Who are the Okun People of Nigeria?
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There have been many misconceptions regarding the cultural identity of the Okun people. This is a result of inadequate historical documentation of the Okun people.
Many people believe that the Okuns are not "true" Yoruba, and in some regions of Nigeria, particularly the North, they are seen as Northerners who have no ties to the "core" Yoruba in Southwestern Nigeria, Benin, and Togo.
On the basis of languages and oral traditions, this video seeks to showcase the Yoruba ancestry of the Okun people.
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My inclination about this clip was right. I enjoyed this and please, produce more. Wish you the best. This is what is called Anthropology.
Sure more to come soon..thanks for your encouraging comment.
@@MayowaBlades goodjob
@@empress2642 Thanks.
An Ijebu woman enjoying watching the rich diversity of the Omo Odu'a! Our dialects may be different but, we understand each other. We can speak in our varying dialects to one another, Omo Odu'a and still understand each other. I'm a proud Omo Odu'a ( Yoruba).
Yes we all understand one another. That's the beauty of everything. An Ijebu understands Okun, Ijesha can understand an Igbomina etc.
You're absolutely right. English has a lot of dialects, too. Ile Kaaro oji re (Oodua, Yoruba) is a big nation. We are the same, though we have a lot of dialects.
Yes
Yeah, we are one Yorùbá Race ❤
From Ogun state,got married to an okun man,am so happy and blessed to have him, they are wonderful and lovely people.
Yoruba people are great. The Lord bless and protect our kingdom and bring unity among us.
Ase
I love the diversity of the Yoruba culture so much 🫶🏽
Their trad outfit is so pretty 😍
Blessings to all Yoruba people all over the world. Never forget your origin "orisun" and heritage. Your oriki is your identity, dont ever lose it or forget it.
Thank you! Okun o!
Thank you for showcasing us so beautifully. I'm a proud Okun girl from Kabba! I hope we can collectively begin to harness our potentials. We are a great people! ❤️❤️❤️
PS: I'm so happy that Obaro chose to speak Owé instead of English. Nice one!
It's also good to see His Eminence John Cardinal Onaiyekan, a trail blazer.
This is all so wholesome and beautiful. May God bless Okun land. Amen!
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Ekiti and Akure people also use 'okun' in greeting. They say: "In okun o, in ora o"
I'm from Ekiti state.
I am very proud of okun people they are my people too, we also exchange greetings as okun, in my dialect.
This is delightful! I am also an indigene of Owé Land Kàbbà. God bless Òkun & the entire Yorùbá Land ❤👍
Okun, Ekun is the normal greeting for some of us from Akoko in Ondo State. We don't have any other greetings.
I'm so proud to be an OKun ....
Nice! .... ehmmm.... how does your "pidgin Yoruba" sound? Of Course, having such a long distance to Ile-Ife the 3 main tribes seems to penetrate each other. I saw what looked like a Hausa masqurade, then the Igala influence from the OmoIgbo who uses the 4-piece kolanut for prayers. Then of course, the wooden gong which did not originate from the West!
You're an omoluabi.
@@karlyxbosikoro5448 They're our very own people.
@@karlyxbosikoro5448 pidgin Yoruba? That's an insult. Will you call Ijebu a pidgin Yoruba?
@@karlyxbosikoro5448No such thing as pidgin Yoruba. Oyo dialect became the central Yoruba because Oyo once gained political, economic and military supremacy over all the other Yoruba tribes.
Proudly from isanlu(sancity) mopo yagba East, God bless okun, though i stay in lagos and luv speaking my dialet everytime anywhere
Bagido here...... Eokun keeye
itedo amuro here ❤❤❤
I'm anago subgroup of Yórúbà people in Benin republic, am proudly Yorùbá from Porto Novo in Bénin republic 🇧🇯, we really appreciate your efforts for showcasing this beautiful people.
Omo odu'a, àwa lọmọ luabi, i wish I can visit ule ife, òsun, ìbàdàn and òyó town...The great òyó empire 💪🇳🇬🇧🇯🇬🇼, big up to our Yorùbá Brothers in kogi state and northern part of Togo land🇹🇬.
