"Kádàrá" Is Not a Yorùbá Word: Predestination and Destiny from the Yorùbá Perspective

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Yorùbá Lessons with Adérónkẹ́

Yorùbá Lessons with Adérónkẹ́

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Loanwords are only great when you don't have "equivalents" for them in your language. When you do, and your original words are used less - if you can clearly see that in a few decades, the originals will become extinct because they are not being added to the current online dictionaries/resources - then they are not so great.
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"Kadara" Is Not a Yorùbá Word: Predestination and Destiny from the Yoruba Perspective
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@abdulrahmanabdulkadri4825
@abdulrahmanabdulkadri4825 Жыл бұрын
Great video and I enjoyed learning. As a Muslim myself, I actually do like the incorporation of Arabic terms into our language as it shows cultural diffusion and history.
@yorubalessons
@yorubalessons Жыл бұрын
It shows colonization and the erasure of cultural authenticity as well, if you look at it carefully, especially since the associated religion was forced down people’s throats at some point, historically-speaking. If there isn’t a single Yorùbá word or an “Arabicized” version in the Arabic vocabulary, it is a one-sided and dominating relationship. It’s hard for me to see the “hakuna matata” and “mi casa es tu casa” aspects.
@abdulrahmanabdulkadri4825
@abdulrahmanabdulkadri4825 Жыл бұрын
@@yorubalessons From a historical perspective, the above comment is a bit problematic considering there have been no direct relations between the Yoruba and Arabs for such diffusion. No Arab army has come to Yorubaland to 'colonize'. For instance, Persian and Greek both have mutual exchange with Arabic due to historical proximity, but such cannot happen with Arabic since it's a liturgical language in our part of Africa with Islam, not a commonly spoken one. If you're looking at Islamized peoples the Hausa have words derived from Yoruba and there is the existence of the Yoruba-speaking Fulani emirs of Ilorin. Practitioners of religion will use the language and wording from their religion, and the spread of Islam in west Africa is evidence of it.
@yorubalessons
@yorubalessons Жыл бұрын
Right? Case in point. To think that even the Arabs did not relate with us directly, the cultural mutation was not mutual, yet their language and their most prominent religion have this much of a chokehold on ours is really something, isn’t it? The fact that a larger percentage of Yorùbá people cannot even tell their own words apart deserves to be studied. Fulani colonialists (or Jihadists, if that tickles your fancy), in the promotion of Islam and its values, and with the use of the Arabic (or Ajami), have influenced the Yorùbá and Hausa cultures so much so that they have become shadows of themselves. At no point, in my initial reply nor in the video, did I name the Middle-Easterners as the culprits. They had a slave trade era, long before the British or Americans, that involved the importation of Africans as slaves via the Sahara (and it never really ended). Although they are not without blame from a historic point of view, they very clearly don’t have a direct hand in the shit that exists in present-day Nigeria. The reason people like Usman dan Fodio (and the ones before/after him) took it upon themselves to spread the religion and language of a people that were not directly related to them, even through highly unethical means, including battles (which translated to killing and destruction) still beats me. The only explanation I can think of is greed and an unhealthy pursuit of power. Muhammed successfully conquered pre-existing spiritual systems and established Islam (even if it involved bloodshed) among his own Middle-Eastern people. It did not involve a change in their language or an extensive change in their culture (at least, not at first), which is the central point of this paragraph. If Muhammed was a Yorùbá-speaking revolutionary, I would have made sense of it. “Colonization” would not be the right word to use. Perhaps, considering the killings, it would be “domestic terrorism,” but not “colonization.” I digress. Of course, the Hausas have words that they derived from the Yorùbá language and vice-versa. There was a mutual relationship that existed and still exists. They did not aim for political influence in our lands and we didn’t aim for any in theirs. None of our monarchs sought to become the Ọba of Kaduna or Sokoto. That’s respect. That said, Ìlọrin should never have had an Emir in the first place; if you’re going to rule over a people with whom you have no direct ancestral relations, albeit there were concrete efforts to prevent it, learning to speak their language is the least thing to do. It doesn’t require a pat on the back or a vote of thanks. Abrahamic religions are not so much a problem to me as the intolerance they promote. When Christians and Muslims in Nigeria claim that one has oppressed the other in any shape or form, I tend to have a good laugh.
