allow Fulani to overtake the territory", you are a cretin!

If despite all the free information online about what took place and you still had the opinion that "The Fulani's got Ilorin without the Yorubas putting up a resistance", you are a certified moooron!

You will soon be boasting how you have certificates and you are a graduate. Schools giving you certificate without equipping you with research skills, critical thinking, evaluation & reasoning skills and the competence of mental hardwork are frauds or scammed your parents.

From you post, one can see that you have been failed in the education sphere.

Lol! Really? You are the slowpoke, the fool here.
Of course you are boasting how you have certificate and are a graduate.
Schools giving you very, without equipping you with research skills, critical thinking, evaluation and reasoning skills and competence of mental hardwork are compound frauds or scammed your parents.
LoL!! Oga,stop speaking gibberish and know that you are a compound complex sentimental fool, with the brain of a Northern goat.
Animal, you speak as if you have sense,but your brain has been damaged beyond repair.
Mad man,I have chains and padlock,in case you flip over.
Lol, Ewwwe! You are already having High BP.
Stupid, certified morooon, Useless waste pipe.

There's no mention of igbos here and you will never see Yoruba on topics that have nothing to do with them. Have self-respect and stop following Yoruba around, wait your turn, ok?

PHIPEX:
See how you gentle like a coward. If the title read anything like "Igbo' you would have been shouting everywhere.

Dsimmer:
Until Ilorin relieve themselves from the Lunacy of dumb toxic foreign terrorist culture, it doesn't concern Yoruba tbh. They are not even useful to Yoruba. So it's in their hands to first sort out their shit before doing any gumbody with other Yoruba.

The Fulani aren't even indigenous to Nigeria to begin with. They're from other African countries who were accommodated in Nigeria country. However if they want to start threatening and killing others on other people's soil, they had better watch it because we won't tolerate shit. No one asked them to lose their African culture for toxic foreign terrorism shit culture, let alone disturbing and killing others with their toxicity while looking for land to grab for themselves in other countries who accommodated them. imagine the nerves!

That being said, it's in Ilorin's hands to relieve themselves from the slavery of dumb foreign culture they accepted. Dumb toxic foreign culture that brings nothing innovative except terrorism, dumbness, and black magic. Heck, Alimi was invited by Ilorin king because of Alimi's black magic. He was invited because the Ilorin king who was under Oyo empire king but was scared of Oyo king reprimanding/admonishing him for something he had done thus Alimi with the black magic was invited. The Ilorin king eventually distanced himself from Oyo empire who could have helped him in the end because same Alimi betrayed and killed the Ilorin king in the end and started ruling as Emir. How I dislike betrayers! Imagine killing people who accommodated you in their lands? The nerves! Anyway, while dying, Ilorin king cursed the people of Ilorin for joining hands with Alimi to kill him, just because of dumb toxic foreign terrorist shit culture they accepted. Today, Ilorin is filled with black magic and rituals by Alfas while one foreign emir is ruling them and threatening them and their culture. The nerves! It's Ilorin people who can relieve themselves from the whole madness and break that curse, it's no Yoruba problem.

While I understand that Balogun alanamu of Ilorin already disposed the Emir, even as the British stated in their archive because they met Balogun alanamu as the ruler of Ilorin, not Emir but since Balogun wouldn't submit to the British and kept fighting against the British invasion in Ilorin, they had to send him on exile to jebba while they put another Emir in Ilorin because he was submissive to them however it's Ilorin people who dey carry dumb toxic foreign terrorist culture on top head like gele na. Dumb toxic foreign culture that brings nothing innovative except terrorism, dumbness and black magic. They had better get their shit together.

Yoruba won't lose their beautiful lovely culture filled with lots of beautiful things such as dresses/attires, proverbs, metaphor, greetings, literature and poetry etc. Yoruba won't lose their rich suave heritage for dumb toxic foreign terrorist shit culture. We're Africans!

Just imagine the dumbness at its peak. Does Ilorin sound foreign? Ilorin is a Yoruba name. Not only did Ilorin people accepted toxic dumb foreign terrorist culture but also allowing a toxic clown outsider to be threatening and dictating nonsense for them? Just look at the height of dumbness! So what next should we expect? Killing the Ilorin people like the Hausa people are getting killed by outsiders on their soil? Heck, wasn't the old Ilorin king killed by these outsiders before Balogun Alanamu rose against them and removed the said Emir? Is this the dumb craziness what Ilorin people wanna bring to YorubaLand at large? Na craze?

Ilorin had better get their shit together first before doing gumbody with other Yorubas. To think Ilorin aren't even useful to the Yoruba, let alone bringing dumb toxic foreign terrorism shit culture to Yorubaland while even allowing foreigner to dictate and threaten them with shit on their soil. The nerves! They had better sort out their shit! Because na Ilorin dey do gumbody with other Yorubas. So, Ilorin should sort out their shit first!

I repeat, Yoruba won't lose their beautiful lovely culture filled with lots of beautiful things such as dresses/attires, proverbs, metaphor, greetings, literature and poetry etc which are one of the best in the world. Yoruba won't lose their rich suave heritage for dumb toxic foreign terrorist shit culture. We're Africans!

And the ILORIN MESU JAMBA they nicknamed them is befitting. If Nigeria divides, it would be easy to cut and add them to the north.

DeOTR:

This may be true for Ilorin. They're rebels from time immemorial, but Ilorin itself is surrounded by Yoruba Towns.
The welcome signpost at Shao reads "Here is Yorubaland.. No Emirate here". The government had to build Sobi barracks between this small Town and Ilorin for a good reason.
We have Ganmo on the southern flank. If the Priestess had moved her festival to places like Ganmo, which is just a footstep from Ilorin, a thousand Emir wouldn't have do as much as breath unusually loud.
Anyone who knows Kwara state well knows the Ilorin are bastards, however that's confined within the little walls of their 4 local government areas. They'll never join issues with proud Yorubas in Kwara south. I'm from Ekiti local government of the state, just for your info, and we practice our Oro festival.

daygee12:


Mumu region that only 1 person from Finland dey control. That ur region should be called ZOMBIE LAND

Haha so for your mind now, I go follow You dey do the tribal jabbing wey You dey destined to do all the days of your life

I called You out directly,bcus I am sure that Your being Yoruba is not responsible for this useless hate-filled life that You are living.

Look for Your co Ipob tribalist, them go help You masturbate away your future on tribal banters, I don't do that nonsense

As for Simon epkerima, He is reaping from the proceeds of this failed system that has turned the Security into ordinary mayguard.

But they are picking up now, more gunmen to go down.

Btw Your tribally hate-filled soul can't know that insecurity is ravaging everywhere in the Country, You just need it to be in the SE so You can do tribal banters