Wow...Nigeria is so far deep in HISTORY. My parents are from IBUSA, in Delta State. I never knew a part of Delta in ANIOMA speaks YORUBA language, not until this very moment. I encourage all to be interested in taking up history as a life curriculum.
I totally agree with you,hence we have taken this boldstep of showcasing our beautiful heritage to the world,kindly subscribe and share to other like minds,history is power
If I may come in, please there is nothing like ibusa it makes no meaning what makes meaning is igbo bu uzo meaning the igbo that come first.the Nigeria military government changed it to ibusa to hide the true meaning .
Thank you for sharing!!! It is so important for a people to fight to maintain their culture, language, in order to maintain their identity. I hope the young people are writing down the oral history as presented by the elders .
Yes it is very important to do so but Credit should also be given to their IGBO hosts for not having much problems with that. That's IGBO for you. We are not an insecure people like other Nigerians who are very insecure when it comes to us portraying our culture on their soil. We are the only ethnic group in Nigeria with a highly conservative culture. We are not liberal like other ethnic groups in Nigeria. Our conservativeness is why we were able to allow ancient migrants to preserve their own culture while we still see them as part of us. Not all the Yorubas are originally from Ife or Originally Yorubas. This is very varifiable. infact, according to the custodian of the Yoruba culture, history and tradition, the Ooni of Ife, there are some IGBO descendants still in Yoruba land. In his article he mentioned some of them. They still go to the IGBO quarters in Ile Ife to pay homage to their ancestors. They do not speak IGBO today or portray the IGBO culture and can't be allowed to do so because the Yoruba culture is liberal. They might get into trouble with other Yorubas if they attempt to do so. Even in modern times If you live in Yoruba land and don't portray their mannerisms it might be seen as disrespectful. But the IGBOS are not bothered about such. The fact there is that the Olukumi are of Yoruba Origin but are now part of the IGBOS even though they portray Yoruba traditions. The land was given to them by the Enuani IGBO people when they fled Benin. theyvhave lived with us for centuries. think.
Why are they dragging we the ikas from here to there. For me we are all Igbos. my own community ute- okpu in ika north east LGA, it was said that our mother is a Yoruba while our father is from awka in Anambra state. Please ika is from Igbo land patriarchal wise.
I remember reading many years ago that there's the Yoruboid (their language and culture closer to Yoruba) and Igboid (their language and culture closer to Igbo) parts of Delta state. I'm mixed, Delta (Igboid) plus Osun. And I grew up with my Osun grandma who ofter referred to friend as "Olukumi" (Ife dialect). I never actually knew there's a whole group in Delta state represented by that term. I doubt she knew as well. She was just speaking her own language 😂.
Very very educative and informative. The whole southern Nigeria are one people, that means southern Nigeria was once a nation just as Nigeria is now a nation encompassing different tribes.❤❤❤❤
@busuyioris It's very simple. Before I used to think that it was only the igbos going out to settle in other parts of southern Nigeria but watching this video I now understood that other tribes settled in the mid south close to the Igbo land. I would have given a lengthy explanation but time wouldn't permit.
@busuyioris how would you define a kingdom against a nation if the British didn't educate you to see the past nations as kingdom. I know what you know but if I believe it the way you do, I will be setting us further far apart. You define kingdoms empires and the rest with the European ideas, I wasn't there and you weren't there when this whole events happened, our knowledge of history should be to change our history more to unite us than divide us.
This is so interesting to see! I was aware of the stories of Yorubas relocating outside Yoruba land, but was never aware they went as far as Anioma in Delta state ! This was due to incessant tribal warfare among the Yorubas themselves! The Yoruba intertribal wars lasted over 100 years long! There were also skirmishes within Yoruba land known as the Kiriji wars! Both these conflicts actually helped fuel the transatlantic slave trade, as captives on the numerous sides were sold into slavery! Yet other Yorubas fled to various other parts of Nigeria and were given refuge by other non Yoruba tribes! Nigeria's history is fascinating! Every day I learn so much more and my chest just bursts with pride! From learning about the Nok culture in north central Nigeria to the amazing doctrines of the Nri Kingdom in Igbo land and to the origins of the Nsibidi writings of Efik and Ibibio people! It is sad today that we allow politics to narrow our visions and widen our distances along tribal lines, when indeed we are mostly intertwined by "Six Degrees of Separation"! God Dey!! 👊🏾🇳🇬👊🏾🇳🇬👊🏾🇳🇬!
some people will just come online to spread falsehood. So It was wars that caused Yorubas to migrate to other areas? you people just amaze me some times with your lies.
@@calebadeleye Agbaya! Google it! Ode!! How to hang off a Danfo shouting "Oshodi Oshodi, Anthony ma a wole o" is all they know how to do! Common history, they don't know!
@busuyioris Oh well, in that case, I stand corrected! I do know that the Kiriji wars (which went on for 15 years or so) partially overlapped with the Yoruba Inter tribal wars which had gone on for well over 100 years! And I do know that both conflicts triggered migrations of different Yoruba tribes away from Yorubaland to other parts of Nigeria and beyond! I also know that the Yoruba revolutionary wars also fuelled the Transatlantic slave trade, as the various rival factions sold their captives into slavery! But the Olukumi people had been an unknown history to me until now. It wouldn't be far fetched though , to imagine that it was possibly war and rumours of war , that might have also enabled their migration to the location where they are in today! But my bigger joy here, is that even more than we care to consider, is that our various ethnicities in Nigeria 🇳🇬 are more linked to one another than we realise ! Na so! 👊🏾🇳🇬👊🏾🇳🇬!
but what of Igbos places in south west when obi of onitsha were there. Ijebu Igbo and many of them even in Ife Igbos there that doesn't return with obi of onitsha . OBA of ife also said it. You maybe Igbo as am see you. If you see any wise Yoruba's check it well they are igbos. We don't accept obasanjo ooo
Pity we relied only on oral tradition, which makes record keeping very difficult. I hope we are writing to make it easier for future generations. Thanks for this.
Oral history wasn't idle chit chat, to be the custodian of oral history took decades of training and was bestowed on only those that were sufficiently qualified to tell the histories verbatim as was told to them. Written histories doesn't stop people from mistruths and embellishments.
@@wordsbymaribeja1470 it still isn't as reliable as written history.. As someone can forget details or accidently add something in. Thats why contracts are written. What is written cannot be changed and thats the only verifiable way to track history. Oral history is often why our stories are never consistent
i am from ukwu-nzu. From late chief ELUMEZE family who was a close friend and advicer to the current OBI, Our family home is just a stone throw from the palace. Back in school my peers always couldnt believe am not igbo because of my surname being ELUMEZE but my own name being MOZAERE which means "victory or i fought well" also means the same thing in yoruba if you call it as " MOJARE" meaning " I fought well". my dad name is AWANI, my elder brother SEBOTIMA and jnr. sister bears the name TEMITOMIOWO, if you are yoruba you'd know this are all yoruba names, but twisted a little. Its a beautiful town which is becoming modern, but left to me i like the village setting it use to have with dusty roads and all.....i enjoyed the village setting it use to have " my opinion"
Wow! We are so glad the video has brought back your old good days🙏🏿😀😀 Kindly share with Other Olukumis you know,stay blessed and don’t forget to watch other of our videos.
@@elumezevikky6466 Wow! That’s good to know,thanks for your kind words. You may also like our video titled Road Trip to the Kingdom of Agbor Delta state Nigeria.👍🏿
This story is quite a revelation of how intertwined we as a people. I never imagined Yoruba speaking tribe in Anioma. But I recall I had classmate when I was in the University of Benin, with the name Bardi. I felt then, that it was a strange name for someone from that part of the country, as it was not an Ibo name. This story explains it all.
