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Monday, February 28, 2011

YORUBA LANGUAGE IS DYING!-STOP MIXING YORUBA WITH ENGLISH WORDS LIKE "MAMA",DADDY,KINI NICE DAY!-A DALU YORUBA KO DA!-SAVE YORUBA LANGUAGE BY SPEAKING PURE YORUBA AND SPEAKING ONLY YORUBA TO YOUR CHILDREN!

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YORUBAS MUST STOP MIXING YORUBA WITH ENGLISH WORDS AND DESTROYING IT! “MAMA”,”DADDY”,KINI NICE DAY,KO SI PROBLEM ,WITH EVERY SENTENCE FILLED WITH ENGLISH WORDS HAS MADE YORUBA NOW PIDGIN!! SAVE YORUBA LANGUAGE!-YORUBA IS DYING!-A DALU YORUBA KO DARA O!

By Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/arts-a-review/17856-yorubas-must-ensure-the-survival-of-their-language
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Written by Adewale Oshodi Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade, a Black American, left the United States in 1978 for Nigeria to embrace the Yoruba way of life. In this interview with Adewale Oshodi, the Chief Librarian of African Heritage Research Library (AHRC) at Adeyipo village, Ibadan, speaks on what made her to leave the United States, why she embraced the Yoruba culture, and why she has not visited America since she left 33 years ago. Excerpts:
[Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade]
Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade
You are a Black American who relocated to Nigeria in 1978, but don’t you think that it is rather ironic that you chose to come to Africa, when Africans themselves are struggling to migrate to America?
Any black person who is in the white man’s country is a slave to white people, and by the time I was 19, I said my children would never be slaves to white people, because in reality, we were their slaves, and that is how they still treat black people till today. There is no freedom for black people, and the way they treat us is just so bad, and I decided that my children would grow up in Africa. So, by 19, I had decided that I was coming to Yorubaland because I was told by Black Americans who were practising Yoruba religion that Yoruba is the best culture in the world, as well as the best language. So that was when I decided that my children were going to grow up with the culture and speak the language, and they would never be slaves to white people.
So, in 1978, I arrived in Nigeria. Then, my children were very young and I told them they must stop speaking English in the house and speak only the Yoruba language. So they spoke Yoruba. They call me Iya mi (my mother) because I told them I didn’t want to hear any word of English in the house, like mummy, and all other words that Yorubas are using to mix and destroy the language. I didn’t allow it. Now, my children are grateful for being brought up in the Yoruba culture. Even though they are back in America, they said the culture has really helped them. It has given them a sense of belonging. Now, I am confident that one day, they will also return to Yorubaland.
You are in Nigeria now, but how often do you visit America?
I have not gone back for once because I don’t want to be anybody’s slave. I just want to be me. I love my freedom here. The racism is still very strong in the white man’s country, especially in America. So, since 1978, I have been here. I have been enjoying Yorubaland. I have never suffered for once here like I suffered while in America. I am respected by the people around me.
You speak the Yoruba language fairly well..
I don’t speak it fairly well; I must tell you the truth, and that is the only problem I have with Yoruba people. If you don’t learn to speak the languagequickly,they stop trying to teach you,say you never can learn it and speak to you in english! So in that regards, they are yet to cooperate with me but I am pledging to speak only Yoruba by Dec.!
Now, one of the problems we are having with the language is that Yoruba parents encourage their children to speak only the English language. What do you have to say to this?
That is how they are destroying the language, and they will be slave to English and white people forever. Once you take up another man’s language, you will become a slave to the real owners of the language.
What do you find interesting in the Yoruba culture?
Yoruba culture is the best in the world. Yorubas were in Egypt. The culture is the most developed in Africa, and that means it is the best in the world; I must tell you that the white culture is not developed. The Asian culture is also developed, but nothing compares with the African culture.
Do you still maintain contacts with your friends in America despite leaving there 33 years ago?
Of course, we are still very much in contact. I tell them everyday why they should return home to Africa. Africa is home to blacks all over the world. I tell them I am ready to help get them settled, and a lot of them are ready to come now because the racism is just so bad, and because I have coped really well here for 33 years, they say it means the place is not that terrible.
Since you came, was there a day you regretted your decision to relocate to Africa?
Not even once. The black man should be in the black man’s land. There is no way a black person can be happy in a white country. No matter how rich the black man is; no matter how successful he is, he is still not respected. They can pick him up anytime and say he robbed a bank, and then get him jailed without any evidence of him committing any crime. Those Nigerians who are abroad, majority of them are only working for the money, so after a while, they will raise some money, put up a structure back at home and then return when they feel they have achieved a degree of financial success.
And you were not discouraged by the lack of infrastructure, the lack of electricity, among other things, coming from a country that has everything?
First of all, freedom is the most important thing in life. If you have never been free, like the blacks in America, and you come to a place where you are free, will you be talking about electricity? Although there are some Black Americans who come here, and they dwell on the lack of infrastructure, but that is not for me. I want my children to be free. Everything is here for me. I cherish the culture, the language, and the respect people give me. Everywhere I go, I am respected. A black is not respected in America. Some people even wonder how I can be living in the village. But for me, freedom comes first.