@abiolaakande-erin1957
@abiolaakande-erin1957 Жыл бұрын
lol... you want arabic culture to override ours? Do you understand the consequences?
@yorubalessons
@yorubalessons Жыл бұрын
@@abiolaakande-erin1957 If it were the authentic Arabian culture, perhaps, it would be bearable. West Africans were taught the Islamic culture, and all the language they learnt was very much grounded in religion, for religious purposes. They were taught dumbed-down Arabic that they could easily learn, read and recite, which is also a problem; only a handful of them understand the language in and of itself, even when they bear Muslim names and claim to be custodians of Islam. If “qadr” is what Yorùbá people say, then perhaps it would be better. 1000 years from now, our descendants will be able to trace the word to the Middle East, even if they don’t understand why. I asked my Saudi Arabian acquaintance if she knew what “kádàrá” was, and she looked at me like I was throwing up. The word makes no concrete sense in Arabic nor Yorùbá, which means it makes no sense.
@everythingispolitics6526
@everythingispolitics6526 Жыл бұрын
We need a Yoruba decolonisation scholarship both on the continent and diaspora. We need to document the deconstruction of the linguistical branches of the language, otherwise we run the risk of the language severely being diluted or go into extinction.
@IAMTheDeffence
@IAMTheDeffence Жыл бұрын
It’s going to happen, rest assured. Post-colonial African scholarship will bring some new enlightenment to the world.
@yorubalessons
@yorubalessons Жыл бұрын
Absolutely.
@abiolaakande-erin1957
@abiolaakande-erin1957 Жыл бұрын
@@IAMTheDeffence It is already happening, there is a lot of work going on on Clubhouse especially.
@sherimango3868
@sherimango3868 Жыл бұрын
Bẹẹni!! GBogbo ede afrika máa nilò eyin!
@wendellbradley5032
@wendellbradley5032 Жыл бұрын
You so-ooo correct! The whole of Africa, has truly been so f-Ed up; some can’t concern themselves because of just dealing with life or don’t really know just how messed up the Continent is. It would take equal amounts of centuries to un-do the damage *
@margaretfagbohunka8979
@margaretfagbohunka8979 Жыл бұрын
Wow 😱 this should be drafted to Yoruba curriculum in schools
@yorubalessons
@yorubalessons Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching, Margaret.
@annefalola9278
@annefalola9278 11 ай бұрын
You are good… Nice clean Yoruba, grammar, philosophy etc.
@dablaccseaproductions5279
@dablaccseaproductions5279 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sending me here, I feel more at ease now.
@shivanidumas6607
@shivanidumas6607 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this extensive discussion. Gratitude for your gifts of analysis & expanded vision you share. Thank you
@yorubalessons
@yorubalessons Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Shivani.
@arriek.1375
@arriek.1375 Жыл бұрын
thank you for these videos, you are helping me educate myself about my culture. thank you so much🧡
@yorubalessons
@yorubalessons Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@sherimango3868
@sherimango3868 Жыл бұрын
I feel so proud of Yorùbá culture and wisdom every day I watch your videos! Mo máa ṣẹda ohun lati ran lọwọ aṣa Yorùbá
@oyinolaifalade1399
@oyinolaifalade1399 Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Ìyá, I apreciate all your work, very beautiful!
@yorubalessons
@yorubalessons Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, iye.
@orisalase
@orisalase Жыл бұрын
Ekuse, Aderonke. This is really really good o
@yorubalessons
@yorubalessons Жыл бұрын
Ẹ seun. 😁
@truthevolving800
@truthevolving800 Жыл бұрын
@@yorubalessons E ku ise o.