That is why we keep saying all ethnic groups within Anioma know were they migrated from. Other names don’t mean shit, just look at their surnames and you will tell most are not Igbos
Stop lying pls! Anioma is igbo! With traces of other tribes like igala, yoruba, Owan and bini that settled on igboland during different war times, you think the land was empty? Jokes!😂@@Acha344
Thanks to this video, I now have answers to some of my questions. I am from Delta state, Issele-uku,Ugbodu in aniocha local government and we speak Olukunmi. My other question is the meaning of some of our names like.... Eyiremi Iretole moyotole Yemiwa.
I wish I could provide answers to your questions but hopefully a more knowledgeable Olukumi indigene will respond to it soon,kindly share with other like minds
Eyiremi in Yoruba means, this one comforts me. Yemiwa, mother came. Ire means good, moyo means I rejoice. Tole, can't say the mean because no sign. It could mean "came home"
this is the first time I'm hearing about olukumi and the spoken language and I can say it's basically a dialect of Yoruba. I can confidently say I understood about 75% of what the man said in olukumi even though my Yoruba is purely general Yoruba from Lagos...I think I can help you with the names.... Eyiremi......this is my consolation or one to console me Iretole......goodness/graciousness has come home Moyotole....my lasting joy/ my joy has come home Yemiwa....mother has come or return. Note: I used my basic understanding of Yoruba names here.
Nice one... 😊 But as an Ugbodu man, I still speak my dialect fluently without mixing with any Igbo language. I think you can't find that in Eko Efu... 😊
Hmmmmmmm, every day on social media streets especially TH-cam. I’m always learning something new about Naija. This right here is very interesting. In fact, there’s a show here called Berekete Family……. Omo, the kind of languages & tribes in Nigeria I’ve heard on that show alone, is like WOW! Nigeria is quite deeper than Lagos/Abuja. In fact, I want to believe that the whole of Western Africa were one at one point. Until slavery & tribal wars started happening….. This is history that needs to be in the books! Thank you for sharing.
This language is the ethnics in ekiti and owo in ondo dialect of the Yoruba tribes, we also, have same like the itsekiri, Nigeria is deep...... You are doing a great job, Thank you....
Delta State has many Yoruba linked groups. While in school I had so may friends from Delta State with names with a lots of Yoruba origin. I also read somewhere long time ago that the urobo people in Delta State migrated from Ijebu land
This is true. I grew up in that area. My headmaster, Mr Ikade was from Ukwu Nzu. Whenever we visited them back then, they spoke a different language among themselves, but spoke Ibo to us. They spoke Ibo and Olukumi effortlessly. It was so cool!
Wow! This video must have brought back memories of old good days😀👍🏿 Kindly share with other of your class mates,our history must be told and kept for the unborn generation 🙏🏿
We are one people from the same root. The Yoruba, igbo, urhobo ijaw, Benin and some other southern and tribes were from the same ancestors. We all are a branch of the Bantu people of Africa.
@@BolloSane No we are not, the Yoruba and Igbo could not be more different, the Igbo does not have the depth of history that the Yoruba have, it is even questionable as to whether they are indigenous to west Africa. I know you mean well when you say this, but let us not lie and distort history and facts, the consequences are that we also erase the true facts. We need acceptance of each other, not assimilation into a benign catch all 'Nigerian' identity at the consequence of our indigenous thousands of years old ethnicity.
@@wordsbymaribeja1470 if we weren't indigenous to west africa how could we have the oldest language in Nigeria after the efik? You people just talk to talk , we have the oldest artifacts found in nigeria to date but not indigenous you be mumu. Our history is much older than yoruba who is likely the youngest between igbo, edo, ijaw and yoruba. Your folk tales and stories mean nothing bc they change over time. You wrote nothing down and had no writing system like we did with nsibidi. Artifacts and carbon dating are the only physical way to determine history. The oldest artifacts in your land are not even 3,000 years old. Ours are 6,000. Our languages share the same root which means we came from the same stock before dividing, just because we don't have some fake story of coming from saudi arabia doesn't mean we aren't indigenous. Yall wrote nothing down and your origin before nigeria is also just speculation
our people, we in yorubaland do not know much about the olukumi people (or should i say odiani people, since "olukumi" is actually also the name of yoruba people, so when you call a people olukumi its just like saying yoruba too, all yorubas are olukumi, even those yoruba in cuba) but as we learn we realise the need to build the lost bridges
Good documentary.....migration is as old as time. But, assimilation is a must. As time goes on, more of your children will marry neighboring town people and their children names will change. My grandmother migrated from the present delta to Ondo state. My grandfather migrated from Ilesha in Osun to Ondo state. They all have forgotten relatives scattered around the world.
Eleyi ju agbara mi lo. I just weak. This is like a melting pot of Igbos, Yorubas and Edos. Even a friend of mine, who's Igala told me that her parents told her that earliest Igala settlers in Kogi state today migrated from Ekiti, that they have huge Yoruba DNA in them. Anyway, I remember Mazi Kanu saying something like there is a link between the Yorubas, Igbos and Edos, and it is all traced centuries and centuries ago to the Igodomigodo kingdom. He kept repeating and repeating it ooo, that once the obscure knowledge about that connection is discovered, our histories, migrations and identities would become clearer and biafra would come. Unfortunately the man was kidnapped.
Yoruba dont relate wit igbos in anywher don't teach our children's fake history even alafin oyo said it before he die when igbos people bribe oni of ife to fake history alafin of oyo said if not Nigeria Yoruba dont relate wit igbos in anywhere u guys should stop creating more problems for our children's
Igala are yoruba original, seperation came 500 years ago,interbreed with some tribes they meet in river niger,then language change.majo of igala understand yoruba
@@user-up8xq4uf1hHonestly, Im not surprised. If one begins to trace far back into history... not much separates us. Migration is usually d major factor here, causing dilution and changes of language. But by genetics, only little would separate us. I have a few Igala friends and their affinity to speak Yoruba language is just curious. How easy it is for them to speak it, some better than I do, beats my imagination.
They may not necessarily be from ilaje sir... From igbomina,to ekiti ,ilesha ,ife ,Ondo ,ijebu ,ikale ,ilaje ,Ugbo , itsekiri,and olukumi are all IKEDU speakers ,our language are so related and similar We are the aboriginal... We need to come together as one
Actually, these people may have their origin from Idoani and Idogun towns in the Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. For instance, the word “Olukunmi” is an Idogun word for “My friend.” Some of the words are quite similar to words in Idogun dialect.
Olukunmi is an Owo word meaning 'my friend.' The man in the video said they originated from Owo and Akure. He is correct. Now, you're introducing a totally unfounded element by saying they 'must be' from Idoani. 😂
The word "Olukunmi" is a Yoruba Ife word for "a confidant kind of Friend or simply my confidant "It's so interesting, I have heard something like this before but not so clearly like this. I always noticed that people from Delta North generally(though a few like these communities have cultural ties with Yorubas) have close social affinity to Yorubas than the Igbos in personal experience from school days till now, they have more Yoruba friends,spouses,business associates and others. Wow, it sounds so good to be true. I think it's true. Even, the Itshekiri,isen and some others have Yoruba roots. Whether we are Igbos or Yorubas or not ,I think we are one. Why are we dividing ourselves for goodness sake.
