You are right my brother. There are lots of Yorubas in Benin Republic, Togo and Ghana. They speak their Yoruba slightly different like that of Oke Ogun dialect. We need more of your well researched videos . Thank you Sir.
My dear brother, I just stumbled on one of your videos about Yoruba and Anago and it led me into following some of your videos. I must commend you so much for what I call a job thouroughly well done. One thing that also excite me is setting the records straight. In fact, one of the errors being peddled about Afonja, you happened to be the ONLY ONE that has set it straight - that is the position of Aare Ona Kakanfo (which my own findings also show tha it was Afonja's father that held that post) and that he (the father) led the civil war against Bashorun Gaa. I need to have a time to meet with you concerning something I am working on.
7:54 well said. This reminds me of why I took my DNA test. My dad used to tell us stories that we migrated from Modakeke to Gbongan after unrest in Modakeke, and this piqued my interest and I wanted to ascertain the significance of the stories and the DNA came back with 60% from the region called Nigeria, 37% Benin/Togo and 3% Ghana/Ivory Coast. So, no doubt, the Oyo Empire was huge. My grandfather was the Otun Olufi of Gbongan.
Kudos to them except that it’ll be better to tell history as it is or be clear about it being a fiction. While some of us are privy to know it’s distorted, other younger ones might not and movies can be a good avenue to preserve our rather ‘dying’ history..
He is not expecting 100%. I was telling a friend we were watching the movie with the shortcomings of the historical account in the movie and he was marvelled. A simple research would have been okay by the movie producer.
The closest Muslims which could have been depicted in the movie and whom Gaa's firstborn who ruled in Dahomey ran to were the Baribas. As you rightly mentioned, in the days of AARE Oyabi, there was no Ilorin till decades later in the days of Afonja. Also, Gaa died a more gruesome death than that. Great job
I just wish you were better organized in your thought processes, for almost 10 minutes of this video, I really felt you were going everywhere with your conversation. You just ended up making just two points or so regarding the movie. I’m going to check your other videos because I love history. But please be more organized and concise so that your conversation would be easier to follow. My two cents
There was nothing like Ibadan when olukoye was made Ajele (Governor) representing Alaafin in Ibadan, it was the Egbas who dominated the area as at that year according to history
@@abinibihub I just pray one of this days, they can make movies or write an history book about the Egbas before there liberation from Alaafin..we don't know the name of the past kings in Igbo Egba.
@@abinibihub yeah and I have the pdf I got for free I can send it to you instead of spend almost 10k to buy it in Nigeria at Jericho Ibadan .The man who wrote the book was alige during the time of basorun ogunmola until 1900.
"House of Gaa" is a film, not a documentary. There is no such thing as an entirely accurate story; stories are told from different perspectives. Remember, storytelling is a form of entertainment and make-believe. In the end, certain elements are embellished to make the film entertaining and marketable. You can discuss historical misrepresentation if the filmmaker calls the movie a documentary. If you're calling this "movie" a historical representation, what about films like "Vikings," "Vikings: Valhalla," and other Viking movies that claim to depict the history of England or the United Kingdom?
You are right. You have a strong point but trust me our people will not think like that. I prefer this new one to the old one but to be honest with you. That ending spoiled the hard work. Fulani are not friends with us. They should not appear in our history. Thanks for your contribution and I truly appreciate your point and me as a filmmaker I understand your point but millions of Yorubas will not.
And moreover when its just a story all the real character names in history should not b included,do you knw most people actually look at the movie like the real history not my sister's jss1 daughter saying now i already know about bashorun gaa's history how those that sounds we're not condenming the movie we're just talking abt the real history it should b eterntaining nd educating most people actually learn about mufu's history in mufu olosha oko nd when we actually checked abt d real history it was 9℅ acurate@@abinibihub
OK let's take a look at the new movie of olufunmilayo Ransome kuti wacth it and look and the history the movie even made us realize more of the things we never knew about olufunmilayo cos right from my childhood I only knew she was the first woman to ride a car
@@owodinaoyindamola2213 The truth is that we can't truly understand our history or culture through movies that last only two hours. Note that I said "movies." We can learn about our history through documentaries, which are different from movies in how they convey information. The best way to learn about history is through research, which involves reading multiple books and watching multiple documentaries. Movies are not reliable for learning history because they often add or remove elements to make the story more interesting. For example, I recently watched a documentary about Alexander the Great, and it aligned well with the books I have read about him. This shows that my research and the documentary complemented each other. However, Viking and Saxon movies I have seen do not usually match what I have read about them, which is understandable since they are just movies intended to make money and don't have the luxury of thorough research. If you want to know about history, you need to read extensively. You also mentioned the Funmilayo Ransom-Kuti movie. That movie only covers a small part of her life. Did you know she was an ally and confidant to the president of China? She was a very powerful and influential woman. At one point, her passport was seized, and she was denied a visa by the West to limit her movement. There are many other aspects of her life that are not covered in the movie. To truly understand history, read books, and read many of them.
I don’t see why y’all crazy that the movie wasn’t historically accurate like many movies even Hollywood movies they don’t tend to get accurate historical movies correct
@@abinibihub yes, cus I have written different papers, works and presentation on old Oyo empire and Yoruba land but the story is not. Thanks for the clarification sir
You just going back & fourth the story not clear’ I don’t really get your point sir (just like you wanna to say some important you will say don’t worry that for another day I don’t really get your info
