Marrying A Yoruba Woman 7 Things To Know

Yoruba Women Are Among The Most Beautiful Women in the World!

Here are seven things you should know about Yoruba woman and Yoruba traditional wedding. 

1. Yoruba girls are beautiful: They are respectful and wonderful cooks. Yoruba girls, would feed you well while you are married to them and you can be sure that they will take good care of your children.

2. Yoruba girls are good dressers: Yoruba girls have various types of clothes which distinguish them and make them distinct from others. Yoruba girls take pride in dressing when it comes to ceremonies and weddings. 

Yoruba girls give importance and significance to how a woman appears as it is believed that, the appearance of a woman describes the type of person she is and the type of family she comes from. 

Yoruba women love to wear Iro and Buba, Gele, and Iborun with beautiful beads such as Akun, Iyun, Lagidigba either around their necks, waists or ankles with various forms of beautiful hair styles such as Ipako Elede, kolese, Suku, Kojusoko, Alagogo, and many more. 

3. Yoruba traditional marriage: The first thing to do is an introduction, the groom visits the family of the bride in the company of his father and some family members so they can get to know one another.

The introduction does not require much preparation, except for offering tubers of yam, few bottles of wine (Emu Funfun). The family of the bride is purview to the visit hosts the visitors and entertain them for the both families to discuss when the wedding would take place.

The engagement is an integral part of the traditional marriage as the ceremony proceeds with the items listed below for the engagement. 

* A bag of sugar

* A bag of rice

* About forty large tubers of yam

* Alligator pepper

* Bitter kola

* A bag of salt

* Kola nut

4. Love: Yoruba girl, fall in love with any tribe if she believed the man is the dream man for her. This is the main reason you see beautiful Yoruba women married to other men that are not from their region.

5. Yoruba girls are Highly accommodating: The fact is that Yorubas in generally are highly accommodating people. Historically, Yorubas have been at the forefront of the tribes who welcome strangers. They do entertain their guests even if the person is not from a Yoruba-spoken town. This spirit of warmly allowing non-indigenes to live among them is why Igbo, Hausa and other parts of the world lived in Yoruba land with love peace and unity. 

6. Adventure: Yoruba girls love to travel so you can be well assured that when you married a Yoruba girl she is ready to travel with you. Because Yoruba women loved to travel, they travel for education, business, and other reasons.

7. Yoruba girls are Independently minded: Yoruba girls have freedom in the choice of whom she decided to marry. If an Igbo or Hausa man comes to her and shows interest in her, she does not look at his language or tribe. If she is ready for marriage, she thinks about it and agrees to marry the man even if the man is from Europe, America or Asia. 

GOD bless Otunba Dr. Gani Adams, the Convener of OPU Worldwide

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Obinrin Yorùbá

Awa Obinrin Yorùbá, awa ni aya rere lode oko. Ade ori Okowa. iyawo Okunrin.

iya Okunrin. Olori lafin oko. Olori lafin Oba. Oluranlowo oko. Anse itoju oko.

Anfun oko wa lonje lasiko.

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Obinrin Yorùbá, oni wa tutu bi adaba.  Obinrin Yorùbá, fi gbogbo ara sewa.

Obinrin Yorùbá, fi gbogbo ara sowo.    Obinrin Yorùbá, fi gbogbo ara somo.

Oreke lewa. Ari ma le lo awoo pada seyin.      Aguntasolo. Eleyin ju ege.

Eyin fun jowo. Adumaradan. Dudu bi korosin.      Apon bepore. Ibadi aran.

Obinrin kukuru toun pe eni gigun ranse.     Obinrin rogbodo bi olele awe.

Bebe idi awa Obinrin Yorùbá, a ma gbeleke duro, asi tun ma fin pon
awon omo wa ni apon ye.

Awa Obirin Yorùbá, iya rere laje fun awon omo wa.    

Bi Obinrin n'ife Okunrin kan, a di alomoko.
Bi Obinrin ba loyun, won a ma ki pe eku Ikunra

Bi Obinrin bi omo, won a ki pe eku ewu omo
Bi Obinrin ba wa fi oju kan ela, araye won a bun laso.

Bi Okunrin o ni Obinrin n'ile a ma kanra..........................

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Tai Solarin

Tai Solarin

Tai Solarin, was born on the 20th August 1922 in Ikenne, a native of Ijebu, he was educated in a Nigerian missionary school, Wesley College in Ibadan. He served in British Royal Air Force during World War II, and finished a bachelor's degree in history and geography at the University of Manchester, Great Britain, in 1952.

Tai Solarin was famous as both a social critic and an erudite educator. Popularly called "Uncle Tai"  by his fans, he was fond of wearing shorts, sneakers, and a khaki hunting cap. Tai Solarin was famous for his controversial atheism and secular humanism in Yorubaland. He founded the secular Mayflower School in 1959, one of the best and reputed schools in Yorubaland.

Tai met the then Miss Sheila Mary Tuer in Manchester and wedded her on 14 September 1951 when he was 35. Tai and his polytechnic-trained chiropodist wife with a master’s degree in English language lived happily together for 43 years in total service to humanity without a single day of sorrow. They were blessed with Corin (a daughter) born on 27 June 1952 and Tunde (a son) born on 15 December 1956.

He was appointed into public offices by various Nigerian governments from the first republic to the Babangida led government by sheer virtue of his sterling patriotism, as a member of the Somade Commission on Education; as the Public Complaints Commissioner for the then Oyo, Ondo and Ogun States; as a member of the Justice Akinola Aguda Panel for the Creation of Nigeria’s New Federal Capital Territory amongst others.

