Post by oduabachanal on Feb 23, 2016 5:35:15 GMT
Yoruba-Nostalgica :
"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."
Marcus Garvey
Ekaabo....
I will like to define Yoruba-Nostalgica as the study of the historical characteristics of the entities that makes up the Yoruba race, their sociological and anthropological make up, from the ancient times, through slavery and the birth of the colonial boundaries such as Nigeria.
While some part of our history are very nostalgic and worthy of praise, we must strive to have a balance understanding of both the happy and sad episodes of our history, that have led us to our present day formation. More importantly, there are elements of hate doing their best to rewrite our history by creating lies to fit in their psychological war against the Yoruba race. This is the reason why this study will also include the neighbours and other groups that we have come across before our collapsed civilization, or due to the colonial boundaries.
One of the purpose of the thread is to create a form of repository for books and records written about the Yoruba people and their neighbours. It's also a place to share knowledge and information about periods, important figures and timelines. Discussion of various subjects are welcomed. Contributors can post snippets, photos or videos of their findings.
Places to gather information:
First and foremost , Google.
Another important site is archive.org, where history books can be found.
NOTE! Some of the authors of these books are very racist, but the juice of their works is the little knowledge we can squeeze out of it, to create a broad understanding of those era.
E se pupo.
"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."
Marcus Garvey
Ekaabo....
I will like to define Yoruba-Nostalgica as the study of the historical characteristics of the entities that makes up the Yoruba race, their sociological and anthropological make up, from the ancient times, through slavery and the birth of the colonial boundaries such as Nigeria.
While some part of our history are very nostalgic and worthy of praise, we must strive to have a balance understanding of both the happy and sad episodes of our history, that have led us to our present day formation. More importantly, there are elements of hate doing their best to rewrite our history by creating lies to fit in their psychological war against the Yoruba race. This is the reason why this study will also include the neighbours and other groups that we have come across before our collapsed civilization, or due to the colonial boundaries.
One of the purpose of the thread is to create a form of repository for books and records written about the Yoruba people and their neighbours. It's also a place to share knowledge and information about periods, important figures and timelines. Discussion of various subjects are welcomed. Contributors can post snippets, photos or videos of their findings.
Places to gather information:
First and foremost , Google.
Another important site is archive.org, where history books can be found.
NOTE! Some of the authors of these books are very racist, but the juice of their works is the little knowledge we can squeeze out of it, to create a broad understanding of those era.
E se pupo.
lol.