@@henryknight8626 Yoruba people are seen live abi? But more distinct IGBOS are not seen live? Infact the Igbo unity with their kits and kins is a taboo amongst Yoruba people and Edo people but their own unification with their brothers and sisters is sacrosanct, and Igbo own is not, abi? Sons of perdition. Cursed indeed.
But in the long run they are immigrants to the area so they should respect the local people who accepted them,unlike the people they ran away from after the killing of their own Yoruba king
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They must have come from Owo when Owo people invaded Benin through the Ugbowo 'Ugbo Owo' (Forest of Owo). The Yoruba kingdom of Usen, also in Edo State settled the war between Owo and Benin at a place which was later called Oluku (Olukumi - my friend) till date. I believe this is somehow connected to this same Olukumi people of Delta state. Or They could be USEN people, their language sounds similar to USEN language.
Yorubas invaded Benin? I wish there was more videos about the Benin kingdom everything is so saturated in igbo.i can barely find any information. It's probably the most broken tribe in Nigerias history but I think it's the most amazing. Like I just learned Benin kingdom was the only tribe that did not sell their slaves to trade.
Usen did not settle any war in Benin. I don't know who is feeding you this statement without evidence. Who was the oba at that time the bini had war with owo. Are you telling me that the Oba of bini was not aware that there was war in his kingdom that a small villiage even in bini kingdom will now settle a war blw bini and owo.😂
Look at the yoruba people despect the fact that they’re little in that area but they stil accept who they’re, but the igbo’s in the same area who are the majority area danying Where the came from what a shame to the igbo’s I’m so proud of the yoruba, nomatter Where they find themselves they don’t dany who they’re
Igbos who are in opobo is comfortable to identify with ijaw but small community of 20,000 in aniocha north who migrated from yoruba is having problem to identify with Igbos. Good and fine.
The Eko Efun is what interests me. Is it that because of The Benin Empire, it was that The Benin Empire thought these people are linked to people of Eko(Lagos) who are also Yoruba?
@@Abillsablehow does Eko mean assembly in yoruba. What is apejo in yoruba? Eko that I know is a bini word and not a yoruba word. Eko mean camp in bini.
Olukumi in Ekitu dialect means "my best friend, my confidante, or my right-hand person." Immediately I heard the name, I knew the people have a strong connection to Ekiti.
And they are Yoruba because you hear them but in the case of Igbo, Anioma can never be considered Igbo because they speak Igbo. Sons of perdition indeed. Nzeogwu who masterminded the military coup was Yoruba despite his speaking Igbo and bearing Igbo name. Yet the coup was termed Igbo coup.God will judge you guys to utter destruction.
@@ekeneokeke8244 I believe, this your response is not because of what i wrote here because, i wrote very simple unbiased statement without any element of abuse. However, i have to respond to this your attitude of lack of no manners and inferiority complex in public places; Language of the people and the testimonies of the indigenes of a particular society is the surest way to describe and identify them. The guy making a speech in the video speaks yoruba language and he also stated his origin, he categorically maintained his tribe is from yoruba, and they are primary settlers in that land. I am from ekiti state, and this man just stated that the local settlements in review here came from Ado ekiti. He spoke the language, and i understood everything he said perfectly, while you igbo do not even understand that particular language he spoke, but you still make dubious claim to negate his assertion. I understand that most of you usually use your legs to kick your fathers and mothers out of beds to wake them up. How would you learn any language of of manners when making comments on sonhood or sonship and fatherhood? Not possible. What i expect you to do is, simply go to the people of that area granting this very interview, and tell them they are not who they claim to be. PERDITION YOU SAID! about 7 army officers planned a coup, 6 of them were igbo, only one was a yoruba. The agreement at the time all was in arrangement was to make a bloodless coup. The only officer who never killed his victim, but only arrested the victim was the yoruba man. All the other actors gruesomely murdered their victims, and one of them even still came back to kill the victim that yoruba man only arrested as planned. In your dubious animalistic mind, the narrative has to change , and we have to call those igbo army officers just the name 'nigerian army' ! The phrase SON OF PERDITION is actually the identity of your fraudulent tribe. In the beginning, your treacherous tribes called yorubas bad names and hence team up with the fulanis and hausas against us in 1959 and 1960. in just less than six years after the gang up, you murdered their elites like as that of a cattle. Till date, no hausa man will ever trust you. You did the same to benin people, and they will also never trust you. This people , who despite living in your neighbourhood have all the reasons in this world to always remind you that they are not igbos, and that the igbos in that society are there as a result of migration and cultural diffusiion. If that offends you, satisfy your self anyhow. No single yorubas from the southwest was features in that clip. YOU WILL LEARN MORE GORY LESSONS WITH TIME Pele,
@@ekeneokeke8244 Your statement isn't only misinformation but also problematic. I seldom reply loafers like yourself online but I will not shy away from this one. Where is your evidence that Nzeogwu was a Yoruba man? If Nzeogwu was a Yoruba man, was J.T.U Aguiyi Ironsi, a Yoruba man too? Sometimes, I wonder if people don't reason before they type or spew information online. It's totally unsettling.
This olukumi people ukwu nzu, ubulubu etc,. speak yoruba language, they share boundaries with, onicha ukwu, obamkpa, ubulubu all in aniocha local government area of delta state They speak both ibo and olukumi (yoruba.) Language
They are visitors who refused to go back to their father land, which’s synonymous with Yorubas, they are Togo, IvoryCoast etc , As a bona fide daughter of Ukwuani in Anioma Delta state, Anioma is an Igbo geographical entity, … visitors who settled down there should always remind their children children .
Good comment but just a little correction here. Ukwuani is not Igbo. Trace your history well, the Igbo's also crossed over to settle and an interaction of cultures happened after! I don't know of any palace in Aniocha North or Ndokwa that is subject to any Palace across the Niger, you seen one?
@@SugarZaddy77 nonsense, the name ukwuani is first of all Igbo, their language, traditions, names, market days and so on shows their strong Igbo heritage, unless u have a superior argument, the Yorubas there are settlers as narrated by the man, that explains why their villages bears Igbos names cos u can't come to a man's house and change how he lives.
@@ezumaechee7814 Calm down, everything no be fight okay! Now, you had no argument but just pure aggression, so maybe you should give a brief history of these people you are raging about. Perhaps you come from there, that should put you in a good place to educate others.
Can somebody tell me the history of Olu of warri, Olu is a Yoruba name, Mofe damijo is a Yoruba name, Omowumni is a Yoruba name etc how did they conquer the land and still become a king there? ..
This people just migrated recently (during world war) as the old man said. Just like a large community of middle easterners somewhere in Michigan, USA and now the unfortunate Yoruba man wants to change the original name from ukwu nzu to eko efun. He's not happy with the igbo name (you can imagine).. same thing they did to other communities of Igbo origin just to totally separate them from their roots Ex. Obigbo to Oyigbo, Igbo uzo to ibusa/ibuzor. What a tragedy!
Make I tell you something make you know, Yoruba is a league not just a league a world class league, You guys go deh form victim everytime, You think Yoruba people care, I wish make dem divide us, We plenty like crazy, Cuban, Brazil, pueto Rico, everywhere check, You think Yoruba people care, If you like abuse us till tomorrow, I’ll are better and large more than any tribe and we are unique, nah jealousy go wound you people.
@@Worldfactnewslifejealous of useless cursed irritating Yoruba people abi? God forbid. Jealous of your which legacy? Yoruba is enemy, a demonic tribe of perdition. But una cup go full one day.
I think this dialect also has relationship with Igala language. "My friend" in Yoruba language is Ọ̀rẹ́ mi while in Igala language, "my friend" is ọ́nùkumi.
