People will remain people. Why are some ppl giving themselves headache over latino/white/Puerto Rico? The bottom line: this dude here is deep and the message is clear and loud. Embrace your culture and your root. This dude is more literate in Yoruba than the average Yorubas
Sorry I cannot listen to the descendants of those who committed genocide against my ancestors. I just love my ancestors too much. In America we call these culture Vultures.I love my ppl and Egun. Ase'Asure Iwori Wofun 📿
I used to understand and speak a bit back in the '70's - '80's now I have a grandson-in-law who's Yuroba but I don't comprehend anymore, Shame!!! on me, it's never too old to learn though
Here's a white man speaking fluent Yoruba and then there are some of you who were born and raised in Oduduwa republic pretending you can't speak yoruba because you spent 2 weeks in New York over the holiday...smh
What make you think he is white. You can tell the difference from caucasian and someone who is Hispanic with a trace of African blood. If he does a DNA test, he will have both Africa and European DNA. Effects of slaves taken away from Africa.
@@ADE-of-LAGOS That is not my point of emphasis, Oga Ade I, know that can you differentiate between Caucasian and Hispanic, but I hope you got my message.
Thank you Sirs kadara kadara yatoo ni gbogbo aye Omo eniyan. Oluwa Eledumare koni ba kadara gbogbo wa je o Amin. Ope ni fun Oluwa Eledumare fun kadara gbogbo wa Amin. Thank you Sirs and Madam. Kadara kopapo. Kadara sekoko laye gbogbo wa sirere, si alafia ifokanbale emigigun laye wa Amin 😊❤
Thank you Sirs kadara kadara yatoo ni gbogbo aye Omo eniyan. Oluwa Eledumare koni ba kadara gbogbo wa je o Amin. Ope ni fun Oluwa Eledumare fun kadara gbogbo wa Amin. Thank you Sirs and Madam. Kadara kopapo. Kadara sekoko laye gbogbo wa sirere, si alafia ifokanbale emigigun laye wa in Jesus Christ name Amin 😊❤
I’m from Puerto Rico. We have the original spirituality of the Yoruba people because over hundreds of thousands of them were shipped here. We still speak Yoruba words in our language because they are our ancestors and live in us we carry on their practices spiritually, verbally, and mentally. May the ancestors be with you all my guardian Orisha is Eleggua or in some places pronounced elegba. We live on through our ancestors they live on through us may the legacy continue.
F A here is a very partial list of words from various African languages that the Puerto Rican’s still use today. Anamú - a bush, a plant Bachata - a dance from the Dominican Republic, originally just any kind of party Baquiné - wake for dead children Bembeteo - a talkative person, usually someone who speaks way more than they they should Bembón - a person with big lips Bochinche - gossip Bomba - african type dance Bongó - percussion instrument Burundanga - mix of things (usually in cooking) Cachimbo - smoking pipe (according to a more official definition), but also used as a nickname Calalú - vegetable Candungo - container, usually bucket or trash can Chango - a type of black bird, also a timid or wimpy guy Changa - timid, wimpy girl Cheche - boss, guru Chévere - cool, great Chongo - something that doesn't work because it's slow or old Chumbo/a - flat butt Cocolo - people who like salsa Cocoroco - sound of a rooster Conga - percussion instrument Dengue - mosquito as well as the virus Fufú - a spell Funche - hard corn meal food Gandinga - pork tripe, intestines Gandul - pigeon pea Gongolí - a little worm Grifería - african hair Guineo - banana Guingambó - okra Jurutungo - used in "estoy por lo ultimo" instead of ultimo ("I'm almost there") Mafafo - overweight person, also a type of banana. Malanga - vegetable Malango - an ordinary or stupid person Mambo - type of dance Marifinga - bland cornmeal food Marimba - a seed that is dried and filled with smaller seeds to make the instrument Merengue - a sweet as well as a Dominican dance Mofongo - dish of mashed plantains Mogolla - really mixed up Mondongo - type of dish made of cow stomach Monga - an illness, like a headcold Mongo - without strenght Ñame - yam Ñangotao - squatting Neñeñe - whiny, bratty person Ñoco - missing a part of their body, like a hand or foot Ñoño/a - lazy or childish person Pachanga - a country dance Quimbambas - boondocks Quingombó - a bean Sambumbia - keep adding things, usually liquids (to a stew, for example) Sandunga/eo - enjoyment or a rhythm that overtakes you Titingó - going out to have fun Tumbao - a type of walking that is really notable in the streets...
