07/10/2024
Suitably, Yorubas are a group of people with the same cultural identity in Nigeria, they are forms of the alliance of Ẹ̀gbá, Ijesha, Ìjẹ̀bú, Ìgbómìnà, Ibolo, Osun, Ọ̀yọ́, Kogi, and other notable Yoruba communities. These entities of dialects, ethnics are known to be Yorubas in the western part of Nigeria, and the Aworis, to dig more than this would cost us more time and space.
Please let us leave history for the historian. Remember I'm a columnist and I will never go beyond my discipline, but I will always narrate the highlight of the history to you. Apology to the Yorubás for instatistical history about them from Columnist Olatunji.
Back to the Yorubás society. They are known to be wealthy traders, successful farmers, with their greenish land, full of resources and all sought of minerals. Yorubás are known to be crafty people. They are very good in art and crafts. That's why they are the leading tribe in the musical industry in whole Africa. Many of the blessings but few to count. Thank God for the Odùduwà for choosing a wonderful part of nature for his descents. Odùduwà! The progenitor of the Yoruba race.
To nail the nail on the button: why are the Yorubás don't engage all the time in physical relative combat, fight or war? Or let me say what my grandmother told me about it; why Yorubás do more of talking in their fights and conflicts. Take a pulse. Now you can dive with me into the streams of wisdom of my grandmother. Grandmother: Yoruba will never fight his friend to stupor. Because they are people of wisdom and virtues.
They respect relationships more than anything. You can see that in their actions when they saw their own.
They speak in words to words in their language. They don't care who's there. Research says they are the most 2nd widely spoken language in Europe. Yorubás believe beating each other's because of materials doesn't worth it. It doesn't worth the relationships.
That's why in another way round you see them backbiting, instead of confronting their frenemies on time. They will table the matter - some people call it solidarity of their tribes. A good example is the 2023 general elections. Yorubás! Èdè Yoruba proper. Yorùbá ní ẹwà èdè lóhùn (Yoruba is very crafty in choice of words, their language, their identity).
They will never fight you unless you pinch them. They will even show you love. The Yorubás will not allow you to intimidate their brother. They will form a cabinet to erase you, and show they care for their tribes men.
Oh! Son of Odùduwà. Keep the love flying in solidarity. These are the psychological wisdom from the tools box of the Odùduwà's descents, and why they don't engage in dirty fight: They respect relationships, they show more love in their society to the native and the foreigner because their ancient wisdom says; Aànfàní òpin sibi kàn, wọn si tún má ní omileyan. The Yorubás are very deep thinkers in many skeptical situations, they resolve issues, conflicts quickly.
And, I think it's one of the reasons business statistics in 2023 posed that their region is the most facilitated environment to start or invest in a business in Nigeria, with non or less terrors in Africa.
The Yorubás will openly judge a thief (ves) and serve them punishment accordingly. They are the people that love to call a spade a spade.
With me today. Lastly, the Yorubás believe that fighting somebody to stupor can be a landlock to other opportunities of relationship in the future. They fear to see their own on ground, or stain on them.
The amazing things about them is that It's hard to see them throwing blows at each other, they will only make noise and go in their different parts. I hope you learned from the wisdom of the sage, and reasons Yorùbás always choose peace over conflict?
Thanks for reading since.
®️Ibraheem Olatunji ✍️........
®️Ibraheem Olatunji ✍️........