Wow ...i never knew this..am from urhrobo ..delta state...please tell us more who are the real yoruba..is it the one in lagos or delta.. Educate us more Please
There are no fake Yorubas as far as am concerned,going by history,they all originated from Ile Ife (correct me if am wrong)and some migrated to different parts of the world but as humans,it’s only natural we keep history for our unborn generations.
Olukumi from my Lagos Yoruba perspective simply means someone who can tap my stomach and hear it reveal what is inside. That's a friend that you pour out your deep secret to. Ugbodu in Yoruba means a place of secret where high-level rituals are performed.
The Olukumi language clearly has the elements of Ondo/Ekiti Yoruba dialects. Wow! This is the first time I've heard about these people.
We are glad you find the video informative 👍🏿
You are right. The language almost sounds like an Ijesha man speaking.
Oluku mi in Ekiti means my friend
I'm from Ondo State, Oluku mi, in my yoruba language is my nabour or my partner in order way meaning my friend,
Wow...Nigeria is so far deep in HISTORY. My parents are from IBUSA, in Delta State. I never knew a part of Delta in ANIOMA speaks YORUBA language, not until this very moment. I encourage all to be interested in taking up history as a life curriculum.
I totally agree with you,hence we have taken this boldstep of showcasing our beautiful heritage to the world,kindly subscribe and share to other like minds,history is power
I have been to Ibusa in Oshomili North. It's such a lovely place to be
If I may come in, please there is nothing like ibusa it makes no meaning what makes meaning is igbo bu uzo meaning the igbo that come first.the Nigeria military government changed it to ibusa to hide the true meaning .
Oshimili means river in igbo
Anioma means blessed land in the Igbo language.AHABA was changed to ASABA by non-igbo speakers of the military after the Civil War.
Historicville nice one my leader appreciate your effort for been oretalism while showcasing your talent in history to humanity.
Thanks for your kind words and support bro
This is beautiful and lovely ❤. I will personally create time to visit them too one day. Thanks for sharing ❤
You are welcome sir and kindly share the video with other like minds🙏🏿
Very interesting and lovely
Truly interesting
Thank you for sharing!!! It is so important for a people to fight to maintain their culture, language, in order to maintain their identity. I hope the young people are writing down the oral history as presented by the elders .
Thanks for your kind words and we absolutely agree with you because history is power
Yes it is very important to do so but Credit should also be given to their IGBO hosts for not having much problems with that. That's IGBO for you. We are not an insecure people like other Nigerians who are very insecure when it comes to us portraying our culture on their soil. We are the only ethnic group in Nigeria with a highly conservative culture. We are not liberal like other ethnic groups in Nigeria. Our conservativeness is why we were able to allow ancient migrants to preserve their own culture while we still see them as part of us. Not all the Yorubas are originally from Ife or Originally Yorubas. This is very varifiable. infact, according to the custodian of the Yoruba culture, history and tradition, the Ooni of Ife, there are some IGBO descendants still in Yoruba land. In his article he mentioned some of them. They still go to the IGBO quarters in Ile Ife to pay homage to their ancestors. They do not speak IGBO today or portray the IGBO culture and can't be allowed to do so because the Yoruba culture is liberal. They might get into trouble with other Yorubas if they attempt to do so. Even in modern times If you live in Yoruba land and don't portray their mannerisms it might be seen as disrespectful. But the IGBOS are not bothered about such. The fact there is that the Olukumi are of Yoruba Origin but are now part of the IGBOS even though they portray Yoruba traditions. The land was given to them by the Enuani IGBO people when they fled Benin. theyvhave lived with us for centuries. think.
Wow
Thank you so much for sharing
My pleasure
Eye opening and highly informative. I pray Nigeria will one day rise above ethnic division. We are one. Thanks for the expose.
Thanks bro,kindly share and let the message go round 🙏🏿
Why are they dragging we the ikas from here to there. For me we are all Igbos. my own community ute- okpu in ika north east LGA, it was said that our mother is a Yoruba while our father is from awka in Anambra state. Please ika is from Igbo land patriarchal wise.
Your version is noted sir 👍🏿
Thank you
Can you elaborate on this?
stupid reasoning
I remember reading many years ago that there's the Yoruboid (their language and culture closer to Yoruba) and Igboid (their language and culture closer to Igbo) parts of Delta state. I'm mixed, Delta (Igboid) plus Osun. And I grew up with my Osun grandma who ofter referred to friend as "Olukumi" (Ife dialect). I never actually knew there's a whole group in Delta state represented by that term. I doubt she knew as well. She was just speaking her own language 😂.
You are very correct, that's the meaning of Olukumi
Olukumi means friend in Yoruba language. I'm from kogi state and olukumi means friend to me.
@@arisecute where in kogi are you from
You must be glad to have discovered this video😄
This is very factual. Olukumi is exactly my secret friend! The ile- ife in osun state people use that language
Even in Ondo State Olukunmi, means my best friend, my confidant.
I have learnt something new. Thanks for making this video.
It’s a pleasure and thanks for your kind words,don’t forget to subscribe and share and let’s keep history alive
Omg they're my people, proudly owoh, Olukumi
😂,s
I can imagine the smile on your face 😃
So many of them were taken into slavery 😢
They are a link between Igbo and Yoruba
I have always maintained that whatever divide us is an illusion, we are one people. Let live with love.❤
Let love lead bro❤️💯🙏🏿
God forbid. We are not one people.
@@ekeneokeke8244 Really!😀
@@Nkeyintv YES AND CAN NEVER BE. One people with who? Barbaric, embittered, blind hate filled people? God forbid.
@@ekeneokeke8244 It takes you and one other good person to change the world
ESE. THANKS ❤
You are welcome and we are glad you like the video
Great job keep it up
Thanks for your kind words
Very very educative and informative. The whole southern Nigeria are one people, that means southern Nigeria was once a nation just as Nigeria is now a nation encompassing different tribes.❤❤❤❤
And we should coexist as one👍🏿👍🏿
@busuyioris It's very simple. Before I used to think that it was only the igbos going out to settle in other parts of southern Nigeria but watching this video I now understood that other tribes settled in the mid south close to the Igbo land. I would have given a lengthy explanation but time wouldn't permit.
@busuyioris Brilliant 👍🏿
@busuyioris how would you define a kingdom against a nation if the British didn't educate you to see the past nations as kingdom. I know what you know but if I believe it the way you do, I will be setting us further far apart. You define kingdoms empires and the rest with the European ideas, I wasn't there and you weren't there when this whole events happened, our knowledge of history should be to change our history more to unite us than divide us.
@busuyioris You're very correct, have a good day😀😀😀
Very interesting. I can pick some of the words when praying in Olukumi
Definitely you should as a yoruba speaking person
This is so interesting to see! I was aware of the stories of Yorubas relocating outside Yoruba land, but was never aware they went as far as Anioma in Delta state !
This was due to incessant tribal warfare among the Yorubas themselves!
The Yoruba intertribal wars lasted over 100 years long!
There were also skirmishes within Yoruba land known as the Kiriji wars!
Both these conflicts actually helped fuel the transatlantic slave trade, as captives on the numerous sides were sold into slavery!
Yet other Yorubas fled to various other parts of Nigeria and were given refuge by other non Yoruba tribes!
Nigeria's history is fascinating!
Every day I learn so much more and my chest just bursts with pride!
From learning about the Nok culture in north central Nigeria to the amazing doctrines of the Nri Kingdom in Igbo land and to the origins of the Nsibidi writings of Efik and Ibibio people!
