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Ẹbití Ò P'ĚŔÁ retweeted
Imagine some people using Sultan Bello, Usman dan Fodio’s son and the second caliph of Sokoto, to tell us, the Yorùbá people, where we came from. He wasn’t Yorùbá, and we know the history between the Yorùbá and Sokoto up to 1840.
Even Samuel Johnson wrote in his book that the Yorùbá “could not have come from Mecca” and said he found no matching account in Arabian historical records. But I guess when the agenda is to rewrite Yorùbá history, even the book some of you are citing becomes inconvenient.
Remember your history, because those who control your memory can manipulate your understanding of your own oppression. #fypシ゚viral
Ẹbití Ò P'ĚŔÁ retweeted
Ask him how, he'll tell you Abraham was a Muslim. Press him for source, he'll give you a literal definition of Islam. And do you know why Islam claims to be the oldest? It's to be able to conveniently revisit history, historical negationism precisely.
There is no religion or system of belief that is older than Islam. This is an established truth within the Islamic worldview and a fundamental conviction of the Muslim faith.
Others may hold different views, and that is perfectly legitimate. The truth of a Muslim's belief does not become false simply because others hold different beliefs and convictions.
Every individual has the right to make their choices, embrace their convictions, and stand firmly by what they believe. Respect for religious diversity does not require anyone to abandon the truth claims of their own faith. We can disagree without being disrespectful.
Ẹbití Ò P'ĚŔÁ retweeted
A religion that crossed the Atlantic and kept its language
In Bahia, the songs are still in Yoruba and the deities are orixás.
Enslaved Yoruba shipped from the Bight of Benin were logged as 'Nagô', and their religion became the dominant one among Afro-Brazilians. Candomblé Ketu is the branch named after the kingdom of Ketu.
"Man enabler"
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I will tell you for a fact that men are the enablers of this n0nsense we see on social media.
It is a disgrace how people online are crying about how Nigerian TikTok has turned into a total m@dness zone, yet they ignore the hyp0crites driving the demand.
Men are the enablers of this rvbb!sh girls of nowadays are doing. They are the one sponsoring and supporting all this ladies.
Why won't someone strip on TikTok Live when there is a steady stream of simps funding it?
It's men who are still gifting her on live so won't she continue?
Let me burst your brain, most of these men are married men.
No offense.
Ẹbití Ò P'ĚŔÁ retweeted
You believe someone parted the red sea but you dont want me to believe one of my ancestors descended from the skies. You want to believe your own fable but u dont want me to believe mine (which is very relatable to me and my people)
Ẹbití Ò P'ĚŔÁ retweeted
"The truth of a Muslim's belief does not become false simply because others hold different beliefs and convictions."
How come Muslims apply different logic when it comes to Odu-Ifa and Isese?
Why are they trying to force down their version of its origin down people's throats?
There is no religion or system of belief that is older than Islam. This is an established truth within the Islamic worldview and a fundamental conviction of the Muslim faith.
Others may hold different views, and that is perfectly legitimate. The truth of a Muslim's belief does not become false simply because others hold different beliefs and convictions.
Every individual has the right to make their choices, embrace their convictions, and stand firmly by what they believe. Respect for religious diversity does not require anyone to abandon the truth claims of their own faith. We can disagree without being disrespectful.
Ẹbití Ò P'ĚŔÁ retweeted
The funniest part is that the claims being promoted by @YusufAsunmogejo and his Muslims brothers on here are nothing more than folk stories and religious mythology. There is no archaeological evidence that the 16-sand divination system (Ilm al-Raml) was practised in the Arabian Peninsula during the pre-Islamic era.
What was commonly practised during that period were Ayafah and Zajr ( observations of birds)
This is yet another attempt by these people to redirect Yoruba greatness to the Arabian Peninsula and associate everything about our civilisation with the deity of Mecca. Like previous attempts, this has failed. Their next move may be to claim that our language also has its roots in Arabic, but I believe that will be much more difficult because we have nothing in common.
I want every Yoruba son and daughter to understand that there are people who are genuinely interested in Arabising our existence. That is why there is even a book written as far back as 1813 by a son of Dan Fodio attempting to link our greatness to the deity of the Kaaba.
This did not start today, and it is not going to stop anytime soon until we are ready to stand up and say enough is enough. We must recognise the importance of preserving our history, identity, language and civilisation rather than allowing others to rewrite our heritage to fit their religious narratives.
Where did you get 2500 years from? lol 😂 Bring a single historical manuscript or archaeological evidence that places the 16 figure binary Odu system in Yorubaland in 500 BC. You cannot just invent thousands of years to win a debate.
But thank you for confirming my timeline. You said they reached Yorubaland 600 years ago. 600 years ago is the 1400s. Your own people in this very thread already admitted that the Odu was introduced to the Oyo empire around the 1400s. The dates match perfectly.
