SOCIETAL ILLS
– When Integrity is Impugned, Treachery Reigns YORUBA: A kìí f'ajá s'ílẹ̀, ká f'àgùntàn ṣ'ọdẹ. A kìí f'ọlọ́gbọ́n s'ílẹ̀, ká f'òmùgọ̀ j'oyè. ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY DELE AJAJA: We don’t sideline the hunting dog and hunt…
Category: AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES
YORUBA: LANGUAGE OF THE SAGE
– 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…
THE PHILOSOPHIES OF YORUBA PEOPLE
– 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…
THE ELEGANCE OF YORUBA LANGUAGE
– 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…
YORUBA: EXCEPTIONAL AFRICAN LANGUAGE
– 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…
YORUBA LANGUAGE
– The Diction of the Sagacious YORUBA: Ojú kìí t'amọ̀kòkò l'ójú amọ̀. Kà'kà k'ọ́mọ olóore f'ẹsẹ̀ kọ, mọ̀nàmọ́ná á tàn. ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY DELE AJAJA: The potter is never chastened in the presence of clay.…
YORUBA: LANGUAGE OF THE SAGES
– The Perspectives of the Thinkers YORUBA: Ọmọ ọlọ́mọ là'ńrán n'íṣẹ́ dé t'òru't'òru; abẹ́'ni'lórí kìí jẹ́ ká mú idà k'ọjá l’órí òun. ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY DELE AJAJA: It is other people’s children we send on…
THE PLEASANTNESS OF YORUBA LANGUAGE
– As sweet as Honey YORUBA: Ẹni máa d'áṣọ fún ni, èyí t'ó wọ̀ s'ọ́rùn la ńwò. ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY DELE AJAJA: The one who who would clothe others, we look at what he/she wears.…
YORUBA: THE LINGO OF THE SAGE
– “Proverb is the word’s horse; word is the proverb’s horse. When word is mislaid, we search for it with proverb” YORUBA: Ak'ẹ́yin'jẹ kò mọ̀ pé ìdí ńro adìyẹ. ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY DELE AJAJA: The…