It is sad today that we allow politics to narrow our visions and widen our distances along tribal lines, when indeed we are mostly intertwined by "Six Degrees of Separation"!
God Dey!!
👊🏾🇳🇬👊🏾🇳🇬👊🏾🇳🇬!
Profound submission 👍🏿
some people will just come online to spread falsehood. So It was wars that caused Yorubas to migrate to other areas? you people just amaze me some times with your lies.
@@calebadeleye Agbaya! Google it!
Ode!!
How to hang off a Danfo shouting "Oshodi Oshodi, Anthony ma a wole o" is all they know how to do!
Common history, they don't know!
God bless you bro!
@busuyioris Oh well, in that case, I stand corrected!
I do know that the Kiriji wars (which went on for 15 years or so) partially overlapped with the Yoruba Inter tribal wars which had gone on for well over 100 years!
And I do know that both conflicts triggered migrations of different Yoruba tribes away from Yorubaland to other parts of Nigeria and beyond!
I also know that the Yoruba revolutionary wars also fuelled the Transatlantic slave trade, as the various rival factions sold their captives into slavery!
But the Olukumi people had been an unknown history to me until now.
It wouldn't be far fetched though , to imagine that it was possibly war and rumours of war , that might have also enabled their migration to the location where they are in today!
But my bigger joy here, is that even more than we care to consider, is that our various ethnicities in Nigeria 🇳🇬 are more linked to one another than we realise !
Na so!
👊🏾🇳🇬👊🏾🇳🇬!
These are my people!!!!!!!!! Proud Omo Oloza Ugbodu!
I can imagine the smile on your face lol
Pls, do you see yourself as Yoruba, too?
Insightful history ❤
Thanks
Nice 👍 i just subscribed
Thanks 🙏🏿
Wow 💖👌👍
Thanks for your feedback 👍🏿
Awon omo Oduduwa e pada wale. It will be as if you never left.
😂😂😂😂😂 Anywhere you settle and find peace is home sir
Delta isn't that far away from Eko and Ondo
but what of Igbos places in south west when obi of onitsha were there. Ijebu Igbo and many of them even in Ife Igbos there that doesn't return with obi of onitsha .
OBA of ife also said it. You maybe Igbo as am see you. If you see any wise Yoruba's check it well they are igbos. We don't accept obasanjo ooo
Pity we relied only on oral tradition, which makes record keeping very difficult. I hope we are writing to make it easier for future generations. Thanks for this.
Thanks for your kind words
Oral history wasn't idle chit chat, to be the custodian of oral history took decades of training and was bestowed on only those that were sufficiently qualified to tell the histories verbatim as was told to them. Written histories doesn't stop people from mistruths and embellishments.
@@wordsbymaribeja1470 it still isn't as reliable as written history.. As someone can forget details or accidently add something in. Thats why contracts are written. What is written cannot be changed and thats the only verifiable way to track history. Oral history is often why our stories are never consistent
i am from ukwu-nzu. From late chief ELUMEZE family who was a close friend and advicer to the current OBI, Our family home is just a stone throw from the palace. Back in school my peers always couldnt believe am not igbo because of my surname being ELUMEZE but my own name being MOZAERE which means "victory or i fought well" also means the same thing in yoruba if you call it as " MOJARE" meaning " I fought well". my dad name is AWANI, my elder brother SEBOTIMA and jnr. sister bears the name TEMITOMIOWO, if you are yoruba you'd know this are all yoruba names, but twisted a little. Its a beautiful town which is becoming modern, but left to me i like the village setting it use to have with dusty roads and all.....i enjoyed the village setting it use to have " my opinion"
Wow! We are so glad the video has brought back your old good days🙏🏿😀😀
Kindly share with Other Olukumis you know,stay blessed and don’t forget to watch other of our videos.
am sure they some have see it. my dad shared your video, thanks for your effort in educating people.
@@elumezevikky6466 Wow! That’s good to know,thanks for your kind words.
You may also like our video titled Road Trip to the Kingdom of Agbor Delta state Nigeria.👍🏿
My surname is also Elumeze. From Akwukwu igbo
@@royalebony6350 Wow!
Wowwww
I really hope that there can really maintain their original language and teach the younger generation
Thank you
We hope so too
This is very very interesting to me .
Glad you are
This story is quite a revelation of how intertwined we as a people. I never imagined Yoruba speaking tribe in Anioma. But I recall I had classmate when I was in the University of Benin, with the name Bardi. I felt then, that it was a strange name for someone from that part of the country, as it was not an Ibo name. This story explains it all.
We are glad 😀
That is why we keep saying all ethnic groups within Anioma know were they migrated from.
Other names don’t mean shit, just look at their surnames and you will tell most are not Igbos
Stop lying pls! Anioma is igbo! With traces of other tribes like igala, yoruba, Owan and bini that settled on igboland during different war times, you think the land was empty? Jokes!😂@@Acha344
Thanks to this video, I now have answers to some of my questions. I am from Delta state, Issele-uku,Ugbodu in aniocha local government and we speak Olukunmi.
My other question is the meaning of some of our names like....
Eyiremi
Iretole
moyotole
Yemiwa.
I wish I could provide answers to your questions but hopefully a more knowledgeable Olukumi indigene will respond to it soon,kindly share with other like minds
Eyiremi in Yoruba means, this one comforts me. Yemiwa, mother came. Ire means good, moyo means I rejoice. Tole, can't say the mean because no sign. It could mean "came home"
this is the first time I'm hearing about olukumi and the spoken language and I can say it's basically a dialect of Yoruba. I can confidently say I understood about 75% of what the man said in olukumi even though my Yoruba is purely general Yoruba from Lagos...I think I can help you with the names....
Eyiremi......this is my consolation or one to console me
Iretole......goodness/graciousness has come home
Moyotole....my lasting joy/ my joy has come home
Yemiwa....mother has come or return.
Note: I used my basic understanding of Yoruba names here.
@@ademarinho4271thank you. This is helpful
@@stvstv3458❤
Then there's also the Ebu people in Oshimili North, Delta state that speaks a mix of Yoruba & Igala
My band played for the olukumi peoply,the okwuchimes.
My band played for the olukumi peoply,the okwuchimes.
th-cam.com/video/bOSTB9hcmYo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=n-PJNLS4-DxS5E2K
Waoooo, we say onukunmi in Ikake and ilaje, Ondo state, meaning my confidant 😁
Obviously very similar 😂😂
Akoko says olukunmi
Ikale ,ilaje ,Ogho s. Ugbo ,Ondo ,ekiti even igbomina are all IKEDU speaking tribe ,we are the ugbomokun (ife) aboriginal!
@michaeladebayo8549 Checkout this video sir,it lays credence to your submissions I think th-cam.com/video/pKUTw37wuic/w-d-xo.html
Ukwu Nzu and Proud!!! See me smiling, I'm sending the link to my father right now!
I can imagine 😄👍🏿
It's called EKO-EFUN, and don't distort history.
@@adewilliams8 eko efun for igbo land? Una don dey craze! Distort which history?😂😂 ignorance dey give you morale
Nice one... 😊 But as an Ugbodu man, I still speak my dialect fluently without mixing with any Igbo language. I think you can't find that in Eko Efu... 😊
Your thought is acknowledged
If your city continues to bear nku zu or whatever u will become full igbo in about 30 years.
@@akkqueen9623you are stupid for this comment, anuofia
@@akkqueen9623 what do you want him to do, change the name of the place or what? You will have to tell us if they own the community.