And for the record, Arabians did not need to physically settle in Yorubaland for the mathematical science to arrive. Knowledge travels through trade routes.
The framework moved from North Africa, down the Trans-Saharan routes, reached the Nupe people, and was brought across the border by a Nupe man named Setilu. You just proved my point for me. Thank you.
Ẹbití Ò P'ĚŔÁ retweeted
You are demanding a written paper manuscript from an oral civilization. That makes absolutely no sense. If a culture does not use paper, they do not write things down on paper!
Asking for a paper manuscript to prove Ifá existed is like asking for a voice recording of Jesus to prove he was alive. It is a trick question because the technology did not exist in that culture at that time.
But if you want to talk about real scientific proof, let's look at what the top African scholars say. Professor Wándé Abímbọ́lá, the greatest expert on Ifá history, explicitly says that Ifá poems do not contain dates. Why? Because the Yoruba chose to store their records in the human brain, not on paper. The priests were the living library.
You are trying to force your rules on our history. You say that if it is not written down in an Arabic notebook, it does not exist. That is a colonial way of thinking that strips Africans of their own intelligence.
You still have not answered the biggest questions:
1. If the Yoruba just copied this from Arab notebooks, why is there not a single Arabic word in the 16 primary Odu?
2. Why is every single tool and word completely Yoruba?
3. Why did you completely ignore that King Onigbogi’s mother brought Ifá to Oyo from Ota (another Yoruba town), proving it was already in Yorubaland long before 1500 CE?
Ẹbití Ò P'ĚŔÁ retweeted
As a religious person, you must accept that the whole world will not practise your religion, and that is fine.
Your religion is not superior to others, and life does not revolve around it.
Your religion does not have a monopoly of truth.
You are only a mortal.
Live and let live.
Ẹbití Ò P'ĚŔÁ retweeted
Ìjọba amunim’ogun. 💯🤝🏾
I laughed when I saw someone quote the letter that the Osun State government wrote to Olúùwó. The person thinks Gov. Adeleke will be in trouble if he dethrones the monarch. NOTHING will happen!
Olúùwo is not as loved and reverred as Sanusi Lamidi Sanusi. Heaven did not fall.
Many would not like to admit this but in today's world and under the present constitution, the government is the god.
Ẹbití Ò P'ĚŔÁ retweeted
The epileptic state of power supply across all bands over the last couple of weeks has broken the social contract NERC and the Ministry of Power presented to Nigerians before introducing the band system.
On that basis, NOBODY should be paying Band A tariffs right now.
Ẹbití Ò P'ĚŔÁ retweeted
Yet there's no one that practice Ìṣẹ̀ṣe or Ifá outside of Nigeria that doesn't credit Yorùbás for it's origins, but yeah Ifá was imported. You are confidently conflicting two different things together and calling it the same. I wonder how you people think 🙄
Yoruba did not invent Ifa. They imported it.
Before you let your emotions take over, calm yourself down. The original name of this system was ʿIlm al-Raml, The Science of Sand. It was developed by Black populations in Aswan and the Nile Valley long before it ever reached West Africa.
The whole framework is pure binary mathematics. It uses a base of 16 figures that multiply out into 256 probabilities. This is what Yoruba people call the 256 Odu.
If you want to know, go and read the historical manuscripts of North African scholars especially that of Shaykh Abdallah al-Zanati.
He documented this binary science centuries ago. Every single one of the 16 primary Odu in Ifa has a direct Arabic mathematical equivalent in Zanati’s records.
The figure the Arabs called Tariq is what the Yoruba call Ogbe. The figure they called Jama'a is what the Yoruba call Oyeku. The mathematical coding is identical. You cannot debate this.
When ancient people migrated from the Nubian corridors and Arab Trans-Saharan trade routes opened up, Islamic scholars and merchants brought this architectural blueprint with them into West Africa.
The Yoruba are genius custodians. They assimilated it brilliantly. They mapped this imported Arab-transmitted science onto their own indigenous cosmology, attributed it to Orunmila, and named it Ifa.
But being a great preserver is not the same as being the originator.
This is why you find the very same system everywhere along those migration routes. The Fon call it Fa. The Ewe call it Afa. In Madagascar it is Sikidy. The medieval Europeans even copied it and translated the Arabic name into Geomancy.
If we have been quiet about this, it does not mean we do not know. History does not care about modern sentiments.
By historical origin and transmission, Ifa is Esin Arabu. The blueprint came from Aswan and arrived through Arab corridors.
Facts don’t lie.
Allah knows best.
Ẹbití Ò P'ĚŔÁ retweeted
The first time in my life I heard that Oduduwa came from Mecca was also the day I began to question the authenticity of that story. I was in JSS1 at the time.
