now i can't stop thinking about the hypothetical where arsenal get osimhen instead of gyokeres. he could probably even chat to saka in yoruba.
you just can't really guarantee a nigerian guy who thrived in france, italy and turkey would settle off the pitch in *checks notes* somewhere like london, the city with the world's largest nigerian diaspora population
February 17, 2026 at 7:39 PM
now i can't stop thinking about the hypothetical where arsenal get osimhen instead of gyokeres. he could probably even chat to saka in yoruba.
Day 17: Yetunde 🦒
A Yoruba giraffe from the Nigerian countryside, Yetunde is the mellow eldest daughter of the Village King. She's betrothed to Oluwadjimon, but has taken a strong liking to Ufuoma instead. She has 4 younger sisters named Kikelomo, Ifetundun, Tejumola, & Oluwajomiloju.
(REF NEEDED.)
A Yoruba giraffe from the Nigerian countryside, Yetunde is the mellow eldest daughter of the Village King. She's betrothed to Oluwadjimon, but has taken a strong liking to Ufuoma instead. She has 4 younger sisters named Kikelomo, Ifetundun, Tejumola, & Oluwajomiloju.
(REF NEEDED.)
February 17, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Day 17: Yetunde 🦒
A Yoruba giraffe from the Nigerian countryside, Yetunde is the mellow eldest daughter of the Village King. She's betrothed to Oluwadjimon, but has taken a strong liking to Ufuoma instead. She has 4 younger sisters named Kikelomo, Ifetundun, Tejumola, & Oluwajomiloju.
(REF NEEDED.)
A Yoruba giraffe from the Nigerian countryside, Yetunde is the mellow eldest daughter of the Village King. She's betrothed to Oluwadjimon, but has taken a strong liking to Ufuoma instead. She has 4 younger sisters named Kikelomo, Ifetundun, Tejumola, & Oluwajomiloju.
(REF NEEDED.)
Demetrius and Khwezi both derive their Ancients' names from Yoruba lore
WoL Azem's (Demetrius) name was Olorun
The Nabriales (Khwezi) *before* the one we face in game was Sango
WoL Azem's (Demetrius) name was Olorun
The Nabriales (Khwezi) *before* the one we face in game was Sango
February 18, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Demetrius and Khwezi both derive their Ancients' names from Yoruba lore
WoL Azem's (Demetrius) name was Olorun
The Nabriales (Khwezi) *before* the one we face in game was Sango
WoL Azem's (Demetrius) name was Olorun
The Nabriales (Khwezi) *before* the one we face in game was Sango
How the fck is Nigeria surviving of all states you'd think would implode. Yoruba-Hausa duopoly that strong?
February 18, 2026 at 7:18 PM
How the fck is Nigeria surviving of all states you'd think would implode. Yoruba-Hausa duopoly that strong?
The Black Hammer dude used to dress up as the Joker but later said he was channeling Eshu (the yoruba god) while just wearing Joker makeup. Which cracked me up. Like showing up in a sonic the hedgehog costume, undeniably, and being like "yeah I'm channeling Loki, from mythology"
February 13, 2026 at 4:38 AM
The Black Hammer dude used to dress up as the Joker but later said he was channeling Eshu (the yoruba god) while just wearing Joker makeup. Which cracked me up. Like showing up in a sonic the hedgehog costume, undeniably, and being like "yeah I'm channeling Loki, from mythology"
Moremi Ajasoro (Yoruba: Mọ́remí Àjàṣorò) was a 12th-century Yoruba queen and folk heroine from Ile-Ife, in present-day southwestern Nigeria.
#GirlPower
#RadicalWomen
#BlackHistoryMonth
#GirlPower
#RadicalWomen
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 14, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Moremi Ajasoro (Yoruba: Mọ́remí Àjàṣorò) was a 12th-century Yoruba queen and folk heroine from Ile-Ife, in present-day southwestern Nigeria.
#GirlPower
#RadicalWomen
#BlackHistoryMonth
#GirlPower
#RadicalWomen
#BlackHistoryMonth
A piercing Yoruba proverb teaching that wrongdoers are often aware of their actions. What they await is someone bold enough to confront them. Silence sustains injustice.
yorubasayings.com/eni-buru-mo-...
yorubasayings.com/eni-buru-mo-...