@alakoso
@alakoso Жыл бұрын
Alafia Adérónkẹ́! Modupe! Thank you so much for your comments on Kadara and for taking the time to translate the Babalawo’s message. It was so very insightful and I pray that you will continue on with the rest of it since you said there was more. I learned so much from this lesson! I am interested in the two books that you said you sell on Etsy. Are they in English? What is the name of your store on Etsy? You are a true treasure! Ajolo Ajobo!
@yorubalessons
@yorubalessons Жыл бұрын
Thank you, baba! This is the link to the one I have in stock- www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1244323532/iwe-mimo-ifa-esin-akoda-eledumare-the. The details are in the description of the listing.
@foal7065
@foal7065 Жыл бұрын
I appreciate your video alot. Pls can you make a video on yoruba deities and yoruba foods... There are some yorubas today that refuse to eat okro soup due to the association with yoruba gods.
@groverhouse8052
@groverhouse8052 Жыл бұрын
Could you do translations for other videos. I love this in-depth line by line translation
@everythingispolitics6526
@everythingispolitics6526 Жыл бұрын
Would you pay for it, because you understand it's laborious right?
@yorubalessons
@yorubalessons Жыл бұрын
There will be more like it. 😊 Making the video was time and energy-consuming, and I had to not work (nor earn any wages) for several days; please consider joining the channel (there’s a membership option) or my Patreon to actively support my work.
@trapppland3333
@trapppland3333 Жыл бұрын
13:36 Grits + Gaari(Garri) + Black Beans is super yummy with a lil hemp oil. Tasty
@ShakaRaSpeaks
@ShakaRaSpeaks Жыл бұрын
I love you...
@ArtsyFoxo
@ArtsyFoxo Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video. I wanted to ask a question. So, as I'm reconnecting with Yorùbá culture. I've been trying to make sure that I have resources that teach the original language (without loan words deriving from Arabic or English). Your channel is one of them, this stuff is amazing. Are there any dictionaries that you recommend that I could buy that can help with that? Or are most Yorùbá dictionaries unfortunately stuck with loan words?
@valeriemyers7580
@valeriemyers7580 Жыл бұрын
Could you make an addendum to this video that has the Yorùbá names of the principal beings and concepts of Odú Ifá. The KZbin translation is making these important terms into in Spanish and other European languages or jibbish (nonsense). For example "The Powerul Mothers" is translated as "yummy". Or the one the Powerful Mothers give the ability to remedy a situation _it has two or three different spellings. Even though I understand what you are saying. I cannot use the KZbin translation for farther studies and understanding.
@MoshoodOlanrewaju
@MoshoodOlanrewaju Жыл бұрын
Can you please share the name of the book you shared and how can we get it from you? Thanks
@alfapaul5593
@alfapaul5593 7 ай бұрын
These are many Arabic words that has jailed walked into Yoruba language and many more in the Hausa language.
@alfapaul5593
@alfapaul5593 7 ай бұрын
Free will is also supported by the Bible, see the following Bible verses. Deuteronomy 30:15 30:19
@everythingispolitics6526
@everythingispolitics6526 Жыл бұрын
Hi Aderonke, is faaji a Yoruba word please? Based on your series on borrowed words, I'm starting to get the impression Faaji might be an Arabic/Ajimi word. What's the Yoruba word for enjoyment, fun, relaxation please?
@yorubalessons
@yorubalessons Жыл бұрын
It's an Ajami (dumbed-down Arabic) word that has nothing to do with enjoyment, fun or relaxation in its original form.
@everythingispolitics6526
@everythingispolitics6526 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for confirming. I'll stick with igbadun.
@MoshoodOlanrewaju
@MoshoodOlanrewaju Жыл бұрын
Hi Aderonke! Are you in Twitter? Can you share your handle. Thanks
@yorubalessons
@yorubalessons Жыл бұрын
Yes. @yorubalessons
@alfapaul5593
@alfapaul5593 7 ай бұрын
The concept of free will doesn’t start with Islam and Muslims, it was first introduced by the Jews. Please don’t limit the concept of free will to Islam, extend your research to the Jews and Judaism.
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