Our Yoruba teacher said, and I quote: “Apa kan ninu itan so fun wa wipe Oduduwa wa lati Mecca” (A part of history tells us that Oduduwa came from Mecca).
The way she phrased it suggested that this was just one version of the story and that there was no certainty surrounding it.
I had a very confused look on my face and she noticed that I was lost in thought and asked me what was wrong.
But honestly, I was already questioning the story in my head.
I immediately asked myself: How could someone who supposedly came from Mecca give his child a name like Okanbi and his grandchild a name like Oranmiyan?
At the time, we were taught that Okanbi was Oduduwa’s heir. It was only much later that I came across the traditional account identifying Okanbi with Ogun Ola Kari Aye (Ogun Lakaye).
If Oduduwa truly came from Mecca, why don’t we have names like Abdullahi, Sodiq or Abu Bakr among his immediate descendants? And who tf comes from Mecca bears a name like Oduduwa?
These were the kinds of questions running through my mind even as a young boy.
Right from childhood, I’ve always been incredibly curious. I’ve had a deep interest in history, and I’ve never been the type to accept everything simply because someone presented it as history.
Ẹbití Ò P'ĚŔÁ retweeted
“Not every sophisticated African achievement needs an Arab, European or foreign origin story to make it believable.
If your religious convictions lead you to believe that Arab civilisation is inherently superior, that's your personal business. But don't project that inferiority complex onto Yoruba history.”
Ẹbití Ò P'ĚŔÁ retweeted
As written in my book, adopting an alternative belief about the nature of reality necessitates that you lose confidence in your own. It’s not unique to Muslims and religious people. Even Elewa @Promythious will tell you Africans could never come up with the idea of democracy on
“Not every sophisticated African achievement needs an Arab, European or foreign origin story to make it believable.
If your religious convictions lead you to believe that Arab civilisation is inherently superior, that's your personal business. But don't project that inferiority complex onto Yoruba history.”
Ẹbití Ò P'ĚŔÁ retweeted
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Ẹbití Ò P'ĚŔÁ retweeted
A book written by a returning slave with no historical authority?
An Igbo man once wrote a book claiming that the Igbo are originally from Ifẹ̀ and that the Yoruba are the invaders.
Can I also reference that book to support an argument?
I don't think Ayo is doing too much. From what I can see, most of you people comments suggest that you're more bothered by the Arabic connection he made than by the actual points he's raising.
More importantly, the guy is backing up his arguments with references from a book. You, on the other hand, haven't provided any sources to support your claims. You keep making statements based on what you've heard from others, without providing anything concrete to substantiate them.
At the very least, if you disagree with his position, bring evidence to support your own arguments and engage him in a proper debate.
Until then, what you're saying is no more factual than what you're accusing him of saying.
Ẹbití Ò P'ĚŔÁ retweeted
I avoid anything that has to do with religion, but no, I can't let this slide.
This thesis come from a belief that our ancestors ain't smart enough to invent IFA.
Our identity didn't come from a desert culture/religion. My forefathers are smart enough and IFA is indeginous to Yoruba
Yoruba did not invent Ifa. They imported it.
Before you let your emotions take over, calm yourself down. The original name of this system was ʿIlm al-Raml, The Science of Sand. It was developed by Black populations in Aswan and the Nile Valley long before it ever reached West Africa.
The whole framework is pure binary mathematics. It uses a base of 16 figures that multiply out into 256 probabilities. This is what Yoruba people call the 256 Odu.
If you want to know, go and read the historical manuscripts of North African scholars especially that of Shaykh Abdallah al-Zanati.
He documented this binary science centuries ago. Every single one of the 16 primary Odu in Ifa has a direct Arabic mathematical equivalent in Zanati’s records.
The figure the Arabs called Tariq is what the Yoruba call Ogbe. The figure they called Jama'a is what the Yoruba call Oyeku. The mathematical coding is identical. You cannot debate this.
When ancient people migrated from the Nubian corridors and Arab Trans-Saharan trade routes opened up, Islamic scholars and merchants brought this architectural blueprint with them into West Africa.
The Yoruba are genius custodians. They assimilated it brilliantly. They mapped this imported Arab-transmitted science onto their own indigenous cosmology, attributed it to Orunmila, and named it Ifa.
But being a great preserver is not the same as being the originator.
This is why you find the very same system everywhere along those migration routes. The Fon call it Fa. The Ewe call it Afa. In Madagascar it is Sikidy. The medieval Europeans even copied it and translated the Arabic name into Geomancy.
If we have been quiet about this, it does not mean we do not know. History does not care about modern sentiments.
By historical origin and transmission, Ifa is Esin Arabu. The blueprint came from Aswan and arrived through Arab corridors.
Facts don’t lie.
Allah knows best.