Ẹní burú mọ̀ — Yoruba Wisdom on Confronting Wrongdoing | Yoruba Sayings
Yoruba Wisdom on Confronting Wrongdoing. A piercing Yoruba proverb teaching that wrongdoers are often aware of their actions. What they await is someone bold enough to confront them. Silence sustains ...
yorubasayings.com
February 19, 2026 at 3:35 AM
A piercing Yoruba proverb teaching that wrongdoers are often aware of their actions. What they await is someone bold enough to confront them. Silence sustains injustice.
yorubasayings.com/eni-buru-mo-...
yorubasayings.com/eni-buru-mo-...
Adire textile, indigo-dyed cloth made in south-western Nigeria by Yoruba women, using a variety of resist-dyeing techniques #WomensArt
February 10, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Adire textile, indigo-dyed cloth made in south-western Nigeria by Yoruba women, using a variety of resist-dyeing techniques #WomensArt
this is lovely and also: I don't think this is embarrassing at all!
in the same way that it wouldn't be embarrassing for me to have not picked up on a lot of references to Yoruba mythology in a movie - that's not my culture and it's OK to need it explained.
none of us come from all the cultures.
in the same way that it wouldn't be embarrassing for me to have not picked up on a lot of references to Yoruba mythology in a movie - that's not my culture and it's OK to need it explained.
none of us come from all the cultures.
This is so insightful (unsurprisingly) and most of it passed me by, I'm embarrassed to say
I poured my heart out about Marty Supreme, Jewish identity, why the Old Testament isn’t the same book as the Torah and what it takes to survive trauma
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
February 15, 2026 at 6:49 AM
this is lovely and also: I don't think this is embarrassing at all!
in the same way that it wouldn't be embarrassing for me to have not picked up on a lot of references to Yoruba mythology in a movie - that's not my culture and it's OK to need it explained.
none of us come from all the cultures.
in the same way that it wouldn't be embarrassing for me to have not picked up on a lot of references to Yoruba mythology in a movie - that's not my culture and it's OK to need it explained.
none of us come from all the cultures.
Day 11: Bianca Olumide 🐯
A proud Yoruba woman who's a bit on the wild side. Bianca does tattoos during the day & bartends by night. When she's not working, she's at the club drinking to her hearts content. She secretly loves reading fantasy books and is the eldest daughter in her family.
A proud Yoruba woman who's a bit on the wild side. Bianca does tattoos during the day & bartends by night. When she's not working, she's at the club drinking to her hearts content. She secretly loves reading fantasy books and is the eldest daughter in her family.
February 11, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Day 11: Bianca Olumide 🐯
A proud Yoruba woman who's a bit on the wild side. Bianca does tattoos during the day & bartends by night. When she's not working, she's at the club drinking to her hearts content. She secretly loves reading fantasy books and is the eldest daughter in her family.
A proud Yoruba woman who's a bit on the wild side. Bianca does tattoos during the day & bartends by night. When she's not working, she's at the club drinking to her hearts content. She secretly loves reading fantasy books and is the eldest daughter in her family.
And I'm sure the Irish and the Scots LOVE having their culture lumped in with the English just as much as the Germans, Polish, Dutch, French, Swedish, Finnish, Italians, Yoruba, Iroquois, Haitian, Mexicans, Yemeni, Omani, Palestinians, Dine, Lakota, Thai, Indians, Ethiopians, Vietnamese, Koreans, Ch
Not that this is in any way a metric, but I’m 5th gen Japanese-American who grew up in Hawaii. My great grandfather went to Yale (I fell very far from THAT tree), tried to enlist in WWI (yes, one) and loved sushi and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Fuck your “common culture.”
Fuck your “common culture.”
February 15, 2026 at 7:28 PM
And I'm sure the Irish and the Scots LOVE having their culture lumped in with the English just as much as the Germans, Polish, Dutch, French, Swedish, Finnish, Italians, Yoruba, Iroquois, Haitian, Mexicans, Yemeni, Omani, Palestinians, Dine, Lakota, Thai, Indians, Ethiopians, Vietnamese, Koreans, Ch
A few months ago I talked about a documentary that Gloria Estefan did called Sangre Yoruba (Yoruba Blood) about how because of slavery the Yoruba people in Cuba and Brazil created new styles of music. Please watch it. It's really good and interesting. Here's the full doc:
youtu.be/WeCHmiRl7uY?...
youtu.be/WeCHmiRl7uY?...
