The history of oduduwa temple in brazil started thirty years ago. Who was oduduwa ancient benin powerpoint and activity history. Ife people are ancient, originally spiritual, highly advanced artistic and agriculturalist yoruboidspeaking people that forms the subgroup of the larger yoruba people of west africa, particularly in nigeria and the republic of benin. This was done by the creator god oduduwa who separated earth from. Ileife, also known as ife, ifelodun, or the kingdom of ife, is world famous for its clay ceramic, or terracotta heads, and copperalloy and bronze ornaments. Oduduwa denotes the essence of behaviour odutiodaiwa or the reservoir of culture or mannersodutioduiwa. The oodua peoples congress opc has accused benin palace chiefs of distorting oduduwa history, saying their comments were capable of triggering discord between the yoruba and people of the benin. The statement credited to oba erediauwa omonoba uku akpolokpolo, that the yoruba race originated from benin kingdom, was very rich in details and calls for. O ownership dudu black in ifa, there are 16 major odu. Oduduwa is the first orisha to use the ewon chain to travel from heaven to the earth.
The oral history of the yorubas identifies lamurudu as the father baba of oduduwa. The orisha odudua or oduduwa has a complex history in ifa theology. He was not only the first ruler of a unified ife, but also the progenitor of various independent royal dynasties in yorubaland and ancestor of their numerous crowned kings. Split pdf files into individual pages, delete or rotate pages, easily merge pdf files together or edit and modify pdf files.
Oduduwa was the progenitor of yoruba race and that he. The university was named after the progenitor of the yoruba race oduduwa. Decontaminating yoruba history by remi oyeyemi of recent, the lack of history lessons in our schools has been having very negative effects on what the people know to be the facts of history. The benin traditional history claimed that the mythical ogiso or the god of the sky descending from heaven like oduduwa. A history of the yoruba people by stephen adebanji akintoye. The yoruba history has been distorted for a very long time and it would take time before the record can be set straight. The history of ileife, the ancient yoruba kingdom with africas most. I too, am not a historian, but rather an educated engineer who is a witness to history. Oduduwa university was licensed by federal government of nigeria to operate as a private university on 3rd november, 2009 cerficate number. Research has shown that merger waves tend to be caused by a combination of economic, regulatory, and technological shocks. Ife arts and the history of this important southwestern nigerian center, key aspects of this code can now be discerned. Decontaminating yoruba history by remi oyeyemi sahara reporters. Oduduwa the owner of the black womb oduduwa means the black one. Goodbye nigeria, welcome oduduwa republic, by femi fanikayode.
The third ife is called ileife founded with the arrival of oduduwa and his groups. She made a huge sacrifice using her son as a pledge to gain access to victory and liberate. Oduduwa was the first divine king of the yoruba people, and obatala fashioned the first human beings out of clay. In this article i explore how these arts both inform and are enriched by early ife history and the leaders who shaped it. Ile ife, also known as ife, is an ancient yoruba city in the southwestern part of nigeria. Mail merge takes a standard form email and populates it with personal information, such as email address, name, address, and phone number of the recipient. From those 16 major odu we can derive 256 combinations. The origin of oduduwa and position of ileife and other. A free and open source application, a powerful visual tool or a professional pdf editor, join thousands of happy users, we have the solution you are looking for. When baba king came to brazil, this was the opportunity to live in the western world. To have a mission is to do everything that is under your capacity or control.
What is the true oduduwa story as it relates to other parts of the country. People have done a lot of bad things by distorting the history of the yoruba race because of their ambition. This kingdom was founded by the deities oduduwa and obatala, who are believed to have created the world. Ife was founded by the deities oduduwa and obatala when they created the world. Oduduwa was the first ruler in all of yoruba land and was seen as the yoruba spiritual progenitor. The controversies on oduduwa are finally put to rest in this writeup. The history of ileife, the ancient yoruba kingdom with. The first four waves occurred between 1897 and 1904, 1916 and 1929, 1965 and 1969, and 1984 and 1989. Thus, the real source of voodoo is the egyptian pyramids. Pronunciation of oduduwa with 2 audio pronunciations and more for oduduwa. This allows children to consider different versions of events and debate the significance of what we know.
May, 20 the oral history of the yoruba describes an origin myth, which tells of god lowering a chain at ileife, down which came oduduwa, the ancestor of all people, bringing with him a cock, some earth, and a palm kernel. Search the history of over 431 billion web pages on the internet. Oduduwa therefore descended with his lieutenants and landed at ileife with a chain. For a long time as propagated by early writers of yoruba history, like the. Vous pouvez partager vos connaissances en lameliorant comment. Who was oduduwa ancient benin powerpoint and activity contains. Queen moremi ajasoro, wife of oduduwa, freedom fighter. Therefore, dxcs latest spin merger move is believed to.
