YORUBA RACE BROUGHT TO LIMELIGHT BY ADEYINKA'S GRANDSON.

There is no VAGUE word in Yoruba language---
Study the language and endeavor to know more
about yourself and how great your lineage is
Adeyinka Grandson explains:
DID YOU KNOW THAT:
OSOGBO was coined out of 'Oso Igbo', meaning
wizard of the forest. This was as a consequence
of earlier settlers who surprisingly met a man at
the River Osun and whom they referred to as
‘Oso Igbo', which led to the name Osogbo.
IGBOMINA came from ‘Ologbo lo mọ ọna’
meaning, it is the standard-bearer who knows
the route. During the olden days’ war, the
Ajagunla (Ọrangun of Ila), was the standard-
bearer, who takes the flag, known as ‘Ogbo’.
This Ogbo helped in directing other warriors to
the right roads. ‘Ologbo lo mọ ọna’ later became
‘Igbomina.

'IBADAN originated from ‘Ẹba-Ọdan’, which means
between the forests and the plains. Before 1829,
Lagelu, the Jagun (commander-in-chief), of Ifẹ
and Yoruba's generalissimo, left Ile-Ifẹ with some
entourage from Ifẹ, Ọyọ and Ijebu to found a new
city at Ẹba-Ọdan.
IGBOHO is from ‘Igbo ti nho’, meaning
'whispering forest'. When Fulanis in conjunction
with Afonja's military, destroyed the old Ọyọ
Empire, Ọyọ people dispersed into the forest and
to avoid being noticed, they communicated by
whispering to one another. The people settled
close to the area noticed that the forest was
making unidentified noise and tagged the place
as ‘Ibi ti igbo ti nho’ which became Igboho today.
OGBOMOSHO was generated from ‘Ogbori
Elemọshọ’ when Sọun Ogunlọla, a great hunter,
who subsequently became the first Sọun of

Ogbomọshọ, helped the old Ọyọ Empire to kill
Elemọshọ and brought his head to Alaafin.
People started to refer to the settlement of Sọun
Ogunlọla as ’Ibi ti wọn ti gbe Ori Elemọshọ’.
ỌYỌ was from ‘Ibi ti Ẹsin ti yọ’, where the horse
slipped. When Oranmiyan left Ile-Ifẹ to found his
Kingdom elsewhere, the Oracle told him to stop
and build his kingdom wherever his horse slips
(yọ). Ibi ti esin ti ‘yọ’ is now known as Ọyọ.
EKITI was derived from ‘Ilẹ Olokiti’, meaning
mountainous land. When the descendants of
Agbonniregun Baba Ifa and some other people
left Ile-Ife to found a new kingdom, they resolved
to settle where they saw lots of mountains and
they said this is ‘Ilẹ Olokiti’ which later
transformed to Ekiti.

IKEJA was named after an Awori hunter known
as Akeja Onigorun. He was a successful hunter
who was celebrated within the Awori clan of the
Yoruba people, hence the present name Ikeja the
state government seat of Lagos.
BADAGRY came into being around 1425 A.D. The
area known as Badagry was founded by a farmer
who had his farm along the peninsular named
Agbede. The farm was subsequently known as
Agbede’s farm. Agbede’s farm was referred to
as Agbedegreme, which was later, coined into
Agbadarigi by the Yoruba alien and eventually
pronounced as Badagry by the European slave
merchants when the coast of Badagry was
discovered and opened to the New world.
ILE IFẸ got its name when Oduduwa arrived the
settlement. It was believed that Oduduwa came
with a giant cock and parcel of sand. The cock

then spreads the sand and the land further
expands, meaning Ilẹ fẹẹ (land expands).
In Yorubaland, gbọgbọ nkan lo ni bo ṣe jẹ. --A
meaningful and a relevant culture.