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I asked my chat gpt to give a full description of what Yoruba Nationalism means based on my interactions with the AI.
Yoruba Nationalism: Meaning, Characteristics, and Distinction from Politicking
What is Yoruba Nationalism?
Yoruba Nationalism is the conscious commitment to the preservation, advancement, protection, and development of the Yoruba people, their culture, language, heritage, institutions, economic interests, and collective future wherever they may be found in the world.
It is the belief that the Yoruba nation, as a historic civilization with a distinct language, culture, territory, and worldview, has a legitimate right to organize, protect, and promote its interests within any political arrangement in which it exists.
Yoruba Nationalism is not hatred of other peoples. Rather, it is the conviction that a people who fail to defend their own interests cannot effectively contribute to the progress of humanity.
As Chief Obafemi Awolowo demonstrated, the advancement of a people begins with the development of their educational, cultural, political, and economic institutions.
Core Objectives of Yoruba Nationalism
A Yoruba nationalist seeks:
Preservation of Yoruba language and culture.
Protection of Yoruba historical territories and heritage.
Economic advancement of Yoruba communities.
Educational excellence and intellectual development.
Security and welfare of Yoruba people.
Political representation that reflects Yoruba interests.
Strengthening of Yoruba institutions.
Unity among Yoruba at home and in the diaspora.
Development of future generations of Yoruba leaders.
Promotion of Omoluabi values of integrity, dignity, industry, and communal responsibility.
Characteristics of a True Yoruba Nationalist
1. Places Yoruba Interests Above Personal Gain
A nationalist asks:
“How does this benefit the Yoruba people?”
before asking:
“How does this benefit me?”
He may sacrifice personal opportunities if they undermine the collective interest.
2. Defends Yoruba Culture and Language
A true nationalist:
Speaks and promotes Yoruba.
Encourages Yoruba education.
Protects traditional institutions.
Supports cultural preservation.
He understands that when a people lose their language, they gradually lose their identity.
3. Thinks Across Generations
Nationalists build for the future.
They establish:
Schools
Media organizations
Leadership institutes
Economic institutions
Research centers
Cultural foundations
They think in decades, not election cycles.
4. Values Competence and Excellence
A nationalist does not support an individual merely because they are Yoruba.
He supports capable Yoruba individuals who can advance the collective interest.
Merit remains essential.
5. Supports Yoruba Unity
A nationalist seeks cooperation among:
Oyo
Ijebu
Egba
Ekiti
Ijesa
Ondo
Akoko
Yagba
Owo
Awori
Ilaje
Ketu
Itsekiri and others
while respecting their unique identities.
6. Builds Institutions Rather Than Personalities
Personalities die.
Institutions endure.
Nationalists build organizations that outlive them and continue serving the people.
7. Maintains Historical Consciousness
A nationalist studies:
Yoruba history
Yoruba heroes
Yoruba struggles
Yoruba achievements
He learns from the examples of figures such as Obafemi Awolowo, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Herbert Macaulay, and Adeyemo Alakija.
8. Possesses Moral Courage
A true nationalist can criticize his own people when necessary.
He does not support wrongdoing merely because the offender is Yoruba.
He seeks justice and accountability.
9. Supports Economic Self-Strengthening
A nationalist encourages:
Entrepreneurship
Investment
Cooperative societies
Industrial development
Professional advancement
Strong economies strengthen nations.
10. Practices Omoluabi Ethics
The nationalist should embody:
Integrity
Honesty
Discipline
Respect
Hard work
Responsibility
Without character, nationalism becomes mere tribal sentiment.
Yoruba nationalism is not a hustler task, it is a selfless service to the race. It is not for everyone too! It is also not a political stunt or corruption medium. It perhaps takes certain people to understand truly what it means to be Nationalistic.
I have been in Yoruba nationalism for 23 years. I have seen a spectrum, my overall impression and conclusion is that it is not for everyone and it is often interpreted as a tool for political relevance and money making venture for access to funds that can then be shared like Nigeria’s allocations. Often, people who see Yoruba Nationalism as those things lacks the deep understanding of what Yoruba nationalism means. They assume many things bcuz they have only known corrupt Political process.
I asked my chat gpt to give a full description of what Yoruba Nationalism means based on my interactions with the AI.
I will say that there is reward for a true Nationalist, reward that will outlast the subject.
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WHY EVERY ITSEKIRI MUST REMEMBER PA ALFRED REWANE
He was more than a businessman and a hero of Nigeria's democracy struggle. He was an Itsekiri patriot, a Yoruba nationalist, and his life reminds us of the bonds between the Itsekiri and Yoruba. 🧵
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The same way Theodore Herzl portrait is hung at the Knesset and Mao at Tiananmen square because of how these people led the reunification of their civilization.
Awolowo deserves to be the standard portrait in all SW State House or parliament
If it were people like the current
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Nigerian professionals in the diaspora (Canada 🇨🇦, Germany 🇩🇪, UAE 🇦🇪, UK 🇬🇧, USA 🇺🇸, South Africa 🇿🇦, etc) understand what serious economic reform looks like.
We understand that no nation develops by reversing difficult but necessary decisions every election cycle.
