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And still on the etymology of the Ara Oke (Northern Yoruba) words bequeathed to Yoruba posterity:

Olodumare=  Olodu embodiment of Odu+ ma(do not) +re

(approach)

The embodiment of Odu God i.e Ifa originator that cannot be approached ( because she resides in the nether world.)

Esumare (as in Esu- Elegbara's mound)= The mound in the sky ( the rainbows arc)+ ma (do not)+ re (approached)

The mound in the sky that cannot be approached because it is situated in the distant sky.

Oduduwa=  Y(oruba projenitor)  Odu+ da( create) + uwa (northern dialect for Iwa : conscientiousness and moral probity see Barry Halen and Olubi Sodipo on the high premium the Yoruba place on moral probity) The name indicates Ifa created the Yoruba progenitor with sterling leadership qualities that gave rise to the establishment of an enduring civilisation. Progenitor plenipotentiary

Uwarefa  mefa(Iwarefa) = Six dignitaries  or council associated with Oduduwa's rule and a blueprind of the Yoruba monarchical federation  The Ara Oke (particularly Ekiti) pronounces the initial 'i' in a word as'u' e.g. 'usu'  (isu) yam, 'uyin' (iyin) praise as in Uyin Ekiti  (Iyin Ekiti)

Orunmela (Oyo: Orunmela)= Orun+ mo( knows)+ Ela.

This etymology is the clearest indication of the Ara Oke origins of Ifa.  Ela is the actual name of the Jfa deity while the associated mound of worship is the symbolic name 'Esu ' in the same way the cross is associated with the worship of Christ whose actual given name is EmmanuEL ( he who was named in honor of God  EL of the Egyptian pantheon.)

Orunmela perhaps occupied a similar position to Peter among Christ's disciples.

Thus Orunmela i northern Yoruba pronounciation) ndicates the Ifa priesthood leader who has the closest association with Ifa deity  (Ela) and instrumental to its rituals and the most knowledgeable of its workings in part because he oversaw its creation and the interpretation of the deity's will.  Thus O'runmela baba Ifa.'

OAA

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​Thank you OOA. Before the British intrusion into Nigeria, a river was named *ÓDÒ OYA* in honour of the wife of SÀNGÓ by the Yoruba people. The white man came and renamed it River Niger. Nigerian intellectuals will rather retain the foreign name instead of reverting to any of the indigenous name given to the river before the white man came to name it River Niger. It baffles me that the Portuguese intruders renamed ILÈ-ÌBÌNÚ to Benin around 1450 AD, during the reign of EWUARE the Great 

​and Nigerians accept it while despising the original name of the people, OGODOMIIGODO which they think is a fiction.

S. Kadiri

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Alagba Kadiri.

Good for informing oue international readeeship of the comparayive history that as England the mother of western democracy was consolidating its Constitutional Monarchy withe the Magna Carta in 1213 so also was the Yoruba Federated Monarchy consolidating its own Constitutional Monarchy with the spread of the Iwarefa Mefa council ( equivalent of the English Parliament and fore runner of the Oyo Mesi) to Edo land and the 16 original crowned heads of Yoruba land.

OAA.

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​Uyilawa Usuanlele!

​It is a true history that ÒRÀNMIYÀN, the son of ÀKÀNBÍ, was the grandson of ODUDUWA. It is a true history too that EWÉKÁ was the son of ÒRÀNMIYÀN who became the King (Oba) of IGODOMIIGODO PEOPLE in 1200 AD.

​It is real history that EWÉKÁ was on the throne for forty years before he died and his son UWAKHUAHEN succeeded him as a KING in 1240 AD. When EWÉKÁ died in 1240 AD, his head was severed and buried in IFE in keeping with the Yoruba adage that ORÍ ADÉ KII SÚNTA, meaning King's head shall never lay outside. Every dead Benin King from 1240 AD up to the 36th King, EWÉKÁ II, who died in 1933, had their head severed and burried in Ile Ife. Thereafter, that tradition stopped but the burrial site of the head of Benin Kings from 1240 AD up to 1933 are still well kept in Ile -Ife up till today. It is not a fiction that the people now known as Benin were before 1200 AD known as IGODOMIIGODO people and their leadership was known as OGISO and not OBA.

​Analogically, when we narrate how Nigerians came to be either Christians or Muslims from historical perspectives, it is not because we believe in the racial superiority of the Hebrews and Arabs over us. History in many cases is not pleasant to read but we cannot for that sake ignore it.

S. Kadiri

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Ethnic supremacy induced fiction writing. Silence.

Uyilawa

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​I am fascinated by Patrick Obahiagbon's independence message to Nigerians not because of his bombastic English but because of the historical significance of his adopted name (alias) IGODOMIIGODO. Not many Nigerians are aware that before 1200 AD, the people that were thereafter referred to as Benin were known as IGODOMIIGODO people and their local leader was titled OGISO. Then came ÒRÀNMIYÀN, the grandson of ODÙDÚWÀ, and invaded the IGODOMIIGODO territory and subjugated the people. When ÒRÀNMIYÀN subsequently left IGODOMIIGODO in anger, he installed his son, EWÉKÁ as the King and changed the name IGODOMIIGODO to ILÈ-ÌBINU. Thenceforth, the King was referred to as OMO N'OBA N'EDO which in Yoruba means Omo Oba Ni Edo, practically implying the son of King ÒRÀMIYÀN IN EDO. The word 'EDO' in Yoruba means a base or a settlement. A new town settlement in Yoruba land is called, TE-ÌLU-DÓ eg. ÈPETÈDÓ.

​When the Portuguese came in the second half of the fifteenth century, they corrupted ILÈ-ÌBÍNU to BENIN which the British colonialist continued to recognize as the true name of the city. Benin people say the word Oba means to shine but in Yoruba, Oba means ascending (landing) on the throne. Follow this link to read Patrick Obahiagbon's fantastic independence message to Nigerians:- ​https://www.tori.ng/news/131484/read-patrick-obahiagbons-independence-message-to-nigerians.html 

Read Patrick Obahiagbon's Independence Message to Nigerians Patrick Obahiagbon, a former Nigerian lawmaker has wished Nigerians a happy birthday on the country's 59th independence. www.tori.ng

​S. Kadiri

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