Which one is eko efu😂 for igbo land?
Hmmmmmmm, every day on social media streets especially TH-cam.
I’m always learning something new about Naija.
This right here is very interesting.
In fact, there’s a show here called Berekete Family……. Omo, the kind of languages & tribes in Nigeria I’ve heard on that show alone, is like WOW! Nigeria is quite deeper than Lagos/Abuja.
In fact, I want to believe that the whole of Western Africa were one at one point. Until slavery & tribal wars started happening…..
This is history that needs to be in the books!
Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for your kind words,kindly share the video with other like minds 🙏🏿
My people are in Delta❤…proudly Akure oloyemekun❤
I can imagine the smile on your face
This language is the ethnics in ekiti and owo in ondo dialect of the Yoruba tribes, we also, have same like the itsekiri, Nigeria is deep......
You are doing a great job,
Thank you....
Thanks for your kind words bro
Delta State has many Yoruba linked groups. While in school I had so may friends from Delta State with names with a lots of Yoruba origin. I also read somewhere long time ago that the urobo people in Delta State migrated from Ijebu land
Are you for real!
"Itsekiri people - Wikipedia" en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itsekiri_people
Sorry, I wanted to mention itsekiri people not urobo
@@Nkeyintvu no sabii b4 say yoruba folks scatter all uva Edo state especially amongst sekiri peeps.
Wen Igbo people begin to identify all Igbo towns like Ile Ife, Igbo Ijebu etc, in south west will you be able to take the heat.
Our run-away Ekiti cousins in Delta. 😊
😂😂😂👍🏿👍🏿
This is true. I grew up in that area. My headmaster, Mr Ikade was from Ukwu Nzu. Whenever we visited them back then, they spoke a different language among themselves, but spoke Ibo to us. They spoke Ibo and Olukumi effortlessly. It was so cool!
Wow! This video must have brought back memories of old good days😀👍🏿
Kindly share with other of your class mates,our history must be told and kept for the unborn generation 🙏🏿
And you are Yoruba. HalleluYAH.
Fool.
@@ekeneokeke8244why the insult
Your headmaster may have gone to the region to bring education to it.
Interesting
Indeed
This is beautiful and wonderful history history
Thanks
The olukumi clear 😊the Yoruba show their shoe shine 💯❤️
And their cloths white😂😂🙏🏿
We are more alike than we are different. Respect!
Truism 👍🏿
We are one people from the same root. The Yoruba, igbo, urhobo ijaw, Benin and some other southern and tribes were from the same ancestors. We all are a branch of the Bantu people of Africa.
@@BolloSane No we are not, the Yoruba and Igbo could not be more different, the Igbo does not have the depth of history that the Yoruba have, it is even questionable as to whether they are indigenous to west Africa. I know you mean well when you say this, but let us not lie and distort history and facts, the consequences are that we also erase the true facts. We need acceptance of each other, not assimilation into a benign catch all 'Nigerian' identity at the consequence of our indigenous thousands of years old ethnicity.
@@wordsbymaribeja1470 if we weren't indigenous to west africa how could we have the oldest language in Nigeria after the efik? You people just talk to talk , we have the oldest artifacts found in nigeria to date but not indigenous you be mumu. Our history is much older than yoruba who is likely the youngest between igbo, edo, ijaw and yoruba. Your folk tales and stories mean nothing bc they change over time. You wrote nothing down and had no writing system like we did with nsibidi. Artifacts and carbon dating are the only physical way to determine history. The oldest artifacts in your land are not even 3,000 years old. Ours are 6,000. Our languages share the same root which means we came from the same stock before dividing, just because we don't have some fake story of coming from saudi arabia doesn't mean we aren't indigenous. Yall wrote nothing down and your origin before nigeria is also just speculation
Depth history? 😂😂😂 you r high, when igbo is far older than yoruba be capping rubbish on TH-cam 😂😂@@wordsbymaribeja1470
our people, we in yorubaland do not know much about the olukumi people (or should i say odiani people, since "olukumi" is actually also the name of yoruba people, so when you call a people olukumi its just like saying yoruba too, all yorubas are olukumi, even those yoruba in cuba) but as we learn we realise the need to build the lost bridges
👍🏿👍🏿
The actual name of the Yorubas is ULkami
Google Olukumi and Lucumi. Yoruba descendants are plenty in South America and some Caribbean countries.
Wen Igbo people begin to identify all Igbo towns like Ile Ife, Igbo Ijebu etc, in south west will you be able to take the heat.
@@sammike7301 stop posting nonsense all over people's post. Identify let's hear.
Good documentary.....migration is as old as time. But, assimilation is a must. As time goes on, more of your children will marry neighboring town people and their children names will change. My grandmother migrated from the present delta to Ondo state. My grandfather migrated from Ilesha in Osun to Ondo state. They all have forgotten relatives scattered around the world.
Truism
The ones that were taken to Cuba are called the Lukumi or Lucumi till today
Wow! Thanks for this
It is true that OLUKUMI means my friend in the language of Owo & Ose local goverments Area of Ondo State. great to hear this from Delta State.
Indeed sir
Throughout the video, we only saw one man speaking the native language. We need more indigenous people speaking their language
Lol are you suggesting we go back and get more indigenous people to record while speaking their language?😄
Eleyi ju agbara mi lo. I just weak. This is like a melting pot of Igbos, Yorubas and Edos. Even a friend of mine, who's Igala told me that her parents told her that earliest Igala settlers in Kogi state today migrated from Ekiti, that they have huge Yoruba DNA in them.
Anyway, I remember Mazi Kanu saying something like there is a link between the Yorubas, Igbos and Edos, and it is all traced centuries and centuries ago to the Igodomigodo kingdom.
He kept repeating and repeating it ooo, that once the obscure knowledge about that connection is discovered, our histories, migrations and identities would become clearer and biafra would come.
Unfortunately the man was kidnapped.
Yoruba dont relate wit igbos in anywher don't teach our children's fake history even alafin oyo said it before he die when igbos people bribe oni of ife to fake history alafin of oyo said if not Nigeria Yoruba dont relate wit igbos in anywhere u guys should stop creating more problems for our children's
Igala are yoruba original, seperation came 500 years ago,interbreed with some tribes they meet in river niger,then language change.majo of igala understand yoruba
@@user-up8xq4uf1hHonestly, Im not surprised. If one begins to trace far back into history... not much separates us. Migration is usually d major factor here, causing dilution and changes of language. But by genetics, only little would separate us.
I have a few Igala friends and their affinity to speak Yoruba language is just curious. How easy it is for them to speak it, some better than I do, beats my imagination.
These people migrated from Ilaje in Ondo state. The man prayed in Ilaje dialects
Wonderful
They may not necessarily be from ilaje sir...
From igbomina,to ekiti ,ilesha ,ife ,Ondo ,ijebu ,ikale ,ilaje ,Ugbo , itsekiri,and olukumi are all IKEDU speakers ,our language are so related and similar
We are the aboriginal...
We need to come together as one
@michaeladebayo8549 Powerful👍🏿👍🏿
@@michaeladebayo8549whos we? 😂for igboland? Never
The Owe dialect spoken in Kabba and its environs (Yoruba speaking in Kogi State) refer to a friend as olukumi
Is that not an evident that we are all one family separated by migration???
@@Nkeyintv That is very true. There is just a human race…
I rep ugbodu, a very accommodating and peaceful community
Truism 👍🏿
Please share the video to other Ugbodu families,our history must be taught to our children
Ukwu NZU and proud this is beautiful
Thanks and kindly share with like minds
Let's write these things down.
