I am Yoruba by mtDNA. I know they are patrilineal, but I am still very proud as an African-American to share genetics with this mighty ethinic group. 🟥⬛️🟩 🇳🇬

Africa Is A Special Place... Thank You Sister For Your Teaching...

I've learned more about my people in the last year than all the schooling I've gotten, places I've been to and people I've seen over the course of my life so far. These things were a mystery, something I never really thought about and now I'm wondering why. After looking at our people all over the world, I'm more convinced they are in the situation they are in because they are in a perpetual loop of unconsciousness about themselves and are just being actors in a movie they had no invitation to the rewriting of, though we had the original script.

Hello 🌄 my grandmother 👵 told me about the history of ODUDUWA he his from great Benin Kingdom 👏

I'm always amazed at how little we know about ourselves and yet we have been told to be educated is to know about other people and their ideologies and philosophies while neglecting our own existence, history and contribution to mankind. How then can we gather as a whole if all our thoughts and ideas are about others and never knowing or pursuing ourselves?

Thanks for another educating session my Mother Queen...we love you ❤

Thanks for sharing your knowledge

Thank you, ma for telling the true history of Ife, in Yoruba land.

There was a Sankofa exhibition that passed through Vancouver last year. Amazing! Beautiful exhibition of Yoruba culture and more.

T'aweh'-ant-tat Wahu Muysar.. thank you One Family

As a African American from Louisiana I am mostly Nigeria I can find my nose in the Yorba people

Awesome video. This answered the question that I had in the previous video. Keep on keeping on, sister Bunmi.

The bronze heads of Ife are presently held captive in the British museum. They should be brought back to their own land to cultural nourish their own African people.

Give us more knowledge on this subject. Thank you very much.

Excellent info on Yoruba theocracy ife ooni of,many African countries I have visited practice ife but don't call it as such,like Burundi, rywanda Kinshasa goma lake kivu virungu mountain range niyagongo volcano 🌋 gizengini areas etc.

Thank you ma for this

Thank you for this beautiful knowledge

Beautiful! Such rich culture!!! Thank you for enlightening us continuously Dr. Oyinsan!!!

Yoruba in Gambia, Ghana, labaria , seri Leone, togo Benin.,Senegal

Great history, kindly confirm elaborate more about the connection between Lamrudu and Nimrod. It is closely linked together in the Bible as being the father of the present day Yoruba people. And more prominent then were one of the tribes of Canaanite who were known as Jebusites

I woke up to the Yoruba teachings and my ties to Kemet! We started civilization on earth

Please do not stop sharing with us your knowledge. Thanks very much.

This is a good example of a story that is not based on any research.

From what I know, Yoruba means: guardians of the BA of YORU ( HORU OR HORUS ).. Before IFÊ these are fraternity of grand initiates who departed from the Nile valley..

Thanks madam for your narration , all other ethnic groups in the sub region(west Africa) claiming their ancestry from ille iffe are Infact from Egypt..

Please ask yuroba what was oduduwa title cos it not Oni as told in the oldest tradition of yuruba Iwedo tradition ma.first they said east of Ife but when they know east of Ife is Benin them now said far east.i ask how can one person come down from sky and same person is same time from east please help me here

This Queen Mother pronounced Haiti like a Haitian ✊🏿

I don’t know my African ancestry fully. I am part Mandingo. That is on my father’s side. Probably more greatness to be enjoyed on my mother’s side. It is so fabulous to have African ancestry. No wonder as a people we are accomplishing so much, in spite the great obstacles we have encountered.

Thanks Ma'am.

Thanks for another well researched video... I have often wondered exactly how and the term "Yoruba" came to be?

Hi Doc! Thanks for your work!

thank you, it is harder to find good african history content

love all the videos, but it is just difficult for me to understand the authors you refer to in the video, is it possible to see it written? or even, in the end, to the people who are interested in searching more, could you give some authors and books to read?