THE MOJOLA FAMEWO do your research over 500,000 Yoruba people, congo people, etc where shipped to Puerto Rico. We speak many different African languages because many different tribes where sent here. When they came they preserved their original beliefs we still speak Yoruba language in Puerto Rico search up loiza Puerto Rico it’s very prominent there. Search up Puerto Rico Yoruba on google you will see the connections and all of the information you need. The Yoruba blood lives through me my ancestors protect me and I give them offerings as well as the Orishas all thanks to olodumare the ruler and creator of the universe.
The Almighty God Jehovah abhors witchcraft, sorcery and any form of idol worshipping. Please my people, refrain from practicing these things and seek for God's forgiveness. Do not bring curses upon yourselves and your descendants. What you are doing is destructive. Read the book of Revelation, chapters 17, 18 and 12 starting fron verse 7.
he's no longer an Ifa priest. his own elder disowned him in public statements. his homosexuality was discovered and he was PROHIBITED from practicing Ifa. He can be and I believe he continues to work as an Olorisha (Orisha-Nla) and a Yoruba language specialist.
I odn't have a problem that he is initiated being a light-skinned man from Puerto Rico. I have a problem with him being initiated because he's a homosexual man and when that was found out, his initiator disowned him publicly.
That's Baba Nathan Lugo...he's not white, he's Latino and he's a HIGHLY TRAINED Priest in Lucumi. Ase!!! NYC Honest brother............ My husband is from Benin Voodoo and staying in NYC he can speak Spanish.......
He's not a highly trained Lucumi priest. He's a West African Ifa initiate. His homosexuality was found out and he was disowned publicly by his elder for it. That is why currently, he is not an Ifa priest anymore. He is an Olorisha. He can only practice Obatala initiations and work as an Eerindiloggun diviner. But all Ifa related practices are PROHIBITED to him
A lot of Latinos are decedents of Spain and Portugal. He is 100% white. It's like saying the whites in South Africa are not white. If you want to see what indigenous Latinos look like google Incas or go to Peru etc
I'm afraid I dont really understand why anyone should get so excited about someone learning a new language. Yes its good for him. If he had learned Mandarin, or Hindi would people still be so excited? Yoruba is after alll just another human language or am I missing something? When I learn Yoruba will I elicit this level of interest?
Yes! They should. Mandarin or Hindi represent 3/7 of the world's population. Yoruba are not even in the picture. Yoruba is a great nation. But NO-BO-DY CARES. When a person from ile okere learns your tongue in such way is REMARCABLE. In this case is much more than learning a 'language'. Is ENGAGING in a CULTURE. You wouldn't know.
Most Europeans have little or no interest in learning African languages. I have lived in England for 23 years and Never, I repeat Never met any European who spoke a single African language. I lived in Nigeria for 18 yrs and never met any European or foreigner living in Nigeria speak a Nigerian language. Some were raised in Nigeria and still didn't event speak Pidgin English. Thats why its so refreshing and amazing.
@@deficrypto1234 Don't generalize. In southern Africa Whites have been learning African languages since colonial times. All White unis offered African languages. The first grammar books & bible translations were written by Whites. Today 100,000 or 2% of SA Whites speak an African language. Many of them flawlessly. SOAS, a major London uni, was founded to teach UK colonial officials i.a. African languages. Hence its name. Swahili was studied & promoted by the Germans & British. How many Black Americans speak an African language anyway? Minus 10,000? All the Western students going to Africa to learn its languages are White. At least 10 major German unis like Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt & Vienna offer African languages. Their study is called AFRIKANISTIK in German.
