What is Education in Nigeria? - 'Oro Isiti' with Prof. Sophie Oluwole #3

Prof. Sophie Oluwole is a renowned retired Professor of African Philosophy. She is a cerebral scholar who takes great pride in her Africaness. Her passion for Yoruba philosophy has opened a new frontier in the world of philosophy.
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[@afilaka123]

I am just knowing after she has passed on. She is an embodiment of knowledge. RIP

[@oluadeniji6262]

"Professor Mrs Sophie 'Aya' Oluwole" as she would always introduce herself back then. Taught us "Ethics of Philosophy" at Unilag. Her lectures were very lively and entertaining and she loved to break down knotty issues to the understanding of even the dim-witted. Very homely and down to earth. She treated us all like her own children. May her soul continue to rest in peace.

[@oladapoibitoye9173]

OMG I don't want her to stop talking, those are true words. Thank you

[@kelsfitness]

Who is here to watch in 2019

[@adetorrent]

Thank you ma. I benefited from the late Prof. Fafunwa's initiative. I went to primary school and was instructed exclusively in the Yoruba language. Till now I can speak 100% Yoruba, and yes, I did ace the English exams. Ẹṣeun o.

[@levos2007]

Ade Torrent lucky you

[@abdulmuminali6399]

You are an example of what should be but we keep doing the wrong things!

[@Abebi07]

Bravo Prof Sophie! This is the most brilliant definition of Education I ever come across... Adupe Ma

[@olutobasteven5817]

Wow! This is awesome, school is a late commer in terms of education, the greatest education I've ever received was never between the four walls of the school. In fact most of the things I do, were being learnt subconsciously, either from my parent or some seemingly uneducated people according to the definition of education to an average Nigerian. School has suffered us a lot by giving just one level of education and denied us of the rest. Until will cease to start glorifying school and embracing education, many would continue to die in that pothole of ignorance. Love this Prof.

[@beproudofyourown7571]

Oh my God! I've only discovered this woman 2 days ago! it's 20 December 2016 and I feel like I've missed out a lot! I can hardly forgive myself not to have come across such beautiful and brilliant lady. I Love Love her.

[@FELISPEAKS]

My exact feelings.

[@franklinluke1549]

don't sweat it..I just came across her video today

[@OneManWentToMow]

IM JUST DISCOVERING HER NOW SO THE NEXT THING TO DO IS TO GO GORGE ON ALL I CAN FIND ON HER

[@ahmedakande6283]

Don't be ashamed...u have not missed a much...well, I know her long before then in an Interview Wen she gave an illustration about the "rain rain, go away ..." song...she prove that "ojo n ro, shere nu Ile, ma wo nu ojo, ki aso re ma ba tutu..." song is more educative

[@nanrenafziger9798]

Oh my God I have been looking for this amazing woman! So happy someone had this brilliant plan to record her wisdom for posterity.

[@raphraphael92]

I've watch this interview many many times, continue to rest in the hand of God Ma.

[@michaelharris5722]

She is brilliant.

[@ChiefMD4governor]

If there is a human being on planet earth I will love to meet and kiss her feet will be Pro. Sophie Oluwole. Many people dream of meeting presidents, top executive of company, top pastors of mega churches or famous entertainers but my dream and wish in life is to meet her and just seat at her feet and listen to her speak all day. I pray Orumila will make this happen for me soon.

[@wordsbymaribeja1470]

Love Prof Oluwole, literally discovered her yesterday and love this interview.

[@bolasalak7360]

Great woman

[@creativehairext]

Uncle TK, thanks for sharing Professor S. Oluwole with we students. How I wish Professor Babatunde Fafunwa Is still living. May his Should Rest in Peace. Very sensitised, informative and innovative interview.

[@lolaokunola4366]

Oro ishiti gbaa ni o!! Hmm. Thank you so much for sharing!!

[@everythingglorious8568]

Hello Mummy, love your analysis. The Japanese illustration. True and very thought provoking. Unfortunately I'm uneducated since I can't write this in yoruba. I wished I learnt the ami in yoruba. What a literate illeterate I'm.

[@olutobasteven5817]

School made you believe if u studied English you don't need math, if you studied science you don't need Arts, don't quote me, I've seen many Arts students who would avoid math with silly excuse that they are not science student. I know this is subjected to argument but take a glimpse into the life of people like Socrates, Plato, and the likes. How magnificently they've achieved virtually across all feld of knowledge.

[@dolapoonayemi6572]

WoW..this great woman just echoed my thoughts in the last 3 weeks.