Ile Ife had 3 dynasties. The first was Ife Oodaye, which existed over 5,000 year ago. Ife-Oodaye was where humans were created according to Ifa and was destroyed by flood. Ife-Oyelagbo is the 2nd coming of Ife (2nd dynasty). The 3rd and current dynasty is Ile Ife. Yorubas believed in re-incarnation and reenactment. The struggle for the throne between Oduduwa and Obatala in the 3rd dynasty was a re-enactment of the 1st dynasty fight between Oduduwa and Obatala during creation. It was said that Olodumare sent Obatala to earth to create humans, he got drunk on the job and Oduduwa took over his job.

Am proud yoruba

Edo to the world..Oduduwa is directly from Great Igodomigodo (Benin Kingdom).

Stories built on lies can't stand, it's just a matter of time.

Ma, I like you because of your well constructive liars.

Ife can be traced globally in African diaspora by there iron works wood carving especially drums & crafts such as beeds works& color arrangement & foods,herbs,etc.dna, phenotypes and genotypes melanin carbon

Please ma buy the royal Benin red book to know more of oduduwa so the yuroba will not fool anyone with lie the British teach them just to put end to Benin kingdom so they can be the only kingdom

Let yuroba tell about the prophecy of the coming of non yuroba to be them first king

Oghodua is from Ado or modern day day Bini, abinu. Why is is so difficult for you all to accept.

Raise by Native Americans and slave owners but I’m sure I was in west Africa in the past

Oduduwa is the son of ogiso from benin empire. Oduduwa who the benin know as izoduwa.

Please discontinue the creation myth narrated from 4.20 . If we have to associate myths with the Yorubas, why use myths that makes our ancestors look like id.iots. I mean if Obatala was on his way to create the earth... how could he find palm wine when the earth where it grows does not yet exist?

I just found out I’m Yoruba! My DNA test said I have Bantu, Khoi-San, and Berber/Moorish (caliphate of Cordoba) I have the oldest Haplogroups on earth… E1b1, A, B and L on the Maternal (mtDna) side.

Your second mythical history is more like it. Lamurudu died on the way, Oduduwa led his group into Ife ,found several groups leaving separately under separate leaders like Obatala group,Obalufon group etc all cooperating without any actual leader , though Obatala was prominent, leading to a face off between Oduduwa Group and Obatala group in which Oduduwa relying on wit ,patience and perseverance gained ascendancy. Observe, how easily the Chief Priest of Ife easily displaced the grandchildren of Oduduwa for the throne of Ife , because the group leaders who approved Oduduwa above Obatala had become the "afobajes" (kingmakers). Reference to Obatala's love for Palmwine is perhaps reference to a flaw in his disposition,and sorry to say character . The first myth of Obatala and Oduduwa being sent to create the earth is a fictional supplanting of other deities to meet political ends

Please when did Ife become a Kingdom?

Dr. Bumi, Sankofa, please you are deliberately missing the point. Edo son Izoduwa was an Edo son and the Yoruba changed his name to Oduduwa. His son Omonoyan is the Orominyan who later established the Oyo empire.

I understand China have invested heavily in the Africa.

The Original Mythology of the Aliens (gods) landing in IleIfe ... didn't include Oduduwa....who came later on....Obatala was sent by Eledumare but it was Ogun or Oogun that was the first to step on earth. The truth is that the volcanic materials needed to be dated back beyond our own existence... So they can't be hominids or in DNA the Ghost DNA.

You have to begin with Benin kingdom first before Ile Ife,

Looking at traditions like masquerades, I am certain the ife kingdom was founded by giants. I see alot of similarities with the story of creation It's interesting that they were called ijebu... Could that be jebusites, as the white man baptized every body in the bible in their preferred English name It's possible that the land of milk and honey is in the West

Please ma stop adding anything about Benin kingdom or Edo Benins people to Ife please cos before Ife know of king the Benin have king please

