– So vivid, you can “feel” it YORUBA: Àgbẹ́jù níí kán'mún ère. ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY DELE AJAJA: Overcarving splinters the statue’s nose. CLARIFICATIONS: When the carver overembellishes the statue, some parts of it splinter. This…
– Cogitations of an Emissary of Conscience “If you haven’t justly offended someone, you probably haven’t sided with a just cause. If you’ve always been the ebullient fellow, who says the right things at the…
– Excursion into the Thinking of Yoruba People YORUBA: A di gàárì s'ílẹ̀, ọmọ ewúrẹ́ ń'yọjú. Ẹ̀ bá bi wọ́n l'érè wò bóyá ẹrù baba wọn ni? ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY DELE AJAJA: The saddle is…
WAKA ABOUT – by Nelly Uchendu Hanhanhanhan (chanting……………..) If you want to marry a husband, Never you marry a waka about; If you marry a waka about o, Tomorrow, trouble, trouble o – trouble. Na…
– Insight into Yoruba People’s EtymologyYORUBA: Àgbò t'ó f'ẹ̀hìn rìn, agbára ló lọ mú wá.ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY DELE AJAJA: The ram that paces backward goes for reinforcement.CLARIFICATIONS: Ram needs some space to charge at its…
– Looking into Yoruba People’s Archives of WitticisYORUBA: 'Balùwẹ̀ t'ó l'óun ma di odò, bí ti ilé ọ̀bùn kọ́.ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY DELE AJAJA: The bathroom that says it would turn to a river is not…
– Their Thoughts ORLANDO OWOH YORUBA: “As’otito aye o, s’oun l’osika ilu o; osika ilu o, s’oun las’otito aye o… Aye o f’olododo; eke lo ku ta’nba kiri…” – Stephen Oladipupo Owomoyela (Dr. Orlando Owoh,)…