Very important sir
Actually, these people may have their origin from Idoani and Idogun towns in the Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. For instance, the word “Olukunmi” is an Idogun word for “My friend.” Some of the words are quite similar to words in Idogun dialect.
Olukunmi is an Owo word meaning 'my friend.'
The man in the video said they originated from Owo and Akure. He is correct.
Now, you're introducing a totally unfounded element by saying they 'must be' from Idoani.
😂
@@hlv7980 In the English language, there’s a huge difference between saying “they MAY have their origin from Idoani” and “they MUST be from Idoani.
In ijebu land olukumi means friend also.
The word "Olukunmi" is a Yoruba Ife word for "a confidant kind of Friend or simply my confidant "It's so interesting, I have heard something like this before but not so clearly like this. I always noticed that people from Delta North generally(though a few like these communities have cultural ties with Yorubas) have close social affinity to Yorubas than the Igbos in personal experience from school days till now, they have more Yoruba friends,spouses,business associates and others. Wow, it sounds so good to be true. I think it's true. Even, the Itshekiri,isen and some others have Yoruba roots. Whether we are Igbos or Yorubas or not ,I think we are one. Why are we dividing ourselves for goodness sake.
Olukumi is also an Ijebu word for my friend or my pal
This is interesting . people should careful because we are all some how related.
I agree with you
wow this is crazy
Indeed
Woooow... Things are really happening 😮.. ibo and yoruba mixture language? Unbelievable!!
That’s to show our unity in diversity
God forbid.
@@ekeneokeke8244 ... But you are seeing it live.. who would have believe there's a tribe made up of yoruba n ibo existing in this Nigeria.. who? 😳
@@ekeneokeke8244 Forbid what sir/ma?
@@henryknight8626 Yoruba people are seen live abi? But more distinct IGBOS are not seen live? Infact the Igbo unity with their kits and kins is a taboo amongst Yoruba people and Edo people but their own unification with their brothers and sisters is sacrosanct, and Igbo own is not, abi? Sons of perdition. Cursed indeed.
My mum is from eko-efun in delta
Wow! These are definitely your people,kindly share the video with other Eko Efun people🙏🏿
How many of you is speaking Yoruba? And what's your name? This guy can speak yoroba like many igbo people . Your surname says who you are.
Very interesting, so if we are all so close like this why do we fight each other
Politics under religious and tribal disguise
I can't believe this
But it’s the reality 😀
I love the dialect, try to learn the general Yoruba language
What's your reason for the suggestion?
This is the reason why I don't want Nigeria to break up.
We should live together as one people with one destiny under one God.
I absolutely concur and that’s the intent of this video
Sharrap @@Nkeyintv
Hmmm nawa oo but how come
If you ask me,na who I go ask?😅
Oluku is an Ife dialect of Ife. Oluku mi means my blossom friend and confidant... Oluku are from Ile-Ife. Traced the original History.
Wow! You may be right, afterall, the world started from Ife according to Yoruba believe
Olukumi in Ijebu-Remo means MY FRIEND.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍💐🤝
Thanks
When Igbo people move to identify it's indigenous people in South West all you people will begin to make noise. Now no body is making noise.
Please watch the video again and get it clearer message
Nobody is stopping you from identifying your people wherever you think they might be. Don't be over dramatic please.
Tell us where your people at in South West. If they will identify you as one of them
But in the long run they are immigrants to the area so they should respect the local people who accepted them,unlike the people they ran away from after the killing of their own Yoruba king
Does it sound like they don't respect the indigenous Anioma people??
Let us all people with { ONE LOVE } sign up a petition for our leaders to bring back HISTORY curriculum in our SCHOOLS....if you AGREE give a thumbs up. THERE'S MORE WE ALL NEED TO LEARN & KNOW ABOUT EACH OTHER.
I COMPLETELY AGREE 100% PLUS....!!
That will be a bold step in the right direction
This is great.ijebus also use olukumi
Wow! 👍🏿
The old man who spoke first mixed Ika language and Aniocha together...He actually spoke more of Ika.
Okay
They must have come from Owo when Owo people invaded Benin through the Ugbowo 'Ugbo Owo' (Forest of Owo). The Yoruba kingdom of Usen, also in Edo State settled the war between Owo and Benin at a place which was later called Oluku (Olukumi - my friend) till date. I believe this is somehow connected to this same Olukumi people of Delta state. Or They could be USEN people, their language sounds similar to USEN language.
You are not far from the truth sir
Yorubas invaded Benin? I wish there was more videos about the Benin kingdom everything is so saturated in igbo.i can barely find any information. It's probably the most broken tribe in Nigerias history but I think it's the most amazing. Like I just learned Benin kingdom was the only tribe that did not sell their slaves to trade.
Usen did not settle any war in Benin. I don't know who is feeding you this statement without evidence. Who was the oba at that time the bini had war with owo. Are you telling me that the Oba of bini was not aware that there was war in his kingdom that a small villiage even in bini kingdom will now settle a war blw bini and owo.😂
Look at the yoruba people despect the fact that they’re little in that area but they stil accept who they’re, but the igbo’s in the same area who are the majority area danying Where the came from what a shame to the igbo’s I’m so proud of the yoruba, nomatter Where they find themselves they don’t dany who they’re
Who are the Igbos you referring to in this context? Kindly enlighten us
Igbos who are in opobo is comfortable to identify with ijaw but small community of 20,000 in aniocha north who migrated from yoruba is having problem to identify with Igbos. Good and fine.
Identify with a tribe is different from acknowledging your root
Bring back History education in our schools...
Very important
The Eko Efun is what interests me. Is it that because of The Benin Empire, it was that The Benin Empire thought these people are linked to people of Eko(Lagos) who are also Yoruba?
'Eko' in Yoruba means' gathering' , 'assembly' etc but in the context of 'Eko Efun' , it means chalk deposit.
You got that right 👍🏿
@@Abillsablehow does Eko mean assembly in yoruba. What is apejo in yoruba? Eko that I know is a bini word and not a yoruba word. Eko mean camp in bini.
Olukumi in Ekitu dialect means "my best friend, my confidante, or my right-hand person."
Immediately I heard the name, I knew the people have a strong connection to Ekiti.
@JJ-wv3wy correct.
You both are correct from the history
Even ijebu do called their best friend OLUKU MI.
I think this important information should have been included in the video. It provides an important context.
@@everymp If you are referring to the meaning of the word Olukumi,it was stated in the video
Omo, that's Yoruba pro max
Hilarious
Ugbodu and smiling
You feel great I guess😀
@@Nkeyintv of course , I’m proud to be part of the Olukumi family
these people are speaking yoruba language, i am hearing the language for the first time and i do not need any interpreter, surprising!
We r glad you v learnt something via our video
And they are Yoruba because you hear them but in the case of Igbo, Anioma can never be considered Igbo because they speak Igbo. Sons of perdition indeed. Nzeogwu who masterminded the military coup was Yoruba despite his speaking Igbo and bearing Igbo name. Yet the coup was termed Igbo coup.God will judge you guys to utter destruction.
@@ekeneokeke8244 I believe, this your response is not because of what i wrote here because, i wrote very simple unbiased statement without any element of abuse.
However, i have to respond to this your attitude of lack of no manners and inferiority complex in public places;
Language of the people and the testimonies of the indigenes of a particular society is the surest way to describe and identify them. The guy making a speech in the video speaks yoruba language and he also stated his origin, he categorically maintained his tribe is from yoruba, and they are primary settlers in that land.