Ma'am If he Lamurudu xam from Egypt or mecca please can you show us the evidence of Lamurudu in those region and also if he had children by name oodua or odusuwa People in that region do not use o in their names. Even Egypt have records of Alexander the great who lived before oodua. We need to start teaching true history and stop confusing this generation and those yet to come. Oduduwa who founded the kingship of ile ife when he was banished from igodomigodo now Edo, He choose the name izoduwa. When he was accepted by the locals of uhe to rule them as king because they saw the royalty in him. When he first arrived uhe, when ask where who he was he replied to the locals He was the son of ogiso owodu, the sky King of igodomigodo. For this reason many local believed he was the son of God, since his father was the king of the skys which cemented his acceptance of been their ruler. Although before now the oracle of the land did say a leader will grace the land from unknown place. It is believe he Oduduwa may have named the land ile-efe ( Edo meaning I run to wealth or I except death to riches or wealth. Which has an Edo meaning of It is also believed he named him self izoduwa meaning I choose the part of wealth Now corrupted to Oduduwa. Before he Oduduwa or as know to Igodomigodo people Igodomigodo people had over 30 ogiso ( sky King) that ruled with hereditary with noble families that ruled the land. Those noble families had the task to make sure the lineage of igosa continue as to their. As all kingdom igodomigodo had a brief cut in this sky kind When the last ogiso owodu died after he sent his son to be exicuted whose life was spared and later became king in uhe ( ile-ife). For years the stool of ogiso was vacant as it was believed by the people his banished son was alive Which led the elders of igodomigodo to search for him and getting to uhe where the found him and ask him to come take his father thrown instead he sent his son deu to old age Which to the people of igodomigodo was also accepted becaued it is believed only the lineage of ogiso can ocupy the stool. The coming of orunmiyan was to be install as the next ogiso which he was and faced a resistance from an interregnum government of the day by the name eribo. Who wanted the thrown for him self. These struggle led to oranmimya advocating his ogiso thrown with a phrase saying only a son burn and thought in the way of the land can rull suprimly. BUT before he left he had a son by a princes of a Duke created during the ogiso era. A son by the name eweka who became the second king with a new title named Omo n oba ( the son of light or sun) as the people alwsy look up to the skys for better day The sun light was a hope of better day. The son of the sun The name oba is an Edo work meaning sun or light. Oduduwa was never referred to as oba rather oghene Orunmiyan was never referred to as oba rather alafin. Oba was adopted by all yoroba chiefs becease of the hight and might the Omo ne oba ne edo reach with his tales and glories.

As Obama is from Kenya and become USA president so he is now related to the real USA people not Kenya where is his real origin,ma same happened to oduduwa when he left Benin and become king in Ife

he met Igbo clans and chased them away only those he subdued turned to yoruba people

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Stop giving fake history about the great Benin ppl that they are part of yuroba. Great benin have history yuroba don't hv history.

Madam, please what was the name Yorùbá people were called before they were known as Yorùbá. I've heard this narrative of no-common-name several times already.

Please ma Edo and yuroba are in no way related . They are two different languages and cultures and people.

You need to edit your video because it is misleading for those who are not familiar with the location of the Yorubas in west Africa @1.16 the location of the Yorubas is much more south than what is shown on the map. This is important because if you're wrong with what we know and what is simple, how can we trust you're NOT wrong with what we don't know and what is complicated In other words we cannot trust the correctness of the historical info you're giving us. But I like to believe that this is a one-off simple mistake

That story of the Oduduwa is a fairytale, Oduduwa didn't create Ile-Ife or came from Mecca or Sudan that one is a wrong narrative. The Oduduwa they are talking about his reign not up to 1500yrs.

Ilefe is now call Ile _ife a Bini word I run safe,go back to history madam.

Sounds to me this legend was plagiarized, by a more recent civilization, to begin the book of Genesis.

Yoruba history is starting with the name Oduduwa and the Benin say Oduduwa is Ekaladeran 🤔 ..... Yoruba history is too funny that lie is consider a mythology. Just imagine how the Fulani make a whole nation lost their origin by selling them as slaves for centuries, well every disappointment is a blessing now this confuse people said they made Benin empire lol

Old as you are, you are still lying in this your old age. Even jesus christ didn't climb down from heaven. Tell the world where Ododuwa came from and stop fooling yourself. Ododuwa was a prince from Benin know as Izoduwa or Ekaladeran

Please Dr Bunmi, with all due respect, retract that your history of Yoruba or Nigeria as told by all those Obas/kings.... We know the real truth... We know who we are... They are liars or their fathers lied to them till the lies became truth to them.... TRUTH

Your stories is full of lies. Please don´t mislead others.

Fake history

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