Names! – Adewale Sobowale

Yorubas are a wonderful set of people because of their culture. In fact, there are so many of their ways of life that make them a unique set of people. Let’s look at names for instance. The Yoruba do not just name their children. Rather, they do with a sense of history. Probably, that is…

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Elder & Cow! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the Punch The Yoruba have a saying that concerns the elderly. The saying goes thus, ‘ogbon gbon lagbalagba fi nsa fun malu’. It literally translates to the fact that it’s with style that the elderly runs away from the ox. However, the deep meaning is that the elderly will always look before they…

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Not Mad? – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Premium Times The Nigerian Air Force has released the names of three suspects in the killing of one of its own. I recall an incident that happened eons ago. One of late MKO’s son was involved in an altercation with with some air force officers. The Basorun had to come in and he…

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Success! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the New York Times I want to believe that success is actually a form of magic. Or could it be described as an aphrodisiac which everyone is attached to when it comes? That France won the recently concluded World Cup soccer competition that was held in Russia is now history. They defeated the…

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