February 9, 2026 at 3:26 AM
A few months ago I talked about a documentary that Gloria Estefan did called Sangre Yoruba (Yoruba Blood) about how because of slavery the Yoruba people in Cuba and Brazil created new styles of music. Please watch it. It's really good and interesting. Here's the full doc:
youtu.be/WeCHmiRl7uY?...
youtu.be/WeCHmiRl7uY?...
Santería is an African diaspora religion that developed in Cuba a syncretism between the traditional Yoruba religion of West Africa, Catholicism, and Spiritism. share.google/8Sez4zI71JqU...
Santería - Wikipedia
share.google
February 13, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Santería is an African diaspora religion that developed in Cuba a syncretism between the traditional Yoruba religion of West Africa, Catholicism, and Spiritism. share.google/8Sez4zI71JqU...
5 | Prince Twins Seven-Seven
1944 - 2011, prominent artist, bandleader, teacher, dancer and spokesman for the Yoruba culture
.
My hommage, trying to paint in his style
„snake and fishes“
.
#KlasseKunst
#kleineKunstklasse
#finelinee
1944 - 2011, prominent artist, bandleader, teacher, dancer and spokesman for the Yoruba culture
.
My hommage, trying to paint in his style
„snake and fishes“
.
#KlasseKunst
#kleineKunstklasse
#finelinee
February 10, 2026 at 2:08 PM
5 | Prince Twins Seven-Seven
1944 - 2011, prominent artist, bandleader, teacher, dancer and spokesman for the Yoruba culture
.
My hommage, trying to paint in his style
„snake and fishes“
.
#KlasseKunst
#kleineKunstklasse
#finelinee
1944 - 2011, prominent artist, bandleader, teacher, dancer and spokesman for the Yoruba culture
.
My hommage, trying to paint in his style
„snake and fishes“
.
#KlasseKunst
#kleineKunstklasse
#finelinee
Our wedding invite was Syrena meets Yemaja, the Yoruba deity of the water.
February 8, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Our wedding invite was Syrena meets Yemaja, the Yoruba deity of the water.
King Sunny Ade for me. I don't speak Yoruba.
This song is hypnotic. Great for working. Or driving. Or running.
Stevie Wonder on harmonica.
youtu.be/XS1mcAkRj2U?...
This song is hypnotic. Great for working. Or driving. Or running.
Stevie Wonder on harmonica.
youtu.be/XS1mcAkRj2U?...
Ase
YouTube video by King Sunny Ade - Topic
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 7:43 AM
King Sunny Ade for me. I don't speak Yoruba.
This song is hypnotic. Great for working. Or driving. Or running.
Stevie Wonder on harmonica.
youtu.be/XS1mcAkRj2U?...
This song is hypnotic. Great for working. Or driving. Or running.
Stevie Wonder on harmonica.
youtu.be/XS1mcAkRj2U?...
(To be clear: the pre-existing African kingdoms like the Igbo, Hausa, Akan, Yoruba, Kissi, Gola, etc. Are not made up; Gambian, Nigerian, Ghanaian, etc. as national identities, however, ARE)
February 10, 2026 at 10:32 PM
(To be clear: the pre-existing African kingdoms like the Igbo, Hausa, Akan, Yoruba, Kissi, Gola, etc. Are not made up; Gambian, Nigerian, Ghanaian, etc. as national identities, however, ARE)
Damn. In Nigeria, it means you’re a rebel (though it has spiritual meaning in Yoruba culture) or from overseas, and that makes you a target of gangs and robbers. 😩
February 10, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Damn. In Nigeria, it means you’re a rebel (though it has spiritual meaning in Yoruba culture) or from overseas, and that makes you a target of gangs and robbers. 😩
"In 2014, [Ebo] Taylor told the BBC that 'with the advent of James Brown and funk music there was the opportunity to develop highlife music. Fela did a lot of work introducing the funk into the Yoruba music while comparatively I did almost the same thing in Ghana.'"