[@lovebliss8351]

Funny how I was talking to a friend yesterday about Greek philosophers and why I have not found any Black ones. I was also troubled about my four year journey in IFA which I would not get into here but something told me to search for information on Orunmila here and found this Professor. Am very pleased. Thank you very much. Will watch all your videos and check to see if you have any books out.

[@patp2690]

Love bliss There is no such thing as Greek philosophy. It is stolen African philosiphy.

[@temiladealamudun5063]

May her precious soul continue to Rest In Peace 🙏

[@azeezjimoh9405]

100% spot on ma....may your soul rest in peace

[@abipaye2348]

This is so profound. I wish I had more reasonable people like professor sophie, nigeria certainly would be different. I'm thankful for the opportunity to listen to your work!!

[@ajedeluwasa]

I really enjoy listening to this woman whom I only very recently discovered. I totally agree with her in respect of using mother tongue to teach all the way, because teaching in a different language than the mother tongue is a kind of reset. On the other hand, the broad assertion that university education does not give you practical knowledge, is false. Nigerian doctors are trained in the university, architects are trained in the university. Engineers have to learn the principles, like some joke about the French: he mathematically models a generalized, ten-wheeled 'cycle', then constructs a bicycle. The issue is not that Nigerian engineers only know theories, it is more that there are not many opportunities in Nigeria for them to use their knowledge meaningfully. After all, there are thousands of Nigerian engineers employed internationally based on the education they received in Nigeria, and they perform wonderfully.

[@vn2521]

sleep well prof heaven welcomes you.

[@JJCTRAVELLERTV]

Very true Prof Sophie

[@temiladealamudun5063]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@thepanafricanman]

Wise woman

[@ddm4622]

Brilliant talk!! Briiiiiiliant!! Your audience is wide Mama...not all of us speak Yoruba.

[@Journeybacktoself]

I agree with you, Prof. We need to rethink he entire education system Nigeria.

[@abike3969]

Wow thats what you call enlightenment. Mama is dead on

[@mimiakuse]

Wonderful videos, I am gaining so much from this. Just one thing: it would be so great if the Yoruba bits were subtitled for those of us who do not understand it, you would be surprised how international this platform is and a lot of good stuff is being missed. well done!

[@edkure]

Mimi Akuse I will like to do that for you and everyone who wants to understand those aspects you mentioned; but sorry, I don’t know how to go about it. If you have any idea about it, suggest, or guide me; in a day or two, you’ll be served warm and yummy! Good luck.

[@omar15020]

Thank you for posting this knowledge.

[@beabliss743]

Interesting feedback Prof.

[@ollybochevik]

Wow

[@pansautamba1640]

Thank you mma, I'm really learning with your wonderful words!

[@Travels.with.Abi_and_girls]

universities have now copped onto what mama is saying, that's why some courses have introduced work experience. I studied social science and I feel I learnt only theory and nothing tangible for the real world. I am now a clerical officer with a govt. department. what did uni do for me? broaden my life's perspective! of which, experience would have done anyway.

[@Hollart_Images]

i tell you mostly what taught in social science economics are nothing but manufacture of fantasies, vast majry of them are not applicable in real terms.

[@africaRBG]

I saw this example in Benin republic as well. Primary school education should be in one's mother tongue.

[@olatunjiayodeji2270]

yes oo

[@iamfemioni]

Ire ọ! Always a great delight to hear the Professor speak but I will like to assert that even her knowledge is extremely limited. The authentic Yoruba origin (not history) is steeped in centuries of ignorance and this is a tragedy. We simply do not know who we are and the so called experts are blind. The greatest tragedy is operating under the illusion that the Bible is a foreign book written by the white man. Nothing can be further from the truth. By the way the original language of the Bible is Paleo Hebrew and has the same distinct linguistic attribute (a system of Parallelism) with the Yoruba language. Yorubas are without doubt descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. (Page xxi, Paragraph 2 from 'Wit and Wisdom from West Africa' by Burton, Sir Richard, 1865). Eniyan iyi ni wa sugbon ati sonu tipe tipe.