He was detained in various prisons across Nigeria for his human rights activism right from his first major detention on October 12, 1974 by Gowon’s regime to his last major on March 12, 1984 by the draconian duo of Buhari/Idiagbon administration which cost him 17 months behind the bars. Many thanks to the late Mr. Kehinde Sofola, another Yoruba man of repute, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria who defended Tai for decades without charging a kobo.

Tai Solarin, died on Wednesday 27th July, 1994.

A lot of institutions and monuments were named after him including the Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu, Yorubaland.



GOD bless Otunba Dr. Gani Adams, the Convener of OPU Worldwide.

Hubert Ogunde

Hubert Ogunde, born 1916, Ososa, near Ijebu-Ode, Yorubaland was a playwright, actor, theatre manager, and musician, who was a pioneer in the field of African folk opera (drama in which music and dancing play a significant role). He was the founder of the Ogunde Concert Party (1945), the first professional theatrical company in Nigeria. Often regarded as the father of Nigerian theatre, Ogunde sought to reawaken interest in his country’s indigenous culture.

Ogunde’s first folk opera, The Garden of Eden and the Throne of God, was performed with success in 1944 while he was still a member of the Nigerian Police Force. It was produced under the patronage of an African Protestant sect, and it mixed biblical themes with the traditions of Yoruba dance-drama. His popularity was established throughout Nigeria by his timely play Strike and Hunger (performed 1946), which dramatized the general strike of 1945. In 1946 the name of Ogunde’s group was changed to the African Music Research Party, and in 1947 it became the Ogunde Theatre Company. Many of Ogunde’s early plays were attacks on colonialism, while those of his later works with political themes deplored interparty strife and government corruption within Nigeria. Yoruba theatre became secularized through his careful blending of astute political or social satire with elements of music hall routines and slapstick.

 Ogunde’s most famous play, Yoruba Ronu (performed 1964; “Yorubas, Think!”), was such a biting attack on the premier of Nigeria’s Western region that his company was banned from the region—the first instance in post-independence Nigeria of literary censorship. The ban was lifted in 1966 by Nigeria’s new military government, and in that same year the Ogunde Dance Company was formed. Otito Koro (performed 1965; “Truth is Bitter”) also satirizes political events in western Nigeria in 1963. An earlier play produced in 1946, The Tiger’s Empire, also marked the first instance in Yoruban theatre that women were billed to appear in a play as professional artists in their own right.

 Ogunde’s technique was to sketch out the basic situation and plot, and then write down and rehearse only the songs of his plays. The dialogue was improvised, thus allowing the actors to adjust to their audience. The plays produced by his company usually reflected the prevailing political climate and interpreted for audiences the major issues and the aspirations of those in power. 

 His company performed with equal ease in remote villages and in metropolitan centres of Nigeria (as well as throughout West Africa). Many of Ogunde’s later folk operas were basically popular musicals featuring jazzy rhythms, fashionable dance routines, and contemporary satire. Through this format, he set an example for a successful commercial theatre and prepared audiences all over Nigeria for his followers. During the 1960s and ’70s his plays became an important part of the urban pop culture of West Africa. Apart from his song 'Yoruba Ronu'  (Yoruba please reflect) of the 1960s which was a hit, he also produced the indelible Aiye and Jaiyesimi. He sadly died in London, England on 4th of April, 1990. 

A museum was opened at Ogun state, Yorubaland in 2015 to immotalise this icon.

GOD bless Otunba Dr. Gani Adams, the Convener of Oodua Progressive Union (OPU) Worldwide

Bola Ige

Chief James Ajibola Idowu Ige, SAN.

Born in Esa Oke, Osun state in the South Western part of Nigeria on 13 September 1930. His parents were Yoruba natives of Esa-Oke town, in the old Oyo State (now in Osun State).

He studied at Ibadan Grammar School (1943–1948), and then at the University of Ibadan. From there, he went to the University College London where he graduated with a Law degree in 1959. He was called to the bar in London's Inner Temple in 1961.

Bola Ige was a Nigerian lawyer and politician. He became Federal Minister of Justice for Nigeria. Bola Ige established Bola Ige & Co in 1961. He became well known in country for his oratory prowess, as well as his advocacy work on civil rights and democracy. Bola Ige's faith was Christianity.

Uncommonly, Bola Ige spoke all the three major Nigerian languages, Yoruba, Ibo and Hausa fluently. He wrote several books, and an anthology of articles and tributes about him was published shortly after his death.

GOD bless Otunba Dr. Gani Adams, the Convener of OPU Worldwide.

Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola

Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, CFR (24 August 1937 – 7 July 1998), often referred to as M. K. O. Abiola, a popular Nigerian Yoruba businessman, publisher, politician and aristocrat of the Yoruba Egba clan. He ran for the Presidency in 1993, and is widely regarded as the winner of the election.

He died in 1998, after being denied victory when the entire election results were dubiously annulled by the preceding military president Ibrahim Babangida.

Moshood Abiola sprang to national and international prominence as a result of his philanthropic activities. The Congressional Black Caucus of the United States of America issued the following tribute to Moshood Abiola.

Because of this man, there is both cause for hope and certainty that the agony and protests of those who suffer injustice shall give way to peace and human dignity.

The children of the world shall know the great work of this extraordinary leader and his fervent mission to right wrong, to do justice, and to serve mankind.

The enemies which imperil the future of generations to come: poverty, ignorance, disease, hunger, and racism have each seen effects of the valiant work of Chief Abiola. Through him and others like him, never again will freedom rest in the domain of the few.

We, the members of the Congressional Black Caucus salute him this day as a hero in the global pursuit to preserve the history and the legacy of the African diaspora.

GOD bless Otunba Dr. Gani Adams, the Convener of OPU Worldwide.