Friday, February 25, 2011

BLACK VIRGINITY! -COMMENTS FROM DAWNALI.COM

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BLACK VIRGINITY! -LET’S GO BACK TO IT AND SAVE BLACK GIRLS FROM SHAME AND UNHAPPINESS!
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Virgin Girl – Keep Your Virginity, Gain Self Esteem
A virgin girl may not appreciate what she has. Some girls actually loose their virginity because of peer pressure. They give away their virginity just to fit in, just to belong.

Here’s some great news.

Contrary to what your friends say, being a virgin girl is perfectly normal. You’re perfectly normal as a virgin. You won’t fall ill because you didn’t have sex before twenty one. You won’t even get sick if you don’t have sex before thirty five.

Another thing. You don’t have to play along with your friends to do evil in other to feel great about yourself. You don’t have to belong to a certain circle of friends to be important.

You can achieve what you want to achieve and be anything you want to be without having to follow the wrong crowd. Self-esteem is a thing of the mind. If you feel good about yourself no one can put you down.

This is important because many young girls have veered into sexual misconduct simply to please their friends or to be rated as mature by friends.

Some other college girls have been lured to sexual misbehavior because they fear they may get sick if they do not have sex before they are twenty.

This may all sound silly and irrational to you. But ignorance breeds fear.

To compound matters, many parents do not feel comfortable discussing sexual matters with their children. When children ask questions relating to sexuality, many parents skim over the subject or dodge it outright.

That doesn’t help your children.

Since parents often fail to carry out their responsibility to their children, these innocent children turn to their peers for answers. And the answers they get are often distorted and far from the truth.

The result?

Pregnant teens, troubled teens, and reckless teens that become depressed adults. These depressed adults eventually become a nuisance to society.

You young woman reading this, I have this simple advice for you.

Do not join your friends to experiment with sex. It is like walking on red hot coal. Your legs will get burnt.

If you are a virgin girl, maintain your virginity. Your virginity is a source of pride to your parents. And when you get married as a virgin girl, your husband will be extremely proud of you.

Remaining a virgin girl until you marry establishes your marriage on sound footing of trust. Your husband knows he can trust you because you have self-discipline and love of righteousness.

It takes self-discipline, self-control, and love of God to stay morally upright in this decadent generation. When you are able to do that and maintain your virginity straight to marriage you gain self-esteem as a woman of substance.

Besides, you save yourself the trauma your wayward schoolmates experience. You save yourself the pain of teen pregnancy and fatherless baby. And you save yourself the pain of a wasted life.

Your friends are wrong when they say virginity is archaic and dark age morality.

Remaining a virgin girl is a thing of pride. As a virgin you can hold your head high anywhere you go. You have no need of shame.

You have self-confidence, self-esteem, poise and a feeling of fulfillment.

Wouldn’t you rather remain an innocent virgin girl and enjoy such honor than be tossed about because your stomach is bulging with pregnancy for a baby who has no father?

Yeah. I know you will do the right thing.

However, there are certain mistakes that young people your age make that undermine their decision to remain a virgin girl.

Young girls tend to be avid readers of romance stories.

Romance stories tend to create sexual passion and often cause their readers especially women to fantasize about life with Mr. Perfect.

These girls feel the passion in the stories and wish for a life just like that in the stories. The romance in the romance novels results in a buildup of sexual fantasy in many girls. A regular dose of sexual fantasy eventually results in a desire for the real thing.

Then what?

Your guess is as good as mine.

Yes, romance novels make interesting reading. But many teach values that derail youths by creating desires that lead them astray.

Do you really want to remain a virgin girl?

Then stay clear of material that arouse your sexual desires. If you don’t, you will have trouble maintaining your virginity and self-esteem.

Make the right choice. It’s your life.

read more: http://yeyeolade.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/black-virginity-lets-go-back-to-this-african-cultural-standard-and-save-our-black-girls-from-hearbreak-and-shame/
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« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2011, 01:28:09 AM »

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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2011, 05:27:19 AM »

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« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2011, 07:18:53 AM »

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« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2011, 07:25:02 AM »

response to the original post - it talks about staying away from fantasy and romantic novels.  i also  want to add that this country is set up to feed sex to you all of the time.  all of the tv show and movies, even commercials and cartoons are filled with sexual suggestive behavior and language.  all of those things make being a virgin more difficult...especially for boys and men.  they then get all of these desires built up inside of them, and they know the only way they can get the girls to have sex with them (without marriage) is to lie to them so they can get what they want.
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« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2011, 07:38:40 AM »

response to the original post - it talks about staying away from fantasy and romantic novels.  i also  want to add that this country is set up to feed sex to you all of the time.  all of the tv show and movies, even commercials and cartoons are filled with sexual suggestive behavior and language.  all of those things make being a virgin more difficult...especially for boys and men.  they then get all of these desires built up inside of them, and they know the only way they can get the girls to have sex with them (without marriage) is to lie to them so they can get what they want.