Yoruba religion is purer in Brazil now than in Nigeria. Many Yoruba priests come to Brazil to "renew" themselves in their religious traditions. It is ironic.
Brazilians can't even speak rudimentary yoruba and they don't use the bata drums ( anya ) in their ceremonies , ask the Yoruba king of Nigeria where he went first : CUBA .
@@Fuegocontoelmundo69 aham... I wonder for how long you will still speak Yoruba in Nigeria or honour the Orixás. Not for long, by the looks of it. White Jesus is taking over there and parents don't teach their children Yoruba. And you come talking with me about Cuba...ha! Cuba!
@@KielBrito everybody in cuba believes and respect osha , even the catholics priests , I said what I said because I have brazilian friends who practice osha and they told me so , they don't speak it even in a rudimentary way like in cuba , here we have Lucumi wich is a corrupted way of speaking yoruba but at least a lot of people speak it , there's also a lot of people who speaks yoruba like in Nigeria but those are few .
@@Fuegocontoelmundo69 You are Cuban, that explains the bias when writing. And I wasn't talking of the Yoruba language when I made my original comment. I was talking of spiritual practices. If you think Cuba's practices are better, good for you. The only thing I think Cuba is better than anyone is at making cigars. Have a good life. I won't lose my time with you any longer.
@@Fuegocontoelmundo69 And another thing. Whoever visits Latin America from Africa, would make its way up north first. It is a matter of logistics. The visits of African kings and delegates to Brazil are partially financed by the Brazilian government due to its Africa Policy. We have them here ALL THE TIME. And they are always welcome.
His Yoruba is impeccable 😫
We need to be more proud of our language, culture and traditions 🤩
WTF this man can speak better Yoruba than me
his Yoruba is very fluent
Is this man really a White Man or an Albino his Yoruba is really deep rooted! 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
People will remain people. Why are some ppl giving themselves headache over latino/white/Puerto Rico? The bottom line: this dude here is deep and the message is clear and loud. Embrace your culture and your root. This dude is more literate in Yoruba than the average Yorubas
💯 facts
Sorry I cannot listen to the descendants of those who committed genocide against my ancestors. I just love my ancestors too much. In America we call these culture Vultures.I love my ppl and Egun. Ase'Asure Iwori Wofun 📿
I completely love this and celebrate everything Yoruba heritage represent 😘👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😘
Lola Bakare, IFA is not a religion or culture, it contains both. I was not amazed when I learned about IFA mystery system in quantum physic.
Maxie wow interesting.
Walahi, we Yoruba lost so may tins
I wish I could understand that beautiful language. I have no clue what they are saying. But I have great respect for the culture.
Mc. Hill thank you that's Yoruba language in Nigeria
Mc. Hill yes I can teach you add me on Facebook BABALAWO ogunda kete on WhatsApp (+2349023408343)
You can hit me up to learn from us +2348108596614
I want to learn it and speak it fluently. I know it a little
I used to understand and speak a bit back in the '70's - '80's now I have a grandson-in-law who's Yuroba but I don't comprehend anymore, Shame!!! on me, it's never too old to learn though
i need to learn.... its time
Add me up on Instagram #ifasanu WhatsApp +2349023408343 for Ifa consultation and learning .
If you wanna learn I we introduce you to who I learn it from
Me too 😅
Here's a white man speaking fluent Yoruba and then there are some of you who were born and raised in Oduduwa republic pretending you can't speak yoruba because you spent 2 weeks in New York over the holiday...smh
What make you think he is white. You can tell the difference from caucasian and someone who is Hispanic with a trace of African blood. If he does a DNA test, he will have both Africa and European DNA. Effects of slaves taken away from Africa.
