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GOOD FAKE NEWS

ByMoyo Okediji

Photo: still in solitary confinement at home.

I’m not taking the vaccine.

Not yet.

Waiting to see what happens.

The lack of sunlight is depleting the melanin shield of my skin.

But I take Vitamin D supplements to compensate for a lack of access to sunlight.

Last night I was looking for my pet elephant and discovered it was hiding inside my beard.

That’s fake news.

Good fake news.

Orin Yorùbá: Yoruba Hymn:

Orin Yorùbá: Yoruba Hymn:

ByMoyo Okediji

YORÙBÁ DÌDE

Ọmọ Yorùbá ẹ dìde

Dìde, dìde, dìde.

Ẹyin Yorùbá ẹ dìde

Dìde, dìde, dìde.

Gbogbo Yorùbá ẹ dìde

Dìde, dìde, dìde.

Ọjọ́ ti pé, ẹ dìde

Dìde, dìde, dìde.

Ẹ má sùn mọ́, ẹ dìde

Dìde, dìde, dìde.

Iṣẹ́ ti yá, ẹ dìde

Dìde, dìde, dìde.

Èrù ò bà wá, ẹ dìde

Dìde, dìde, dìde.

Àyà ò fò wá, ẹ dìde

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Ìrẹtẹ̀ Méjì.

ByMoyo Okediji

Do you know why people say Ọbá wàjà (the monarch climbed the rafter) and not Ọbá kú (the monarch died)?

You will find the answer to the riddle in Ìrẹtẹ̀ Méjì.

Orunmila was a monarch, who gave birth to several other monarchs including Alárá, Ajerò, Ọlọ́wọ̀ and several others.

You will also find out in Ìrẹtẹ̀ Méjì why Yoruba people (ọmọ a yọ orù bá wọn tọ́jú) do not die, but climb the rafter.

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