Oh this is lovely to hear. I will find time to document you guys someday. I have heard so much about you guys. It will be great that the Ooni of Ife create a world Yoruba forum in Ide where yoruba from eveeyewhere can converge to exchange ideas and learn from each other.
Amazing work please keep it work. I am an Igbomina from Kwara State, I can relate so well with Okun people.❤
Thanks for highlighting this region of Nigeria, never knew about them, but this documentary did an excellent job of showcasing them and bringing their culture to limelight. I’m an Igbo woman who enjoyed this documentary immensely.
Thank you 🙏.
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There are also. Oku people in the eastern and western part of Freetown, Sierra Leone, who originated from south western Nigeria. They speaks Yoruba, and maintains their culture and tradition.
In the 60’s A former vice president of Sierra Leone….Dr Bankole Bright was an Okun man
There are a lot of Okun people in central Gambian town called Abeokuta
Are you guys serious?
@@oluwatoyinolawole1821 Absolutely true. They’re the same people in Sierra Leone. They’re families. They speaks exactly the same broken English and the Yoruba.
@@practicalmoney6400 Yes oo… very serious. Yorubas are all over 😂😂You’ll know when you travel lol.
Until I saw this documentary, I never knew that our people/ancestors (Yoruba) extended that far North. Oòduà a gbè wàà oo. Love ❤️ from Texas.
Without trying to sound like an expansionist, the original lands of ancient Yoruba/Oduduwa, streches far into the core north of the country....and outside present day Nigeria, deep into the reaches of Ivory Coast, parts of Ghana, SierraLeone & Liberia. But unfortunately, the involvement of the Europeans & most especially the illegal partitioning of the continent in 1884-1885, delinated and separated most of our people. No ancient empire in Africa today, retained its full size, as they were before the white man came. The breaking off was deliberate and systemic, to make it difficult for us to unite and return back to our former days of glory.
The old Oyo empire actually shares border with the old Malian empire. That's why Islam is called Esin Imole ( Religion of the Malians)
@@mubarakadebambo9087 That’s very interesting. It’s always good to know our own DEEP HISTORY. At my age, I never knew this until now. Thanks very much for shedding light on this interesting topic.
@@efemzyekun900there is no part of Ghana or ivorycoast that is inhabited ethnic yorubas
@@mubarakadebambo9087fairytale teller's,Mali empire fell in 14 century when Oyo was still a village
Please do Ilaje(Ugbo people) and Itsekiri next. I am from the Ilaje tribe of Yoruba but I don’t see many documentaries.
If you have more specific information about the Ilajes, you can send it to my email mayowablades@gmail.com
Supported!!! Proudly Ilaje(Atijere)
I love this documentary and I'm proud of my origin as a Yoruba man
Glad you liked it. Don't forget to extend the reach by sharing the video with others too. Warm regards John
I am a proud EKINRIN ADE girl🙌🏻 and I completely enjoyed this video.Thankyou for showcasing us so beautifully to the world.I miss home.
Thanks for watching and don't forget to check the other videos in our Anthropology Series :)
My experience with Okun people of Ijumu Local Government..,Ayetoro and Ayegunle Gbede Kogi State was unforgettable....Thanks for this documentary
Lovely. Hope you picked up a few Okun words.
My cousin married one of the Okun men . The name of our inlaw is FIKI. May God Almighty bless the Okun people and my in-laws.
Well done 👏, ✔ , that was comprehensive, eye opening and well researched, I was blown away....
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks
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Wow this is highly impressive and fantastic.Myself I am from Isanlu in Yagba Area of Kogi State. I reside in United States of America,to precise I am in California. I am very happy that someone finally think about bringing The Oku n people to life.Ride on people.Kudos to the producers ❤😂and power to your elbow.I love it and hope to see more of this project or series in the future. Hin rokun o.
Wow❤ mummy am from isanlu also
My mum is from Isanlu, dad from Ikoyi and I grew up in Mopa.
I grew up in modakeke osun and I understand this okun language I can even speak it and I'm just hearing about okun people today.
Interesting!
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Yorubas indigenous to central Nigera......OkUN is a greeting used in Ekiti and Oke Ogun area of Oyo state has well...😊
God bless Yoruba. Nothing can divide us and we will reach our Canaan land in Jesus' name.
You are already in Kanan. In fact, you are in the Promise Land. The deception you've all being put under is almost over.
