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Yoruba Proverbs with Bidemi Ologunde is a thought-provoking podcast that uses timeless Yoruba proverbs to interpret today’s world. Each episode connects contemporary events to Yoruba cultural perspectives, exploring values, norms, traditions, and everyday wisdom. Through stories, explanations, and real-life examples, host Bidemi Ologunde promotes the Yoruba language, highlights its richness and relevance, and invites listeners—whether fluent speakers or curious learners—to reflect, learn, and proudly preserve Yoruba heritage.
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Check out host Bidemi Ologunde's new show: The Work Ethic Podcast, available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde follows the Yoruba language across continents: from Nigeria to Brazil, Cuba, the Caribbean, the U.K., and the U.S., and asks what happens when AI enters the story circle. Can a “virtual council of elders” help preserve òwe (proverbs), tone, and tradition in diaspora homes? What do we gain when technology records folkt...
Check out host Bidemi Ologunde's new show: The Work Ethic Podcast, available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde traces how Yoruba cosmology understands contact with "sky beings," from Ọ̀run and Ayé, Odùduwà’s chain, Ọ̀ṣun's skyward journey, and Ṣàngó's thunderstones to folk accounts of night-flying àjẹ́, then connects those themes to contemporary UFO/alien talk. He explores how these ideas traveled through the Atlantic slave tr...
Check out host Bidemi Ologunde's new show: The Work Ethic Podcast, available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com Sponsors and partners: Promeed: 100% mulberry silk pillowcases and bedding that feel incredibly soft, stay breathable, and are naturally gentle on hair and skin. SurviveX: professional-grade FSA/HSA eligible first aid and preparedness kits designed in Virginia, USA and produced in an FDA-registered facility. Alison US CA: Alison is the world's largest fre...
Check out host Bidemi Ologunde's new show: The Work Ethic Podcast, available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com Sponsors and partners: Promeed: 100% mulberry silk pillowcases and bedding that feel incredibly soft, stay breathable, and are naturally gentle on hair and skin. SurviveX: professional-grade FSA/HSA eligible first aid and preparedness kits designed in Virginia, USA and produced in an FDA-registered facility. Alison US CA: Alison is the world's largest fre...
Check out host Bidemi Ologunde's new show: The Work Ethic Podcast, available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde explores what Jagun Jagun (a 2023 Netflix film) reveals about power, honor, fear, and Yoruba memory. Why do some leaders inspire loyalty while others only command obedience? What is the difference between being feared and being respected? And how do Yoruba proverbs help us understand the kind of power that protec...
Check out host Bidemi Ologunde's new show: The Work Ethic Podcast, available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde explores a timely question for Yoruba language and culture in the digital age: can artificial intelligence truly preserve òwe, or can it only imitate their form? What happens when proverbs are separated from elders, tone, context, and lived experience? Can technology help Yoruba thrive in diaspora homes, classrooms, a...
Check out host Bidemi Ologunde's new show: The Work Ethic Podcast, available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com Sponsors and partners: Promeed: 100% mulberry silk pillowcases and bedding that feel incredibly soft, stay breathable, and are naturally gentle on hair and skin. SurviveX: professional-grade FSA/HSA eligible first aid and preparedness kits designed in Virginia, USA and produced in an FDA-registered facility. Alison US CA: Alison is the world's largest fre...
In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde analyzed five Yoruba proverbs. Support the show
In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde analyzed five Yoruba proverbs. Support the show
In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde analyzed five Yoruba proverbs. Support the show
In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde analyzed five Yoruba proverbs. Support the show
In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde analyzed the following Yoruba proverbs: ó di ojó alé k’ábuké tó mò pé iké kì í somo. O kò mo èwà lónje à-je-sùn. ò nje àgbònrín èsín lóbè, o ní o ti tó tán.O ru ládugbó ò nrerá; kí ni ká so féni tó ru òrìsà-a Yemoja?Support the show
In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde analyzed the following Yoruba proverbs: Nígbàtí à nto okà a ò to ti emó si. Nígbàtí o mò-ó gùn, esin e-e se sé orókún?Nígbàwo làpò ekùn-ún di ìkálá fómode? ó bó lówó iyò, ó dòbu. O dájú dánu, o ò mo èsán mèsán-án. Support the show
In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde analyzed the following Yoruba proverbs: “Mo mòwòn ara-à mi” kì í sèrèké èébú. “Mo yó” njé “mo yó,” “mo kò” njé “mo kò;” jeun nisó, àgbà òkánjúwà ni.Ng ó gba owó-ò mi lára sòkòtò yìí; ìdí àgbàlagbà nsí sílè. Nlánlá lomo abuké ndá; ó ní “ìyá ìyá, òun ó pòn.” Níbo lo forúko sí tí ò njé Làmbòròkí? For questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact the host/producer, Bidemi Ologunde, by email bidemiologunde@gmail.com or on WhatsApp +1-...