It is a private higher education institution located in the large town of ile ife with a population range. Sage reference oduduwa sage knowledge sage publications. These resources help children question who oduduwa really was. Sources cannot agree whether he came from arabia, present day southern sudan, benin, egypt or ethiopia, but they do agree that he was an important prince in his land. Several legends concerning the origin and ancestry of oduduwa abound in yoruba and benin mythology. Lamurudu himself was an important prince in his homeland land to the east, regard ed by some sources as being in arabia, birthplace of islam or in present day ethiopia or southern sudan. Relying solely on the history of okere dynasty, they argued that okere adarikosun from the iji ruling house begat abeo asasi agbako who was the mother of ojo akosolu. Ooni is the father of all yoruba, just as he is the father of alafin and all yoruba oba as a result of the important oduduwa throne he was rightfully chosen to occupy in ileife. The marriage, or the connection, between the them is the marriage between the sky and the earth. Whoever oduduwa was during his time on earth cannot be said precisely. A history of the yoruba people is a comprehensive exploration of the founding and growth of one of the most influential groups in africa.
Here we look at the top 10 best, and worst, mergers of all time. The king was likely also the head of ifes religion a blend of animism. Bini history precedes oduduwas by at least 1,240 years because 31 ogisos ruled igodomigodo between 40 bce 1200 ce. Both accounting firms originated in london during the mid1800s. The resulting messages will be unique for each person in a database, csv, or another source of. Pdf merge combine pdf files free tool to merge pdf. According to tradition he was the holder of the title of the. The layers for each document are grouped under a separate heading in the layers panel of the navigation pane. Within this wilderness was an extensive network of trails, many of which were created by the. The centres programme focuses primarily on yoruba social and religious practices.
Oduduwa had sixteen children we were told and the eldest was orangun of ila and the egbas in abeokuta were descendants of the female child of oduduwa named alaketu. Ijero kingdom oduduwa invasion and later migration of. Mar 15, 2016 other immigration legends trace the origin of yoruba people, and by implication, the ijebu to mecca where oduduwa, the legendary ancestor of the yoruba, was said to be the son of king lamurudu. How i wish that i could conjure up such great and powerful words about the history of my nation nigeria and her heroes past. Ndigbo will conquer and rule in oduduwa republic by churchill. Another, yoruba tradition has it that the great ancestor hero, oduduwa, came from the east and settled at ile ife. Read the two stories then use the flipchart or powerpoint and prompt cards to structure discussion. The formation of yoruba nation and the challenge of leadership since the.
In oyo empire great yoruba ancestor and hero, oduduwa, who likely migrated to ileife and whose son became the first alaafin alafin, or ruler, of oyo. All students of history must carefully preserve this historical record as a reference point. Oduduwa europe yoruba culture european partner of the. Once files have been uploaded to our system, change the order of your pdf documents.
Oduduwa represents omnipotence, the ability to affect and reconstruct the physical reality at will. Oduduwa is frequently confused with the female goddess odudua but, so far as we can tell, they are utterly different deities. On amotekun we stand, says yoruba world congress different groups under the aegis of yoruba world congress on tuesday stormed streets in osogbo, osun state for what was tagged awareness march in support of the western nigeria security network codenamed amotekun. The history of oduduwa temple in abeokuta the temple in abeokuta is just a continuation of baba kings mission. Oduduwa world groove temple a brief walk into the life and.
In oduduwas chain, andrew apter explores a wide range of fascinating historical and ethnographic examples and offers a provocative rethinking of african heritage in black atlantic studies. The yorubas and the history of oduduwa realnews magazine. But what began as just a thought quickly grew into a global brand focused on helping move you toward opportunity out in the world. Therefore, i would like to examine the history of lagos and who owns it. Upon the ending of oduduwa s time on earth, there was a dispersal of his children and. Especially, with the establishment of the egbe omo oduduwa on home ground. Oduduwa odu da uwa odu to da iwa the principle that created the physical reality. Linguistic evidence suggests that two waves of immigrants came into yorubaland between 700 and, the second settling at oyo in the open country north of the. Ifes origin storyaccording to which two sibling deities, oduduwa younger and obatala older, produced the land and then the people, as. Oduduwa university was established in 2009 and is a private university. Oduduwa news latest breaking stories and top headlines today. This is illustrated in many other traditions, particularly in the kemetic tradition.
According to early historians, oduduwa was an exiled prince of a foreign people who left his homeland with a retinue and journeyed south, subsequently settling among the aboriginal yoruba at some. Yoruba and benin kingdoms edo nation history and culture. Pdf the formation of yoruba nation and the challenge of. According to tradition he was the holder of the title of the ooni of ileife, the yoruba holy city. Oduduwa later went down to earth to rule over the yoruba people, becoming their first king, ancestral folk hero and legendary home improvement expert.