@@ADE-of-LAGOS That is not my point of emphasis, Oga Ade I, know that can you differentiate between Caucasian and Hispanic, but I hope you got my message.
@@ANJORINSTEPHEN Oh, sorry I missed the point. You can help me. I thought I saw the obvious.
@@ANJORINSTEPHEN hispanics are Caucasian depending which hispanics on what region
So what if he is white? Who cares honestly?
Thank you Sirs kadara kadara yatoo ni gbogbo aye Omo eniyan. Oluwa Eledumare koni ba kadara gbogbo wa je o Amin. Ope ni fun Oluwa Eledumare fun kadara gbogbo wa Amin. Thank you Sirs and Madam. Kadara kopapo. Kadara sekoko laye gbogbo wa sirere, si alafia ifokanbale emigigun laye wa Amin 😊❤
Thank you Sirs kadara kadara yatoo ni gbogbo aye Omo eniyan. Oluwa Eledumare koni ba kadara gbogbo wa je o Amin. Ope ni fun Oluwa Eledumare fun kadara gbogbo wa Amin. Thank you Sirs and Madam. Kadara kopapo. Kadara sekoko laye gbogbo wa sirere, si alafia ifokanbale emigigun laye wa in Jesus Christ name Amin 😊❤
He's no longer a priest here..
The ANCESTORS are mad 😠as hell for this foolishness.. no FOREIGNERS are allowed in this
his Yoruba is IMPECCABLE,,,YOU HEAR ME......!!! I AM SHOOK!!!
I’m from Puerto Rico. We have the original spirituality of the Yoruba people because over hundreds of thousands of them were shipped here. We still speak Yoruba words in our language because they are our ancestors and live in us we carry on their practices spiritually, verbally, and mentally. May the ancestors be with you all my guardian Orisha is Eleggua or in some places pronounced elegba. We live on through our ancestors they live on through us may the legacy continue.
Well said sir
What are some of the Yoruba words y’all say?
F A here is a very partial list of words from various African languages that the Puerto Rican’s still use today. Anamú - a bush, a plant
Bachata - a dance from the Dominican Republic, originally just any kind of party
Baquiné - wake for dead children
Bembeteo - a talkative person, usually someone who speaks way more than they they should
Bembón - a person with big lips
Bochinche - gossip
Bomba - african type dance
Bongó - percussion instrument
Burundanga - mix of things (usually in cooking)
Cachimbo - smoking pipe (according to a more official definition), but also used as a nickname
Calalú - vegetable
Candungo - container, usually bucket or trash can
Chango - a type of black bird, also a timid or wimpy guy
Changa - timid, wimpy girl
Cheche - boss, guru
Chévere - cool, great
Chongo - something that doesn't work because it's slow or old
Chumbo/a - flat butt
Cocolo - people who like salsa
Cocoroco - sound of a rooster
Conga - percussion instrument
Dengue - mosquito as well as the virus
Fufú - a spell
Funche - hard corn meal food
Gandinga - pork tripe, intestines
Gandul - pigeon pea
Gongolí - a little worm
Grifería - african hair
Guineo - banana
Guingambó - okra
Jurutungo - used in "estoy por lo ultimo" instead of ultimo ("I'm almost there")
Mafafo - overweight person, also a type of banana.
Malanga - vegetable
Malango - an ordinary or stupid person
Mambo - type of dance
Marifinga - bland cornmeal food
Marimba - a seed that is dried and filled with smaller seeds to make the instrument
Merengue - a sweet as well as a Dominican dance
Mofongo - dish of mashed plantains
Mogolla - really mixed up
Mondongo - type of dish made of cow stomach
Monga - an illness, like a headcold
Mongo - without strenght
Ñame - yam
Ñangotao - squatting
Neñeñe - whiny, bratty person
Ñoco - missing a part of their body, like a hand or foot
Ñoño/a - lazy or childish person
Pachanga - a country dance
Quimbambas - boondocks
Quingombó - a bean
Sambumbia - keep adding things, usually liquids (to a stew, for example)
Sandunga/eo - enjoyment or a rhythm that overtakes you
Titingó - going out to have fun
Tumbao - a type of walking that is really notable in the streets...
