Do Not Remove It!
Do Not Remove It – A Secret “Go ye and multiply,” Genesis 9:7 “When a thing so pleasant becomes so forbidden, nasty old men required it so using heavy rules.”…
Urhobo people
Urhobos Once Spoke Great 2
Urhobos Once Spoke Great 2 Part 2 The town of Jeidi in Otọ Urhobo is autonomous. It’s under the indirect rule of Ọresuẹ, a light-skinned people from the north faraway…
Obene: Urhobo Love Sustainably
Obene: Urhobo Love Sustainably What is Obene – Urhobo love sustainably all about? Is it any different from other forms of love? You might find the answers interesting. The Act…
Is Jazz Urhobo Music? II
Is Jazz Urhobo Music? II In part one, I talked about scat originating in Urhoboland, then known as Otọr Urhobo. ‘Djueta, scat, was never introduce into Uhuoro’ojevwu merely because it…
Is Jazz Urhobo Music? I
Is Jazz Urhobo Music? I Odeyovwi; Kọdiọ rẹ ihweje – Ancient Urhobo saying. Ọmẹ v’ọroavware diọvo. – Ancient Urhobo saying. Jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie once said jazz was originally a…
The Igbe Religion – A Faith
The Igbe Religion – A Faith Igbe is neither my personal nor family religion. Stiil, I lived in Urhoboland, where it originated and people still practise it, long enough to…