Yorùbá Nation Confirm! Amen 🙏 🙏 🙏
Big up to all Yorubas around the world 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾.
👍👍👍👍👍
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I’m so proud to be part of Okun community 😊❤
Sorry to ask, are you from Kongi State
Yes oo
Ponyan precisely 😌
I am Igbo 👋🏽 I lived with Kaba people sometime ago, beautiful and wonderful neigbours 🙌🏾🕊
Proudly from Ekinrin-Adde. So happy to see my king, he’s a gentle and great man. Thank you for documenting this ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Well done, very informative and educative documentary. Married to an Okun man, our children have no clue of their heritage. This will help in educating them about their origin/heritage. Thank you
Nice to have you our dear in-law. Thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe to this channel for more videos coming soon.
Wow! This documentary is amazing 😍 so proud of my orijin
This is great. God bless our land and make it great. I'm proud to be part of this ❤
Kindly add Adeola Fayehun to your dignitaries from Okunland. Thanks
okun agbe ha ooooo
proudly okun from yagba ❤❤❤❤
God bless the team that document this 🥰🥰🥰🥰😍
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Wow.......this is a very beautiful documentary. I love it. #ProudOkunite😊
Thank you 👍
Thanks so much for this documentary, proudly an Ekinrin Adde Man
Glad you enjoyed it!
Seun opemi for this great cultural heritage of our Okun land.I love this and i have shared it accordingly.
You're welcome and thanks for sharing.
This people are part of Yorubas people, it was the politics system of Regional/Territorial division that's causing this kinds of confusion among our people. However', someo of u my Nija people mostly from outside Yoruba Tribe or Region are so ignorant & are unbelievably lack of critical knowledge when it comes to the internal Affairs of our own Dear Nation Nigeria, or when it concerns the certain people, tribes or Ethnic, & even of course, their territorial boundaries.
So instead of us to do the thoroughly searching b4 we start to uploading or posting misleading rubish, no' we won't, but we always wanted to create separation among the people of the same lineage which is wrong & as well will be impossible. I want to thank u Mr Mayowa Blades for this post that's not only shows that this Okun people are part of Yoruba's people or Yorubas extension of which our Gov't were thru politically motivation & manipulation cut off from Yorubas Territorial Land then put them under newly created region by then in order to reduce & to destabilize the Yoruba's people, but also for the piece of little historical fact from the Royal Majesty himself just once again negated those political propagandas from some of our non Yorubas Nigerians out there.
This piece of Documentary clip here will once again short down those gainsayer among our fellow Nigerians. May GOD OLODUMARE continue to help & bless us all; May GOD OLODUMARE continue to help & bless the Yoruba's people everywhere; May GOD OLODUMARE as well continue to help & bless all Nigerians including all our nigeria Ethnics everywhere both home or abroad, Amen.
You're welcome..thanks for expressing yourself in detail.
Expository documentary with great insights. Well done to the team!!!👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Fantastic!!!! I love this so much. Great job for this project. More power to your elbow for this superb job!❤
Weldone Mayowa. A masterpiece!!
Great work @mayowablades. 👏
Thank you for this. I'm so proud of my heritage, I'm proud Okun, proud Yoruba, proud Oduduwa and proud Nigerian 🎉😊 👏 ❤
Please make more videos like this. Explore more towns and villages in Okun Kingdom.
Thanks for watching
Nigeria is just a mare geographical location. It is a scam. You can not be proud of a fake European creation. You are proud Yoruba period.
This is a well made documentary. I was born and bred in Yagba land and I've been yearning to hear other parts of Okun speak to know how it varied with Yagba dialect. This documentary did justice to that. I never knew Ijumu dialects are similar to Yagba dialects. I perfectly understood. Even Kabba dialect I understood, I thought it would be very different from Yagba own. Thanks for this. Hearing the dialects made me nostalgic. 😪😪
Thanks very much for taking your time to watch and also note some important observations. Glad you enjoyed it. Keep sharing with others.Cheers.
I'm not okun but i think you did a fantastic job here well done.
GOD ALMIGHTY
bless your effort
Thank you! 😊
Proud to be Ogun State Yoruba.
