Aduralagba

Undermining The Value ÒWE YORÙBÁ (YORUBA PROVERB) Ngó fun ọ lẹ́gbàá, kì í jẹ ki ẹgbàá ó níyì. Translation I will give you two thousand this makes it valueless or better put reduces its value. APPLICATION Sometimes if not all the times, when someone promises to give someone something, particularly money, the person ’s heart will be there, and he will start planning on how to use the money, and when this happens, by the time ther person finishes his/her analysis on what he or she is expecting from the person, she or he will just discover that the money is not enough as there would be other things that she or he will still be in need of but which cannot be catered for by the money promised to be given the person,because the money has been fixed . This will make him or her to start looking for other means of getting money to settle th ose other thing s needed . This proverb shows the psychological position of humans hearts, that when we hear something of interest our...

And She Was Murdered Decades ago, a lady, Toluwani, left her town, Erin-Ile, Kwara State, Nigeria in search of greener pastures for the northern part of the country, Kaduna State. Then Kaduna State is still peaceful and accommodating unlike what it is now. Toluwani was the only child of her parents before they divorced themselves. Her father immediately after divorcing her mother left their town but people could not say where he left for. The responsibility of raising Toluwani was left on the shoulders of her mother who was selling petty things. Divorce Toluwani’s mother, three years after divorcing her husband remarried and have four children for the new husband. The new husband of this woman did not take proper care of Toluwani, this makes her think of leaving their town for another town, she was thinking of moving to a far place where her step father would not have access to. After serious consideration, he decided to leave for Kaduna State. She has no one in the sta...

A Growing Love Introduction Love is defined as a feeling of strong affection and concern toward another person, as that arising from a kinship or close friendship; it could also be defined as a strong feeling of affection and concern for another person accompanied by sexual attraction. Online Wikipedia says that l ove  encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime  virtue  or good habit, the deepest  interpersonal   affection and to the simplest  pleasure . An example of this range of meanings is that the love of a mother differs from the love of a spouse, which differs from the love of food. Most commonly, love refers to a feeling of strong attraction and emotional  attachment . The love that I have in mind talking about is the love between opposite sex and this could also be extended to other kinds of relationship. The Parties Love, usually, involves two people, when a third person e...

Don’t Take it Too Personal Owe Yorùbá Tí a bá ni ki a dijú, ki ẹni búburú o kọjá, nigbati ẹni rere yio kọjá, orí ìdìjú nã ni eniyan mã wà. Translation Yorùbá Proverb If one says one will close one's eyes for the evil person to pass , one will still be closing his or her eyes when the good persons will pass by Application: It is a Proverb of encouragement, that if one takes what the evil ones have done to him or her too personal and because of that withdraws one's self from what one ought to be doing in the society , one will have himself or herself to blame on the long run because one will still be in one’s secluded position when someone (those) who will be of assistance to the person , helper s will come around, and one would miss out the benefits one ought to receive from such people. Thus, when someone injures your mind, don't be too much weighed down by it, else you will transfer the aggression to those who you ought not to transfer the agg ressio...

No Exemption ÒWE YORÙBÁ (YORÙBÁ PROVERB) Ìlàra kò mọ àgbà; ìfẹ kò mọ ọmọdé Translation Envying does not recognize old people; love does not recognize young people (or it could be stated as this, envying does not exempt old people neither does love exempt young folks) Beautiful Lady Application It is a proverb that has several uses depending on how the person wants to use it and the condition of its usage. It could be used to call people to order, telling the people that the world is a place that is full of mysteries and that there is no total exclusion to the rule in the world. I will have to share two stories to back this proverb up. Sometimes we become baffled seeing someone who is at the peak of his or her career as well as being stricken in age still envying a young person who is just coming up. There was once a professor in the island of Tikeyt called Marao. Research Student On Envying This professor was 70 years old and was about to be retired in...