[@aoajibadeouscaaoa653]

exactly.. actually. Yariba/Yarba/Yariv/"Yoruba" is a subset dialect bantu language of the main EVE {ErhVerh ---- Erhbry Eebry Ivry Eebracios "Hebrew"} .. The Bible was written by the Anlon EVE tribe, resident in "Ghana" mostly..Yoruba were mostly Yehudi / Yehuda {royal warriors} and Efrayim "Ephrahim" , Biniyamini "Benyamin Benjamin", some Ga'n "Gad" {Ga'ma'shi ati Gao / iGa'wo} and a whole lot of mixture of the so called LOST TEN NORTHERN TRIBES OF ISRAEL.. YisharaEL {I'm writing on my PC so I can't use the annotated lettering of Yoruba pronunciations the word YiShARaEL is meant to be compact and with the acentuation and markings that Yoruba has, which operate a Little similar to the so called Niqqud of "modern Biblical Hebrew of the Essenes and Pharisees.. the so called word Israel/israelites is from the "Yoruba" sentence spoken to Ya'ako'buu : eh Yi Shay Ara ELi {ELi-edumaare} you are person of ELedumaare and so the Ya'ako'buu EVE man be came an omo ELedumaare ..OMO'LUA'BI = OMO YAEVE BI .........YEVEBI ........EVEVI EVEBI ....... the greeting EVE eSOoo oo .. is this place of the seed of EVE oo ..answer EVE eSOoo it is EVE seed oo .. became eweerh soo ooo .. ewee soo .. next is a paste of my response to some question/discussion on a near topic that touches us so called "Yoruba" : QUOTE:Not many are genuine..most are parodies influenced by Fallen angels and their demised offsprings from the great flood operating as demonic spirits..these are the ones that dirty our worship of ELedumare ABA YAEVE and let the influenced physical offspring of same codify our power and worship as "JUJU/VOODOO/VOUDON/ etc" and then push christianity on us but they renamed YESHUA Mashiya Okunrin Ogun Oba Oro as "jesus christ" , white , and that the christians should not keep the laws he came to fulfil and explain further .. IFA preserved the teachings as it was from before YESHUA's physical coming , IFA was by ERH'NOR'KUU {Cha'Nok "Enoch"} .. it is time to re read the bible and see it for what it is..the stolen records, teachings, subjects and ideologies ELedumare gave US the Yi'sh'ra'ELi YAEVE'Bi "OmoLUA'Bi" .. the truth is out .. END QUOTE YAriba / YArba YAEVE a ri 'n ba Yoruba YAEVE o r'u ba ......... ABA YAEVE ELedumare a ri yin ba .. they changed our name, and dumbed down our academic structure and process to regress our inventive spark and curb our industry and exhibition of powerful exploits.. places like IDANRE are testimony..the OriShaa-daa were empowered mankind Yoruba Eve Kings/warriors/priests {"LEVI"---LEWI -----aLaWo/oLuWo} and other "gifted individuals PLUS ELedumare's obedient Maa'le'ki Malaika "Angels" and also Fallen Angels in aSheiTani's command side.. and aSheiTani rules the earth since Mashiya YESHUA's time till now..his time is very nearly up..it's why the impetus has increased many fold in the last decade to destroy EVE {most sub saharan "Africa" morality, culture especially family structure, outlook, industry and education .. we are targets for destruction by the enemy.. Iree O0 ! PS. if it had been on my Mobile phone I'd have special language characters {accentuation} in place.. 👨🏿‍💻reader please be appeased 🧔🏿⚖️📜📖⏳⌛

[@layolawaradiotv]

E káre baba

[@iamfemioni]

@@aoajibadeouscaaoa653 Haha! This is wisdom but who can see it? E seun o fun oro isiti yii.

[@aoajibadeouscaaoa653]

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[@iamfemioni]

@@aoajibadeouscaaoa653 Ise Oba Ko sé má je. I will listen to the videos sir. And, yes it would be great to work together for the King. I will reach you on Instagram. E seun.

[@afrochosenone]

I will like to meet this woman for more knowledge, I'm planning a self awareness project for Africans who had been mentally raped off their self worth, religion and history.

[@190582210206]

boa tarde...estou tentando traduzir 3 frases para Yoruba, mas na hora da conjugação a frase muda. Poderiam me ajudar? São elas 1- Família: minha base, meu alicerce. 2- Família: base de tudo 3- Família, amor além da vida. Obrigada

[@pediotiszois3883]

A ti gbagbe ori sun

[@danieljames7639]

how can I get this woman's books?

[@OneManWentToMow]

I AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT PROF IS SAYING BUT THE PROBLEM IS THIS, THE KNOWLEDGE THAT IS PROPELLING THE WORLD TODAY IS NOT IN YORUBA AND SADLY IN ORDER TO GAIN ALL THE KNOWLEDGE THAT IS WITHIN YOUR CAPACITY YOU HAVE TO LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

[@Xtjiggzs]

You missed her point. You can translate to your language- the Germans, Japanese and Chinese teach in their native tongue- yet they are the ones leading in the field of science and technology

[@debo.]

