TORRENTS OF REMEDIAL CONCOCTIONS
– Ṣẹ́lẹ̀rú Àgbo (YORUBA) (The folksong that showcases the dexterity of Ọ̀sun, the Yoruba goddess of fertility.) Se’le’ru agbo, Agbara agbo; L’Osun fi nw'omo re, Ki dokita o to de. Se’le’ru agbo, Agbara agbo; L’Osun…
Category: REMINISCENCES
I WOULD BE RICH
– Ma L'ówó (YORUBA) Ma l’owo o-o, Ma l’owo o-o; Ki me l'owo l'omode, Mo ti a ni l’agba. A’i l'owo l'omode mo-i s’ole, Aye ni mo mo bo b’ola o-o-o. Ma l’owo o-o, Ma…
YORUBA’S LITERARY GREATS
– Earlier Yoruba Language Authors and Ewi Exponents D.O. Fagunwa J.F. Odunjo Adebayo Faleti Afolabi Ọlabimtan Akinwumi Isola Isaac Delano Kola Akinlade Adebisi Aromolaran Wande Abimbola (Babalawo) Olu Daramọla Adebayo Jeje Ogundare Foyanmu Yemi Elebu’ibon…
YOU ARE THE ONE I WILL SERVE
OLORUN MI, IWO NI MA SIN (Madam Comfort Omoge, the songstress from Ikale, a Yoruba sub-group in Ondo State, Nigeria, and her Asiko Ikale Traditional Sounds regaled their teeming fans with traditional and spiritual melodies…
VANITY, VAINGLORY, NARCISSISM
– The frailties of mankind “Eni ri’nkan he, To fe ku pelu e, Owo eni to ti so’nu nko? Aye la ba; aye la o fi s’ile si, Duro na, w’ehin re wo…” – Ebenezer…
I’D HAVE MARRIED
N'BA TI L'AYA (YORUBA) – Tunji Oyelana, Nigerian social commentator, folk-song crooner, lecturer – and his band, the Benders – recalled a folk song about the drunk a few decades ago. NOTE: This song was originally…
GOD, DON’T DEPART FROM ME
ỌLỌ́RUN MỌ́ PADÀ L'ÉYÌN MI (YORÙBÁ) – A philosophical rendition by the late CHIEF ELEMURE OGUNYEMI, the legendary Ekiti (a subgroup in Yorubaland) traditional music-maker. (Opening - spiritual adulation) Olorun ogo, mo pada l’eyin mi,…
YORUBA MUSIC-MAKERS OF YESTERYEARS
– Their Thoughts CHIEF SUNDAY ADEGEYE ADENIYI (King Sunny Ade – KSA) YORUBA: "Iwo t’o j’awe s’enu l’oju odi; o tun nd’agunla alaisan. Oun’se lakalaka l’oju aro; o po’kun po mo kelebe, o ni k’afoju…
THE HUSBAND’S OBLIGATION IS TWO THOUSAND COWRIES
ẸGBÀÁ ṢÁ L'OWÓ ỌKỌ (YORUBA) – A Yoruba Cultural Ditty Egbaa sa l’owo oko, pere! Oke m’efa ma ni t’ale. Egbaa sa l’owo oko, pere! Oke m’efa ma ni t’ale. Oko r’aso, o nje teru,…