Thanks for this wonderful video
We might need part 2 to dive more into the culture and the people
This is wonderful
Surely there will be a part Two soon . Thanks for your warm comment.
Even Up to ekiti osun state okun,anyway all from ule ife, yoruba united by God grace
@Mayowa Blades - Thank you for this video. Yoruba dialects are so beautifully and absolutely lovely hearing them. Please let your feature guest speaks local Yoruba dialects. E seun o! I subscribed
You're welcome. Thanks
Lovely video! I’m so impressed🎉❤
Aside the very rich history on display here, this is a very high standard professional documentary rendition. Quite unlike many novice and mediocre documentary makers in Nigeria today, the commentator here was very diligent as he allows the people to take control of the rendition of their history. This is professionalism at its peak which separates this producer from the pack of poorly trained documentary makers in Nigeria. Excellent editing, narration and very interactive. I hereby welcome this producer to the league of the best documentary film makers in the world as this by every yardstick meets international standard. My meagre support for you is to encourage you to take on more important subjects across the board. I wish you more corporate and personal success. Kudos!!!!!!
Thank you very much for your eye for details. You're appreciated.
Luvly clean video,so proud of watching this and hope there is more to come ❤️
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This is wonderful. I'm a proud Egbe indegene. Thanks, @mayowablades for showcasing us in an exceptional way. Definitely advertising this.
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Proudly okun man from Ejuku yagba East, God bless the okun land and God bless kogi state and Nigeria also ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Me too I'm from ejuku
Definitely watching this with my children for them to know about their ancestry. Thanks so much
Glad it was helpful!
As an "ÙSẸN" person, which is located in the ovia South west L.G.A of Edo State, we are all brothers and sisters because we migrated from the same dynasty, which is known ILÈ-IFẸ which i believe we have similar cultures and traditions,one love ❤️ brothers and sisters.
You're welcome May God bless you
Wow that's beautiful. Woildnlike tonkow what your language sounds like.
@@MayowaBlades similar like the Ikàlẹ, Idònrè people, ilàjẹ and Ọwọ
Do u use Facebook?? Can we chat
@@MayowaBlades Usen is called Ufè Kekere, it's a place Oranmiyan and his entourage sojourned and dispersal from which he led conquest to Edo region to create Ọbaship in Benin today..
Thank you for this Mayowa Blades
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I love love this 😍 and thank you for sharing. It’s good to learn and see more of our cultural heritage online. People far and within need to see how beautiful our culture and people are. Am a super proud Kogi girl, grand daughter of Late Oba Aiyeniko of Ekinrin Adde and this documentary has brought me closer to my heritage ❤️❤️. I wish the mama that makes adun elere would show us how she makes it, I miss it so much.
That's lovely. He was called Olu Aiyeniko. Was a very noble King.
Love this episode ❤🇬🇭
One love 🇳🇬
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I love this!!! Watching a documentary on my people. This is the first I have seen in recent times.❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Amazing cinematography, great story telling and captures the cultural essence. 🎉
Proud to be associated…
Thanks for the heartwarming comment.
Yayyy, Okun lady here from Ejiba in Yagba West LGA. I'm happy for the insight this gives me
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Mr Mayowa blades thanks for uploading keep up the great work God bless you Amen
Thanks for watching
Proudly Okun daughter from Oworo kingdom❤❤❤
We should be proud of our culture and traditions.....God bless Okun land....proudly Okun from Egbe, Adodo Agbana palace.
Yes your family name rings a bell of Baale of Egbe.
@kemiagbana Okun iye'm
@@alphabogeyman7462 E seun
@@kemiagbana5710 Okun iye,
Great work put together, we are expecting part 2 of this documentary, we are expecting you to cover more town in Okun Land, more wisdom and grace to you, Okun to the world.
Did my secondary school at Iyamoye, Ijumu local government. Thats where I learnt Okun language and even understand Yoruba. I love their local pounded yam and eguisi cuisine😋😇
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Yass! As an Iyamoye girl, we love you right back⭐️⭐️⭐️
My people are from kabba and they speak yagba. I haven't heard anyone speak the language in a long while since I only hear it when my dad speaks to his siblings. I didn't know okun is now a tittle !. Watching this made my day 😊. It's showcase the people with so much beauty that I'm proud to be a part of this tribe. Thanks for such a beautiful work.