@@clos1203 sorry to break your bubbles, non off these are Yoruba words. And Orisha is originated in yoruba land, then and always.
THE MOJOLA FAMEWO do your research over 500,000 Yoruba people, congo people, etc where shipped to Puerto Rico. We speak many different African languages because many different tribes where sent here. When they came they preserved their original beliefs we still speak Yoruba language in Puerto Rico search up loiza Puerto Rico it’s very prominent there. Search up Puerto Rico Yoruba on google you will see the connections and all of the information you need. The Yoruba blood lives through me my ancestors protect me and I give them offerings as well as the Orishas all thanks to olodumare the ruler and creator of the universe.
even me my yoruba is not as fluent as this
Wonderful and amazing you make me proud to be a Yoruba
Hey... Chai..... How fluent of him.. E wo bí ede wá ṣe un lo lenu wọn
The Almighty God Jehovah abhors witchcraft, sorcery and any form of idol worshipping. Please my people, refrain from practicing these things and seek for God's forgiveness. Do not bring curses upon yourselves and your descendants. What you are doing is destructive. Read the book of Revelation, chapters 17, 18 and 12 starting fron verse 7.
I am so impressed sir we shouldn't forget our language and pass it unto our children tiwa làṣà tiwa nìṣẹ̀ẹ̀ṣe proudly Yoruba
Interesting
Even if you are white mixed your African ancestors will manifest at times through spirituality
Translate it for understanding.
I fear but I no run.
cartoons,,,,,its coming up with Ifa poetry
Ori wu fun ogbeni yi
Odi Meji.....hit me
That's Nathan Lugo...he's not white, he's Latino and he's a HIGHLY TRAINED Priest in Lucumi. Ase!!!
Cedric Davis thank you! Only difference is that I’m a priest within West African Orisa (Ifa from Nigeria), not Lucumí.
Latino is not a race ...that is a white man!
Cedric Davis hes not considered black in latin america either you have to watch who you let in your house the devil is cunning
'He's not white, he's Latino'???? 'Latino' people are not white??? What a silly comment.
Latino is not a race.
Dream interpretation??
That moderator is contradicting himself. Our light skinned brother spoke well. @Iwindara
Us Black people could never have anything of our own without outsiders coming in. Leave our culture alone!
LoL you probably don’t even speak yoruba shut the fuck up and sit down
Perhaps you should do a better job of protecting it and promoting it. If you don't, others will.
The day you match Nathan's knowledge, you can talk.
@@agueybana79 ashé I am a white man and I respect where my religion originates and the people that kept it going, not all whites are hypocrites!
That's why we are jumping on boats to Europe?
he's no longer an Ifa priest. his own elder disowned him in public statements. his homosexuality was discovered and he was PROHIBITED from practicing Ifa. He can be and I believe he continues to work as an Olorisha (Orisha-Nla) and a Yoruba language specialist.
Do homosexuality disqualifies people from being ifa priest?
very cute. But in all honesty, we need to stop praising these colonizers...
Unfuckin Believable!
They allow anyone to be initiated I see😂😂😂
Anyone? Is he not a descendant of our people taken to Brazil or Caribbean. More so, the custodians have refused to claim what is theirs.
You sound racist as fuck
I odn't have a problem that he is initiated being a light-skinned man from Puerto Rico. I have a problem with him being initiated because he's a homosexual man and when that was found out, his initiator disowned him publicly.
That's Baba Nathan Lugo...he's not white, he's Latino and he's a HIGHLY TRAINED Priest in Lucumi. Ase!!! NYC Honest brother............ My husband is from Benin Voodoo and staying in NYC he can speak Spanish.......
He might be Puerto rican, you say, but he's white!!!