I am from ekiti state, and this man just stated that the local settlements in review here came from Ado ekiti. He spoke the language, and i understood everything he said perfectly, while you igbo do not even understand that particular language he spoke, but you still make dubious claim to negate his assertion.
I understand that most of you usually use your legs to kick your fathers and mothers out of beds to wake them up. How would you learn any language of of manners when making comments on sonhood or sonship and fatherhood? Not possible.
What i expect you to do is, simply go to the people of that area granting this very interview, and tell them they are not who they claim to be.
PERDITION YOU SAID! about 7 army officers planned a coup, 6 of them were igbo, only one was a yoruba. The agreement at the time all was in arrangement was to make a bloodless coup. The only officer who never killed his victim, but only arrested the victim was the yoruba man. All the other actors gruesomely murdered their victims, and one of them even still came back to kill the victim that yoruba man only arrested as planned. In your dubious animalistic mind, the narrative has to change , and we have to call those igbo army officers just the name 'nigerian army' ! The phrase SON OF PERDITION is actually the identity of your fraudulent tribe.
In the beginning, your treacherous tribes called yorubas bad names and hence team up with the fulanis and hausas against us in 1959 and 1960. in just less than six years after the gang up, you murdered their elites like as that of a cattle. Till date, no hausa man will ever trust you.
You did the same to benin people, and they will also never trust you. This people , who despite living in your neighbourhood have all the reasons in this world to always remind you that they are not igbos, and that the igbos in that society are there as a result of migration and cultural diffusiion. If that offends you, satisfy your self anyhow. No single yorubas from the southwest was features in that clip.
YOU WILL LEARN MORE GORY LESSONS WITH TIME
Pele,
@@ekeneokeke8244 Your statement isn't only misinformation but also problematic. I seldom reply loafers like yourself online but I will not shy away from this one. Where is your evidence that Nzeogwu was a Yoruba man? If Nzeogwu was a Yoruba man, was J.T.U Aguiyi Ironsi, a Yoruba man too? Sometimes, I wonder if people don't reason before they type or spew information online. It's totally unsettling.
This olukumi people ukwu nzu, ubulubu etc,. speak yoruba language, they share boundaries with, onicha ukwu, obamkpa, ubulubu all in aniocha local government area of delta state
They speak both ibo and olukumi (yoruba.) Language
True that👍🏿
Proud Omoloza of Ukwu Nzu
I can imagine 👍🏿😂
Your new names Adaku
They are visitors who refused to go back to their father land, which’s synonymous with Yorubas, they are Togo, IvoryCoast etc , As a bona fide daughter of Ukwuani in Anioma Delta state, Anioma is an Igbo geographical entity, … visitors who settled down there should always remind their children children .
Well said.. I just replied same under another comment before I saw yours.
Good comment but just a little correction here. Ukwuani is not Igbo. Trace your history well, the Igbo's also crossed over to settle and an interaction of cultures happened after! I don't know of any palace in Aniocha North or Ndokwa that is subject to any Palace across the Niger, you seen one?
@@SugarZaddy77 nonsense, the name ukwuani is first of all Igbo, their language, traditions, names, market days and so on shows their strong Igbo heritage, unless u have a superior argument, the Yorubas there are settlers as narrated by the man, that explains why their villages bears Igbos names cos u can't come to a man's house and change how he lives.
@@ezumaechee7814 Calm down, everything no be fight okay! Now, you had no argument but just pure aggression, so maybe you should give a brief history of these people you are raging about. Perhaps you come from there, that should put you in a good place to educate others.
@@SugarZaddy77 so you want to decide for them where they are from? Because of your hatred for Igbos? Have pity on yourself
ESA
What does ESA mean in English please??
@@Nkeyintv So shall it be!! iseeeeeeeeee
@@tsecity Wow! That’s nice to know. Is that in Olukumi dialect??
@@Nkeyintv Igbo
@@BOBISOTVthat is not Igbo but lgala word
Can somebody tell me the history of Olu of warri, Olu is a Yoruba name, Mofe damijo is a Yoruba name, Omowumni is a Yoruba name etc how did they conquer the land and still become a king there? ..
We will surely get there soon, hopefully we get a sponsor on that
This people just migrated recently (during world war) as the old man said. Just like a large community of middle easterners somewhere in Michigan, USA and now the unfortunate Yoruba man wants to change the original name from ukwu nzu to eko efun. He's not happy with the igbo name (you can imagine).. same thing they did to other communities of Igbo origin just to totally separate them from their roots Ex. Obigbo to Oyigbo, Igbo uzo to ibusa/ibuzor. What a tragedy!
Make I tell you something make you know, Yoruba is a league not just a league a world class league, You guys go deh form victim everytime, You think Yoruba people care, I wish make dem divide us, We plenty like crazy, Cuban, Brazil, pueto Rico, everywhere check, You think Yoruba people care, If you like abuse us till tomorrow, I’ll are better and large more than any tribe and we are unique, nah jealousy go wound you people.
Nothing tragedy- there are a lot of connections
Mouth onu in ibo , enu in Yoruba
Nose imi in ibo imu in Yoruba
Okwute, stone in Yoruba okuta
@@ekundayosesan4037 please don’t be telling them, they will think we are forcing ourselves on them and they will be feeling important
@@Worldfactnewslifejealous of useless cursed irritating Yoruba people abi? God forbid. Jealous of your which legacy? Yoruba is enemy, a demonic tribe of perdition. But una cup go full one day.
You’re a fool the name was EKO EFUN before it was changed oloriburuku Ashiere
If Nigeria should divide how would you divide delta?
Google needs to help us here😂😂
Oluku means friend in IJEBU dialect. While "mi" can translate to be "My". And to say Olukumi in Ijebu dialect means my friend
Wow
Please, the intro song playing in the background
What about it?
@@Nkeyintv the name of the artiste
And song title
@@mayomiuzibor5965 It’s an Enuani song,let’s be hopeful someone will comment the name of the artist but I think it’s a cultural song
Thank you so much
Ókita, ladies and gentlemen
What does Okita mean in Olukumi language?
I think this dialect also has relationship with Igala language. "My friend" in Yoruba language is Ọ̀rẹ́ mi while in Igala language, "my friend" is ọ́nùkumi.
You may be right
It’s also olukumi in Yoruba
My friend in Yoruba can be ore mi or olukumi
This is correct, Igala is a Yoruboid language.
Igala are Yoruba too
@@ojorichard8231 How please?
Owo dialect
Yea,they actually migrated from that axis to their current location according to the narratives in the video 👍🏿
Wow ...i never knew this..am from urhrobo ..delta state...please tell us more who are the real yoruba..is it the one in lagos or delta..
Educate us more Please
There are no fake Yorubas as far as am concerned,going by history,they all originated from Ile Ife (correct me if am wrong)and some migrated to different parts of the world but as humans,it’s only natural we keep history for our unborn generations.
The sound of d language is similar to Owo in Ondo state. I also don't know why Owo has traits of Benin. D whole thing makes someone confused
You don’t have to be confused,that’s an evidence that we are all one family,one nation and one people 👍🏿
Efforts should be made to re-establish connection with Yoruba, your roots.
I guess that's why they still maintain the language
I heard all what he is saying 🤔
We all one but politics have divided us,so unfortunate
Another set of omo Oodua in the local diaspora' love you all to the moon and beyond.
Olukumi from my Lagos Yoruba perspective simply means someone who can tap my stomach and hear it reveal what is inside. That's a friend that you pour out your deep secret to. Ugbodu in Yoruba means a place of secret where high-level rituals are performed.
Gracias