Ps. My favorite parts... the dialect and my best-loved local snack AADUN.👍
Yes you're right. They were commonly called Kabba people because the whole Okun part was put under the Kabba province of the British protectorate of Northern Nigeria. I am happy you enjoyed it. And show your children, if you're a mother to see the culture of their mum. Don't forget to subscribe for many stories to come.
From your name, I know you are from Egbe. Egbe isn't Kabba. They are 2 different towns. Egbe speaks Yagba.
One of my cousins married sn Okun man. I am very proud of the Okun people
Proud Okun girl from Egbe
I love this. Please keep it up. Kudos!
Thanks and More to come!
Thanks for letting us feel home, with love from london
You're warmly welcome
God bless you for the documentary
Amen
This got me so emotional.
Thank you very much for this great master piece😊
You're welcome 🤗
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Great work, interesting and hugely educative.
Thanks
I am proud to be okun❤❤
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Proudly Okun babe❤. God bless you sir for bringing my community to limelight
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A very educative and informative piece. It is a masterpiece! Keep it up
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A fantastic piece of educative work you've put together.
This is what content creation should be, generations unborn will learn from the facts you've investigated and presented in your work.
Well done! 👏
Thank you. You've said more than enough. Thanks for your words. More videos to come for sure.
You have an amazing voice thats perfect for this. I look forward to more videos.
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Thanks brother for reminding us our great heritage. Pls, interview the Oworo people next, I want to hear their dialect too.
Surely we will
Great job guys!
Fantastic documentary.
Great job!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for sharing this memory experience with very informative information about okun land.
My pleasure. And thanks for watching.
Fun Fact: The Oworos are the aboriginals of Lokoja town... so when next you see a Lokoja person, don't ask them to speak Hausa, the original inhabitants of the town are more tied to the Yoruba tribe...
Waaoooo …That’s a new one on me…Are these Oworos in any way connected to the present day OWOROSHOKI ?.
@@gbolahanfadeyi2886 No, they're not...
@@davidolujinmi1919 Thanks
I love Adun so much. My grandmother will make it for me and send it to me in boarding house. Even as a grown up, my grandmother still makes it for me if she gathers the energy😂
My Mother makes it as well and sells it at ita Awure village in Efon-Alaaye eighties
@@davidoladeji120must have seen ur mom before on my way to ado Ekiti. We normally have stopover in itawurę or ita ido for fine palm wine and pounded yam with better bush meat
@@Oponu-Ayirada Those things are hard to find on road trips nowadays
Does she put in those old bournvita or pork milk tin containers? Lol
@@Oponu-Ayirada maybe you might but it's long time ago eighties
The African continent is blessed to have such nation of people full of energy and culture we in the fisdpoi lost all
Job well done continue the good work 👍
Thank you for this beautiful documentary, I love this am proud too be an okun indigen.... Sharing the link too my Cameron friend Wu really want too know Abt my tribe ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Okun o. Thanks for this documentary. I am an okun and an Omolokun from Mopa. I can't remember seeing any documentary on Mopa.
Great job!
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This is lovely, thank you sir for this documentary. Proudly Okun
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Insightful! 🔥
Big up all Africans over the world we Jamaicans look just like you❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Greetings from the motherland :). Happy to have you here. We are all one.
Nice documentary, Okun isn’t only in Kogi state. By extension, I’m a proud Okunite from Omuooke Ekiti
Very correct. And also why in the documentary everyone seems to say Ekiti and Kwara in addition. Ekiti Okun people would be featured in Part 2 . Thanks we're all one.
We need more of this..
Thanks for this Beautifuly Produced and HIGHLY educative Documentary. I am ALWAYS proud amd Grateful to God for the Yoruba in me❤❤❤❤❤.I love ❤❤❤❤the Yoruba culture to bits.
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Love this documentary,thank you for this
Proudly omo okun
Wow thanks & God bless ❤👍
LORD may all our GLORY never lost IJN..AMEN, DEFINITELY Y'ALL are yorubas...
Thank you for letting the world know about them!!!❤
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I'm proudly an Okun woman!
Thanks for putting the documentary together, proud to identify as Okun people, May Allah bring peace and solace to the Okun Land
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I'm from Egbe, yagba west