The way movies and romantic novels play out sex scenes and romantic 'love making' makes me wonder like shittt i hope the guy's expectations of getting it on with me aren't a refelction of what we being shown on tv etc.. Undecided cos he'll be sadly mistaken lol.  Tongue
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« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2011, 07:46:30 AM »

response to the original post - it talks about staying away from fantasy and romantic novels.  i also  want to add that this country is set up to feed sex to you all of the time.  all of the tv show and movies, even commercials and cartoons are filled with sexual suggestive behavior and language.  all of those things make being a virgin more difficult...especially for boys and men.  they then get all of these desires built up inside of them, and they know the only way they can get the girls to have sex with them (without marriage) is to lie to them so they can get what they want.


The way movies and romantic novels play out sex scenes and romantic 'love making' makes me wonder like shittt i hope the guy's expectations of getting it on with me aren't a refelction of what we being shown on tv etc.. Undecided cos he'll be sadly mistaken lol.  Tongue

i always think the same thing!  i be thinking "people are waaaayyyy to FREAKY when it comes to sex...i ain't doing all that sh*t." Embarrassed  i refuse to hang upside down, handcuff to a chandelier trying to have sex! Tongue
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« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2011, 07:50:20 AM »

response to the original post - it talks about staying away from fantasy and romantic novels.  i also  want to add that this country is set up to feed sex to you all of the time.  all of the tv show and movies, even commercials and cartoons are filled with sexual suggestive behavior and language.  all of those things make being a virgin more difficult...especially for boys and men.  they then get all of these desires built up inside of them, and they know the only way they can get the girls to have sex with them (without marriage) is to lie to them so they can get what they want.

The way movies and romantic novels play out sex scenes and romantic 'love making' makes me wonder like shittt i hope the guy's expectations of getting it on with me aren't a refelction of what we being shown on tv etc.. Undecided cos he'll be sadly mistaken lol.  Tongue

i always think the same thing!  i be thinking "people are waaaayyyy to FREAKY when it comes to sex...i ain't doing all that sh*t." Embarrassed  i refuse to hang upside down, handcuff to a chandelier trying to have sex! Tongue

Hahaha Dawn ur crazy, but your right just because i did gymnastics as a child doesnt mean am all bendy and can do some crazy sex positions or something lol  Tongue
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« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2011, 09:41:22 AM »

response to the original post - it talks about staying away from fantasy and romantic novels.  i also  want to add that this country is set up to feed sex to you all of the time.  all of the tv show and movies, even commercials and cartoons are filled with sexual suggestive behavior and language.  all of those things make being a virgin more difficult...especially for boys and men.  they then get all of these desires built up inside of them, and they know the only way they can get the girls to have sex with them (without marriage) is to lie to them so they can get what they want.


The way movies and romantic novels play out sex scenes and romantic 'love making' makes me wonder like shittt i hope the guy's expectations of getting it on with me aren't a refelction of what we being shown on tv etc.. Undecided cos he'll be sadly mistaken lol.  Tongue

i always think the same thing!  i be thinking "people are waaaayyyy to FREAKY when it comes to sex...i ain't doing all that sh*t." Embarrassed  i refuse to hang upside down, handcuff to a chandelier trying to have sex! Tongue

I would willingly do some of that stuff for my HUSBAND.
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« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2011, 10:10:43 AM »

Get your FREAK on Saturn    Tongue Tongue Tongue
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« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2011, 11:00:41 AM »

lol @ Saturn...

yes people can be crazy with sex these days...i noticed in the late 90s that love scenes in movies started becoming more rough and aggressive. back in the day, loves scenes used to slow, sweet and sexy, now a days its just wham bam, slam the woman against the wall, get in between her legs and go to town...i mean it's ridiculous. Where is the romance, where is the love?
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« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2011, 12:58:55 PM »

response to the original post - it talks about staying away from fantasy and romantic novels.  i also  want to add that this country is set up to feed sex to you all of the time.  all of the tv show and movies, even commercials and cartoons are filled with sexual suggestive behavior and language.  all of those things make being a virgin more difficult...especially for boys and men.  they then get all of these desires built up inside of them, and they know the only way they can get the girls to have sex with them (without marriage) is to lie to them so they can get what they want.
I agree, especially when there is a lack of parental moral guidance. Gratuitous sex is like gratuitous foul language in entertainment...both are usually unnecessary if you have a good story to tell. I am no angel. I sometimes have a foul mouth when I get angry, but it is not something that we should aspire to when making "cultural contributions."