He's not a highly trained Lucumi priest. He's a West African Ifa initiate. His homosexuality was found out and he was disowned publicly by his elder for it. That is why currently, he is not an Ifa priest anymore. He is an Olorisha. He can only practice Obatala initiations and work as an Eerindiloggun diviner. But all Ifa related practices are PROHIBITED to him
@@FreedomBiafra He is a light-skinned Puerto Ricans. By DNA and modern day racial classification, he is not white.
A lot of Latinos are decedents of Spain and Portugal. He is 100% white. It's like saying the whites in South Africa are not white. If you want to see what indigenous Latinos look like google Incas or go to Peru etc
I'm afraid I dont really understand why anyone should get so excited about someone learning a new language. Yes its good for him. If he had learned Mandarin, or Hindi would people still be so excited? Yoruba is after alll just another human language or am I missing something? When I learn Yoruba will I elicit this level of interest?
...lol
😂... You know how it is here... Our people.. Won le pon jebe ni akisa. But still the baba try.
Yes! They should. Mandarin or Hindi represent 3/7 of the world's population. Yoruba are not even in the picture. Yoruba is a great nation. But NO-BO-DY CARES. When a person from ile okere learns your tongue in such way is REMARCABLE. In this case is much more than learning a 'language'. Is ENGAGING in a CULTURE. You wouldn't know.
Most Europeans have little or no interest in learning African languages. I have lived in England for 23 years and Never, I repeat Never met any European who spoke a single African language. I lived in Nigeria for 18 yrs and never met any European or foreigner living in Nigeria speak a Nigerian language. Some were raised in Nigeria and still didn't event speak Pidgin English. Thats why its so refreshing and amazing.
@@deficrypto1234 Don't generalize. In southern Africa Whites have been learning African languages since colonial times. All White unis offered African languages. The first grammar books & bible translations were written by Whites. Today 100,000 or 2% of SA Whites speak an African language. Many of them flawlessly. SOAS, a major London uni, was founded to teach UK colonial officials i.a. African languages. Hence its name. Swahili was studied & promoted by the Germans & British. How many Black Americans speak an African language anyway? Minus 10,000? All the Western students going to Africa to learn its languages are White. At least 10 major German unis like Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt & Vienna offer African languages. Their study is called AFRIKANISTIK in German.
Yoruba religion is purer in Brazil now than in Nigeria. Many Yoruba priests come to Brazil to "renew" themselves in their religious traditions. It is ironic.
Brazilians can't even speak rudimentary yoruba and they don't use the bata drums ( anya ) in their ceremonies , ask the Yoruba king of Nigeria where he went first : CUBA .
@@Fuegocontoelmundo69 aham... I wonder for how long you will still speak Yoruba in Nigeria or honour the Orixás. Not for long, by the looks of it. White Jesus is taking over there and parents don't teach their children Yoruba. And you come talking with me about Cuba...ha! Cuba!
@@KielBrito everybody in cuba believes and respect osha , even the catholics priests , I said what I said because I have brazilian friends who practice osha and they told me so , they don't speak it even in a rudimentary way like in cuba , here we have Lucumi wich is a corrupted way of speaking yoruba but at least a lot of people speak it , there's also a lot of people who speaks yoruba like in Nigeria but those are few .
@@Fuegocontoelmundo69 You are Cuban, that explains the bias when writing. And I wasn't talking of the Yoruba language when I made my original comment. I was talking of spiritual practices. If you think Cuba's practices are better, good for you. The only thing I think Cuba is better than anyone is at making cigars. Have a good life. I won't lose my time with you any longer.
@@Fuegocontoelmundo69 And another thing. Whoever visits Latin America from Africa, would make its way up north first. It is a matter of logistics. The visits of African kings and delegates to Brazil are partially financed by the Brazilian government due to its Africa Policy. We have them here ALL THE TIME. And they are always welcome.
He is a priest baba alawo ni sure that