Another fine Yodaai meeting in Montgomery...

A beautiful saturday afternoon, 

some nice weather, not too warm or too cold, 

good food,

 easter egg hunting 

and the company of friends...

Some of the executive leadership...

I speak of the Yodaii meeting this past Saturday in the city of Montgomery, 

the seat and bedrock of civil rights in the south...

The elders conferring after the meeting...

We welcomed new members from Birmingham...

Mother and daughter ...

 Looking radiant in orange and blue, 

When I grow up, I want to look just like you...

...a a gba bi re o..

Rice, efo riro, iyan dodo very plenty indeed!

 Akowe egbe documenting everything...

The gentleman from Ibadan, Ondo State ( That's what he said!) in the middle...

The gentleman from the center of the earth, Ikirun (that's what he said too!)

Your humble web master, ko ma da bi eni pe a o si n'be! 

March and April birthdays...

E ku agba sir!

Madam Social leading us in the Yodaai song...

The gentleman from Ibadan extending an invitation to all for the upcoming birthday of his bride (Just 30 yrs old according to some estimates...)

The original egba crowd. Ijaye people to the right...

 the children, before the egg hunt

awon boys

"High 5"

our young ladies in waiting...

Part of the Montgomery Consortium.

all in all, another fine Yodaai meeting!

All roads lead to Birmingham in June...

F. A

Webmaster.

And the winner ...

Of the Proverb of the month of April is...

Our very own chairman of the word 

with the proverb 

"A yan gbe aja dun je, sugbon ati yan gbe nko?"

 He supplied the meaning too - 

"Pleasure is good and sweet 

but it demands painstaking hard work to earn or achieve"

Thank you for your wisdom!

F. A

Our prayers are with you...

On behalf 

of the entire

 membership of Yodaai, 

We express our condolences to the family of Mr and Mrs Emmanuel Ayanwale

on the loss of Mrs Betty Ayanwale's father

Mr. Clarence S. Banks, Sr.

at the ripe old age of 97.

Funeral arrangements are as follows.

Home going service for Mr. Clarence S. Banks, Sr. will be on Wednesday March 19th @ 11:am @ Eastside Funeral Home, 5523 1st Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35212

(205) 592-2233.

After the Service, please meet the family at the Iris Deli at 2024 Green Springs Highway, Birmingham Al 35205

(Across form George Ward Park).

 Parking is also in the back.

F. A

Highest achieving cultural groups in America? - Nigerians rise to the list!

February is here again, and with it comes black History month; Or as I like to call it, 

"celebrate being Yoruba and proud of it" month. 

To kick us of this month, here are excerpts from an article posted on the Huffington Post about Nigerians to make you proud, this made news a few weeks ago & I kept a link of it : 

Controversial author and Yale Law professor Amy Chua gained notoriety for her tough parenting memoir "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," and now she's back to let the world know which eight cultural groups "do better than others" when it comes to achieving success in America.

"The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America" is her latest work, co-written with her husband and fellow Yale Law professor Jed Rubenfeld. They claim that some groups in America are simply inherently more likely to succeed than others.

The pair specifically names the eight social groups that they deem superior,( in terms of achieving success, my words,) which include two religious groups

• Jewish
• Indian
• Chinese
• Iranian
• Lebanese-Americans
• Nigerians
• Cuban exiles
• Mormons

The description for their book on Amazon.com states:

It may be taboo to say, but some groups in America do better than others. Mormons have recently risen to astonishing business success. Cubans in Miami climbed from poverty to prosperity in a generation. Nigerians earn doctorates at stunningly high rates. Indian and Chinese Americans have much higher incomes than other Americans; Jews may have the highest of all.

Why do some groups rise? Drawing on groundbreaking original research and startling statistics, The Triple Package uncovers the secret to their success. A superiority complex, insecurity, impulse control—these are the elements of the Triple Package, the rare and potent cultural constellation that drives disproportionate group success.

Hmmm!

Who knew?

  1.Superiority complex

2.Insecurity and

3. Impulse control 

Nigerians on top!

Another fine Yodaai meeting in Auburn!

Were you there yesterday at the 1st Yodaai meeting of 2014? 

Red was the color of the day, both for love and for heart health month.

The Auburnites pulled out all the stops

 to make for another fantastic fun filled gathering of like minded people.

The food was great, the company even better 

and the constructive conversation will move us forward and onwards progressively!

We celebrated Valentine's day with a Yoruba poem

 adapted from the songs of Solomon, read and presented hilariously

 by our  general secretary 

and the web master herself...

Our husbands claimed color blindness (see below)

 and were appropriately fined by madam the social herself! 

...our children were rewarded for their performance at the Ajodun

Birthdays were combined with valentine's day

We are all thinking the same thing - When can we cut this cake and eat it?

 and our husbands that forgot valentines this year promised to do better next year -

 I feel a serenade coming my way...

Our youngest member in training...

Yodaai women wore Red also as a reminder of heart health month this February

Part of the Montgomery consortium, above picture and below...

Part of the Birmingham group below...

It was a busy and packed schedule,

 but a lot of fun!

RICE, SOUP WERE VERY PLENTY INDEED!

We thank you for coming.

See you out here in the city of Montgomery, 

 the cradle of civil rights 

in Alabama at the next meeting,

F. A