Oduduwa is the power of the womb, that brings forth into existence. What is known is that history has been compelled to pen him down as a god. Per the company, the it services market for both commercial and the u. Oduduwa invasion and later migration of the princes from ileife today, it is generally accepted by historians that before the oduduwa invasion of yorubaland, there were various settlers on the land. Oduduwa, the prince of a foreign land who brought the. Read all the latest news, breaking stories, top headlines, opinion, pictures and videos about oduduwa from nigeria and the world on today. We have a long history of delivering valueadded professional services to our clients. None ever disputed the fact that oranmiyan the last born of oduduwa also ruled the benin kingdom.
The coming of oduduwa from the east egbe omo yoruba. Goodbye nigeria, welcome oduduwa republic, by femi fani. In their condemnation of the merger, they assert that the latubi royal family from the facts of history is evidently not of the same father with iji ejiele royal household. The yoruba people believe that oduduwa was sent by god from heaven to create the earth and the human race. From ife, oduduwa s descendants went out and founded various yoruba states and empires. History of oduduwa in yoruba land updated 2019 legit. Nairaland forum nairaland general culture the true story of oduduwa 3438 views oduduwa was not igbo prince oluwo of iwo ooni ogunwusi described as reincarnate of oduduwa photos oluwo rasheed akanbi welcomes son, names him oduduwa. Several legends concerning the origin and ancestry of oduduwa abound in yoruba and benin.
By naiwu osahon a lot of dust was raised in the press in 2004 over the oduduwa issue. One yoruba legend has it that olorun god of the sky, lowered founding ancestor oduduwa on ife. History and current policy history the early settlers who came to america found a land of dense wilderness, interlaced with creeks, rivers, and streams. Queen moremi was the wife of oduduwa who applied wisdom and wits to defeat the marauding invaders of ife land during her time. The dissolution of a number of political parties in nigeria into one party the all progressive congress apc in 20 ahead of 2015 election reenacted an already existing trend in nigerian politics referred to as politics of merger of political parties.
Once you merge pdfs, you can send them directly to your email or download the file to our computer and view. The yearning for freedom, acquisition of land and to become the leader of a kingdom made many of oduduwa children to leave ileife and settled in different places olowu the first female daughter of oduduwa settled down in orile owu, that is why a song is being sang thus. The crown prince oduduwa relapsed into idolatry during his. In acrobat, you can use the merge files into a single pdf command to combine pdf documents that contain layers.
The history of voodoo does not start, as many people believe around 1500 ad in haiti, but about 15,000 years before christ in africa. This post only presents the history as reported by trustworthy sources we make no claim to present any final opinion on this matter. Ndigbo will conquer and rule in oduduwa republic by churchill okonkwo the truth is that ethnic nationalism is obsolete and will surely fail to hold up when superimposed on a territory like nigeria. He could choose uk or usa, but he was attracted to brazil because someone told him, that there are a lot of ori s a devotees and that yoruba culture is strongly active in brazil. Oduduwa, was not only the first ruler of a unified ife, but also the progenitor of various independent royal dynasties in yorubaland, and is today venerated as the hero, the warrior, the leader and father of the yoruba race. Cet article est une ebauche concernant lafrique et lhistoire. Oduduwa, the ancestor of the crowned yoruba kings oduduwa, phonetically written as oduduwa, and sometimes contracted as odudua, oodua, is generally held among the yoruba to be the ancestor of the crowned yoruba kings. The first edition of this article was titled yoruba and benin kingdom the missing gap of history following the statement credited to oba ereduwa omonoba polopolo, that the yoruba race originated from benin kingdom, was very rich in details and calls for re. It happens to be a claim that many, including professors of history. I am not trying to rewrite the history of the yoruba race, i am only stating what happened. The yorubas believe he is the father of the yorubas and progenitor of all yoruba obas and the oba of benin. Oduduwa being the black one, iya ogbe, most times in yoruba tradition its syncretized with the earth. I will also look at the history of the yorubas, particularly the story of oduduwa and his ife kingdom. History of osun state according to the oral history, oduduwa s father lamurudu came from the east.
Yorubaland was not a vacant land when oduduwa arrived. The origin of oduduwa and position of ileife and other yoruba cities and towns in history. Six periods of high merger activity, often called merger waves, have taken place in u. With a population of nearly 40 million spread across western africa and diaspora communities in europe, the caribbean, latin america, and north america yoruba are one of the most researched groups emanating from africa. Obatala fashioned the first humans out of clay while.
Yoruba culture has been a part of the americas for centuries, brought from africa during the transatlantic slave trade and maintained in various forms ever since. Thats what will usually come up when you get a reading. Oduduwa, according to the legend, had to be expelled from mecca when he resorted to idolatry. It is believed that oduduwa, the founder of the yoruba raced emerged after the deluge, he oduduwa and his followers descended on to dry land by means of chain ropes from their life boat hence the saying oduduwa afi won ron. Toll roads in the united states home federal highway. Dec 28, 2012 what is clear is that oduduwa the first existed before the life of christ or mohammed. History of mergers mergers, acquisitions, and corporate. A mail merge is a capability of database software, word processors, and some email programs. Obatala was first given the task by olodumare to create the earth, but he did not make the proper sacrifice before embarking on the journey.