Stability, continuity, and courage matters a lot.
That is why we stand firmly behind President Bola Tinubu (@officialABAT)’s re-election. The work has started. The mission is clear. The progress must continue. #DiasporaForTinubu 💙
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Every empire rises, dominates, and eventually declines. Is America approaching the fourth stage of imperial collapse?
History shows that empires do not last forever. They rise, consolidate power, face internal and external pressures, and eventually weaken.
America may now be entering the fourth of five stages in the cycle of empire. But what eventually keeps and sustains an empire?
Is this a warning from history or a sign of what lies ahead for African powers, America and other states?
Watch.
Geopolitics with Oladimeji Bolarinwa
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Or you're buying tickets behind my back?
🌟Yoruba Nationalism = Intellectualism 🌟
It's not noisemaking, neither is it regional banters.
How about having the right ideology since it's a long term struggle.
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Echoes from the Songhai and Oyo Empire.
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Obìnrin Àkànse retweeted
How is identifying as Yoruba first became a treasonable offense?
What exactly is wrong with persevering your culture and traditions?
I am Yoruba first before Nigeria !
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Oyo Residents Welcome Newly Established Nigerian Army Battalion Amid Security Concerns
Please follow Zeyna, this nationalistic, peaceful and smart statement of hers which is very characteristic of an intelligent race has angered peoole who believe that they must destory others civilization since they never had one. Awolọwọ did not raised fools. ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
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IS THE IGBO IDEOLOGY OF LIVING SPACE/LEBENSRAUM A NAZI IDEOLOGY?
As someone who speaks a level of German language, who lived in Germany and who studied Nazi Germany history and also read Awolowo’s autobiography, I must admit that it will take the grace of the almighty for another civil war not to happen in Nigeria because of the political and social ideology from the South East which they have branded as patriotism or better still “one Nigeria”.
Chief Obafemi Awolowo was the first person who properly elucidated the politics and ideology of the NCNC Igbo nationalist party as a form of Herenvolk political movement or simply put “Herenvolkism” which was an ethnic supremacist project built on ethnic exceptionalism.
Let’s go back to the words being used by the speakers in the video below. The speakers used the term “Living space” multiple times in order to describe the political and social ideology that drives the Igbo’s orientation about Nigeria. In German we call “Living space” as “Lebensraum.
The term living space or “Lebensraum was coined by German geographer and nationalist called Friedrich Ratzel in 1901 in order to use Charles Darwin racist evolution theories to justify social Darwinism, imperialism and how this theories can be used by Westphalian states to justify imperialism and colonialism. He argued that a healthy and growing nation needs more natural resources and lands in order to thrive and survive.
This ideology was what motivated the Germans to orchestrate the First World War and to justify the Eastward expansion of Nazi Germany into Slavic lands in order to displace and replace the indigenous people as a means of obtaining “Living space” in German language “Lebensraum “.
This ideology of living space was what gave the imperial German forces the will and faux morality to annihilate 90 percent of the Herero population of Namibia in order to steal the land. The irony is that most of the lands in Namibia today is controlled and owned by the German population of Namibia who were descendants of those who organised the “Living space “ campaigns that wiped out the Herero population.
It makes sense that Azikwe wanted to rule Yoruba people instead of Igbos even thought he was born in Zungeru and why he threatened the Yoruba intellectuals with treason petitions when they asked for true federalism, option of self determination and confederacy in colonial Nigeria because that would have stopped his people from actualising his “Lebensraum or Living space” ideology in Nigeria.
It is not a surprise that Professor Moghalu came out some time again to advocate for Ataturk Kemal’s method of nation building for Nigeria meanwhile Adolf Hitler used Kemal as a role model in his formulation and institutionalisation of his Nazi ideology.
The question is why are Igbo intellectuals of the past 100 years adopting and supporting imperial and Nazi Germany ideology in Nigeria? Is that the reason why they believe Lagos is no man’s land? Is that why they openly advocate for the eradication of indigenous rights in Nigeria as recent as the 2014 confab and under Ben Kalu the deputy speaker of the House of Representatives ???
No form of pacifism will ever stop an ideology that believes in seeking living space. It can only be solved via equal and proper resistance. The living space ideology is not just an Igbo issue, it is also a Fulani nationalist manifesto problem which was why they requested for RUGA and cattle colony under Buhari across non Fulani territories in Nigeria or else sedentary farmers and population in Nigeria will not know peace.
Is the Igbo ideology of Living space a Nazi ideology?
Let history be our judge.
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Theme: The Battle for West Africa: Echoes from the Songhai & Oyo Empires
with Oladimeji Bolarinwa
📅 Fri 6 Nov, 5pm
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Your seat is waiting.
Few days to go.
Theme: The Battle for West Africa: Echoes from the Songhai & Oyo Empires
with Oladimeji Bolarinwa
📅 Fri 6 Nov, 5pm
📍 St. Pancras Community Association, London
🎟️ Limited seats. Scan the QR code or tap the link in bio to book on Eventbrite.
eventbrite.com/e/geopolitics…
