In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde analyzed the following Yoruba proverbs: “Mo gbón tán, mo mòràn tán,” kì í jé k í agbón lóró bí oyin. “Mo mò-ó gùn” lesin ndà.“Mo mò-ó gún, mo mò-ó tè,” niyán ewùrà-á fi nlémo. Mo mò-ó tán,” l’Orò-ó fi ngbé okùnrin. Mo m’òbàrà mo m’òfún,” kì í jé kí àwòko kó òpéèré nífa. For questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact the host/producer, Bidemi Ologunde, by email bidemiologunde@gmail.com or on WhatsApp +1-702-983-0499. Support th...
In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde analyzed the following Yoruba proverbs: Mànàmáná ò séé sun isu.“Bí mbá wà l’óyòó mà ti so esin;” àgùntàn-an rè á níye nílèyí. Mélòó l’èjìgbò tí òkan è njé Ayé-gbogbo? Mo dàgbà mo dàgó, eré omodé ò tán lójúù mi.“Mo dára, mo dára,” àìdára ní npèkun è. For questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact the host/producer, Bidemi Ologunde, by email bidemiologunde@gmail.com or on WhatsApp +1-702-983-0499. Support the show
In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde analyzed the following Yoruba proverbs: Lásán kó là n dé etù; ó ní eni tórí è mbá etù mu. Lékèélékèé ò yé eyin dúdú; funfun ni wón nyé eyin won. Má tèé lówó oníle, má tèé lówó àlejò; lówó ara eni la ti nté. Màlúù ò lè lérí níwájú esin.Láká-nláká ò séé fi làjà; omo eégún ò séé gbé seré.For questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact the host/producer, Bidemi Ologunde, by email bidemiologunde@gmail.com or on WhatsApp +1-702-983-0499. ...
In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde analyzed the following Yoruba proverbs: Kò-sí-nílé kì í jagun enu tì. Kó-tán-kó-tán lajá nlá omi. Labalábá fi ara è wéye, kò lè se ìse eye. Lágbájá ìbá wà a di ìjímèrè; eni tó bá níwájú di oloyo? Láká-nláká ò séé fi làjà; omo eégún ò séé gbé seré.For questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact the host/producer, Bidemi Ologunde, by email bidemiologunde@gmail.com or on WhatsApp +1-702-983-0499. Support the show
In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde analyzed the following Yoruba proverbs: Kíjìpá laso òle; òfì laso àgbà; àgbà tí ò ní tòfì a rójú ra kíjìpá.Kò rà, kò lówó lówó, ó nwú tutu níwájú onítumpulu. Kò séni tó dùn mó, àforí eni. Kò sí mi lájo àjo ò kún: ara è ló tàn je. Kò sí ohun tí Sàngó lè se kó jà léèrùn. For questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact the host/producer, Bidemi Ologunde, by email bidemiologunde@gmail.com or on WhatsApp +1-702-983-0499. Support t...
In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde analyzed the following Yoruba proverbs: Kí ni ìbá mú igúnugún dé òdò-o onídìrí? Kí ni ó ya àpón lórí tó fisu síná tó nsúfèé pé “bí a ti nse ni inú mbí won?” Kí ni onígbá nse tí aláwo ò lè se? Kí ni orí nse tí èjìká ò lè se? èjìká ru erù ó gba òódúnrún; orí ta tiè ní ogúnlúgba. Kí ni wón ti nse àmódù ní ìlorin? Ewúré njé béè.For questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact the host/producer, Bidemi Ologunde, by email bidemiologun...
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