💭🤔

[@rayajao1566]

Wohooo. Wise words....English is the language of the imperialist slave drivers.. Yoruba nation and ipob now

[@toyinojuolape7134]

E se mami

[@tosinatandare9403]

School was a “late-comer” #bar

[@blackpalacemusic]

Education is supposed to equip with the skills and tools to solve their own problems and issues. Even though Nigerians have the most degrees, Nigerian is filled of problems and issues. This is because they are educated to solve the problems of Europe and America.

[@johnad101]

African parents do have a tendency of telling their children to accept science and education to a certain extent due to their religion. This is likely to have an effect on how seriously the child takes some of this strange new knowledge that could many times contradict with what we've been taught. The African child spends so long being taught about their tradition, religion and then science which we all know contradict so very often. This coupled with the child's immature and childlike view of the world puts so many different contradicting information in front of the child and could explain why they find it hard to cope. African parents don't help matters either as they generally tell the child to either lean on the tradition or religious aspect which could further make it harder and this is a problem most white children don't have as most times the Education is already aligned and built towards their language, culture, and tradition.

[@femijeff7861]

I think the good Prof had a number of good points (value of learning in mother tongue) but she's mixed in a number of assertions that are unsubstantiated or at best, inapplicable for today's world. First, she's pushing the often quoted point that university degrees don't prepare people as well as polytechnic education. There's just no basis for this, not least because they're intended for completely different things. Second, for someone with her solid academic pedigree, she seems confused about the purpose of university degrees. Yes, an MSc in political science might appear of little value and perhaps was the wrong choice for that candidate. But university education is more about a broad education of the mind on which additional skills are added to build successful careers. I know many a top international leader with obscure lines of university studies. And doesn't it say more about society that there isn't an opportunity for a full range of skills to be utilised? Finally, and this is with reference to the Kenyan research she cites. I think the lesson is beyond the impact of language of study. There are all sorts of environmental factors that impact child educational attainment - parent factors, quality of school / teachers etc. Too simplistic to reduce to language.

[@adetorrent]

+Femi Jeff Great points. Now type that in your native tongue. :)

[@Infinitybein]

+Ade Torrent 😰

[@beabliss743]

+Femi Jeff You raised some valid points touching a wider view of the subject matter however I'm sure there are follow-up video Interviews from the Prof. addressing the topic a bit more indepth. In my view, in relation to the above clip, her view is valid and justifiable. Prof. briefly shared logically with references the best teaching practise she feels educational setups should foster to enable accelerated learning in English language (i.e. relevant & functional - Educational practises developed, fine-tuned and delivered the Nigerian tried and tested way). Remember, some degrees bear no relevance in the Nigerian society - there's just no employment opportunities for it, hence the rationale behind the Polytechnic route rather than the university path for education as It equips the individual with the right tools for success in the marketplace. Obviously relevant in the Nigerian society. Individuals can also pursue the self education path - which is equally very rewarding. My comment or Prof's opinion does not discredit/dismiss university education which I believe sets a strong foundation/platform & serves as a catalyst for activating creative juice in an individual in pursuit of success in their chosen career path.

[@ikaylaholowomeye8540]

You are full of shit, look at the Nigeria society as an example of how useless University degrees are.

[@patp2690]

The old folks use to say "a hit dog hollers the loudest and an empty wagon (molue) makes a lot noise.

[@aminuabdulsalami4325]

I totally disagree with you on the point of learning theories only in the university. Come to ABU, Zaria and see state of the art practicals

[@adetorrent]

+Aminu Abdulsalami I put it to you that even those practicals are no match for someone doing hands-on day-to-day real life work. I know people with Ph.D degrees in Electronics that can't figure out what's wrong with a simple electronic device. They could probably design one on paper, in theory, maybe; which is her exact point: "What can you do?".

[@ladi7133]

a phd in electronics is a doctor of philosophy in electronics not a technical expert in electronics or someone who trouble shoots. like in construction, the architect is totally different from the contractor who builds the pillar and structures, they all have different roles. I think the education sector has falsely marketed their degrees as proof of practical skill, instead of broad theoretical knowledge. It is up to the student or employer to now convert this knowledge into actionable skill. I agree with mama in every aspect though.

[@beabliss743]

+ladi Word. Remember educational establishment employees need their paycheck.

[@RedIgauna]

Yet another example of the dishonesty or maybe the stupidity of the coloniser. Maybe knowingly or unknowingly they chose to compare a the learning rate of a curriculum in English for an English speaking child vs a child who has to be taught english first while taking an English curriculum. Stupidity or Dishonesty?