Ebo Taylor, Ghanaian highlife pioneer and guitarist, dies age 90
Taylor, who did for Ghanaian music what his friend Fela Kuti did for Nigeria, has been called the greatest rhythm guitarist in history
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"In 2014, [Ebo] Taylor told the BBC that 'with the advent of James Brown and funk music there was the opportunity to develop highlife music. Fela did a lot of work introducing the funk into the Yoruba music while comparatively I did almost the same thing in Ghana.'"
Day 8: Charlotte Kumuyi 🏥💗
A prudish medical student who got unlucky during her residency and got transformed into a succubus! Charlotte grew up in a strict, Yoruba household & interns @ St. Luci's Hospital under her mentors, Vaxx & Pillz.
A prudish medical student who got unlucky during her residency and got transformed into a succubus! Charlotte grew up in a strict, Yoruba household & interns @ St. Luci's Hospital under her mentors, Vaxx & Pillz.
February 8, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Day 8: Charlotte Kumuyi 🏥💗
A prudish medical student who got unlucky during her residency and got transformed into a succubus! Charlotte grew up in a strict, Yoruba household & interns @ St. Luci's Hospital under her mentors, Vaxx & Pillz.
A prudish medical student who got unlucky during her residency and got transformed into a succubus! Charlotte grew up in a strict, Yoruba household & interns @ St. Luci's Hospital under her mentors, Vaxx & Pillz.
Over time, what is and isn’t “indigenous” shifts. One could make a reasonable argument that Yoruba is now indigenous in some parts of SE London and English is now indigenous in Lagos
February 9, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Over time, what is and isn’t “indigenous” shifts. One could make a reasonable argument that Yoruba is now indigenous in some parts of SE London and English is now indigenous in Lagos
#klasseKunst
09.-10. Twins Seven Seven
Das war vielleicht eine #Eichhörnchen
-Fleissarbeit! Hat aber dennoch Spass gemacht.
#kleineKunstklasse
@dienail.bsky.social
#Squirrel
09.-10. Twins Seven Seven
Das war vielleicht eine #Eichhörnchen
-Fleissarbeit! Hat aber dennoch Spass gemacht.
#kleineKunstklasse
@dienail.bsky.social
#Squirrel
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 AM
#klasseKunst
09.-10. Twins Seven Seven
Das war vielleicht eine #Eichhörnchen
-Fleissarbeit! Hat aber dennoch Spass gemacht.
#kleineKunstklasse
@dienail.bsky.social
#Squirrel
09.-10. Twins Seven Seven
Das war vielleicht eine #Eichhörnchen
-Fleissarbeit! Hat aber dennoch Spass gemacht.
#kleineKunstklasse
@dienail.bsky.social
#Squirrel
Review of MASQUERADE by O. O. Sangoyomi, a standalone historical fiction novel with speculative elements. I enjoyed the story and loved the themes and ending, but found the protagonist's characterization frustrating.
#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #SpecFic 📚🪐#histfic
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#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #SpecFic 📚🪐#histfic
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February 10, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Review of MASQUERADE by O. O. Sangoyomi, a standalone historical fiction novel with speculative elements. I enjoyed the story and loved the themes and ending, but found the protagonist's characterization frustrating.
#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #SpecFic 📚🪐#histfic
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/02/revi...
#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #SpecFic 📚🪐#histfic
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/02/revi...
the others are "ẹ" (literary standard for Yoruba has [ATR/RTR] distinction for e but literary standard for Igbo doesn't) and "kp" (Yoruba doesn't have a phonemic /p/ so <p> represents [k͡p~p])
February 9, 2026 at 8:03 PM
the others are "ẹ" (literary standard for Yoruba has [ATR/RTR] distinction for e but literary standard for Igbo doesn't) and "kp" (Yoruba doesn't have a phonemic /p/ so <p> represents [k͡p~p])
I only gave Oshun a C+. Gone are the African/Yoruban themed floats and costumes that made it distinctive and beautiful. Gone is the Yoruba name Shango for the king. Floats were sparsely populated and many riders skipped masks. Meh and just sad.
February 8, 2026 at 3:24 PM
I only gave Oshun a C+. Gone are the African/Yoruban themed floats and costumes that made it distinctive and beautiful. Gone is the Yoruba name Shango for the king. Floats were sparsely populated and many riders skipped masks. Meh and just sad.