Dance! Dance! Dance!

Many thanks to my better half 
who together with me,
 took more than 500 pictures 

at the Ajodun a few weeks ago. 

Here are some more of our folks

 sharing the joy of it all
and dancing the night away...

Olowo ori mi...

Eni to joko e dide, e mura si jo! - Emi ati Agbeke, iyawo wa.

Cha cha to the left, y'all! Awon sisi oreke l'ewa...

Cha cha to the right...2 hops this time!

Ati agba ati omode...

The task of editing the photos 

and sorting the pictures out into post - able groups has been a lot of fun, 
bringing back happy memories. 

Ijo ti ya! Ma a jo! Ma a jo...

Awon ara oke nko m'ole...

Emi ati igba keji mi...

Eko o ni b'aje o! Awon ara isale eko...

Daddy and me...

E maa w'ole, ma a r'ora o.

F. Abolade, M.D. 

Publicity Secretary.

The 2nd annual ijaye - Ibadan Re-match, December 2012 edition!

Are you missing the camaraderie with each other yet?

I know I am since the festivities
 of a few weeks ago. 

I thought I would get things going by reviewing that epic rematch of

 the 2nd annual Ibadan - Ijaye war, 2012 edition. 

To kick things off, a new trophy for the commemoration of this war

 and other intertribal Yoruba wars was donated by Prof. Ayanwale.

One of the M.C'S - of Ibadan stock I might add, 

had great difficulty in admitting that the Ijaye people won last year. 

After much hem - mimg and haa-ing, we got the crowd together. 

Some people had the dilemma of split allegiance,

 being of egba (ijaye) stock but married to an Ibadan man. Which side to root for?  

The Ibadan people chose their warrior as Mr Ayodele Babatunde. (above)

The ijaye people chose their warrior in the person of Mr Kola dada. (below)

And the battle stage was set. 

The die was cast.

On the count of 3, the arm wrestling contest was on. 

Two draws and a tie breaker round later,

 the Ibadan people were finally victorious

To the Victor goes the brand new Trophy, engraved and sitting on a marble base. 

The idea is to bring it to every meeting and rotate the trophy

 amongst all the Ibadan people this year.

 and now the Ibadan people have the brand new trophy donated by Prof. Ayanwale.

Congratulations to all who fought gallantly

 and more importantly, who all came together at the end as one people.

 That is the essence of awa omo Oduduwa. 
We always come together as one in the end.

Warriors, your comments below.

Funke Abolade, M.D.

Publicity Secretary.

And the winner....

...Of the proverb of the month of January 2013 is Mr Ayodele Babatunde

 with proverb #100 Submission which reads 

"Gele o dun bi ka moo we, ka moo we o da bi ko ye'ni." 

This is my attempt to translate it literally below :

"The beauty of the  African head tie (gele) 

lies not only in being able to tie it, 

but in being able to tie it fittingly well." 

Toto, o se bi owe, eyin agba, e dari ji ni.

Practical application? It's not just enough to be able to do something, it's about being able to do it exceedingly well.

Awon gele orisi risi (different headtie styles) follows below - I know the proverb is not really about headties but what better excuse to showcase some of our ingenious ways of styling and tying them?

O ga ju!

Red gele aso oke ...

Green gele aso oke.

Very traditional blue gele aso oke...

Ati gele bulu, ati gele pupa...

K'elenu so enu e ni ti gele yi o !

I leave it to the elders for any different take on the literal translation and to extrapolate the meaning and practical applications. Comments pls in the comments section below.

Funke Abolade, M.D.

Publicity Secretary.

Officially presenting...

Our youngest member of Yodaai.

And its a boy!

I guess you already know this and met him at the Ajodun but ...

The Amusans have given me permission to present 

their new baby boy, Babatunde Amusan .

 who was born Sunday Sept 23 @ 6:19 at UAB Hospital.

 He weighed  just a smidgen over six pounds...

The happy parents below with our precious bundle of joy...

Look at him now though...

Omo o, ee i pe d'agba, Omo o, ee i pe d'agba...

 Kekere jojolo ma bi t'emi...

Omo o, ee i pe d'agba!

Congratulations to the happy parents
 And we pray and hope that all the blessings of God
Shall follow you all the days of your life.
Amen.

Funke Abolade, M.D.

Publicity Secretary.

Happy new year to all!

From all of us to our friends and family everywhere...

A ku odun, a ku iyedun o. 

Ire owo, ire omo, ire alafia fun gbogbo wa o.

Emi a se opolopo e o.

Odun ayo ni Olorun a se fun gbo gbo wa o.
And this message from
 Mr Simons Latunde Addey:


Happy New Year 
to all the members of YODAAI 
and their entire family, both here, and abroad. Amen.
May the New Year
 bring good health, happiness, joy, prosperity, 
and above all, 
may we live longer to enjoy the fruits of our labors, that is, our children, and our grandchildren, great grandchildren, and generations to come. Amen!
May we succed in this land, so that our motherland could reap the benefits of our successes, 
and may Nigeria become a wonderful and great nation, free of massive corruption, Amen.
Until then, you all take care of yourselves. 
Simons Latunde-Addey,
(SLA - {Not Samuel Ladoke Akintola})

Amin.

F. Abolade, M.D.

Publicity Secretary.