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My Favourite Food- Pounded Yam & Efo Riro

My Favourite Food

When it comes to food, I do not joke with my stomach and I really love my Nigerian cuisine. My favorite food has to be pounded yam and efo riro (Nigerian Spinach Stew)

What is Efo Riro

Efo Riro is a Yoruba word and it loosely means ‘stirred spinach’. In Nigeria, the vegetables used for Efo Riro are ‘Efo Shoko’ (Lagos spinach) or ‘Efo Tete’ (African spinach).

These are the local spinach varieties that are very popular and easily available. In other parts of the world, any spinach greens will do.

Efo Riro is traditionally made with palm oil, spinach, peppers, ground crayfish, and meat. They are often cooked with two or more different meat varieties.

It is best when the stew is 'loaded'- when it has different types of assorted meats like bokoto (cow foot), ponmo (cow hide) roundabout (intestine), shaki (tripe), snail, crayfish, crabs etc. My mouth is now watering like a broken tap.

There is also Efo elegusi which I also love usually made with ugu (pumpkin leaves) or spinach or bitter leaf

Me at a buka eating pounded yam with efo riro and assorted meat😀

Pounded Yam

This is made by cooking yam in a pot with water for a about 15 minutes till they are soft for pounding . It is then picked with a fork and transfer into a mortar then go ahead and pound with a pestle, pound until the yam is seedless and can easily be moulded, you can add water and pound until you have a smooth soft pounded yam.

Me at another buka eating pounded yam and efo elegusi. Notice how happy I look😤

Buka

I usually love to visit bukas to eat my pounded yam. The word buka originated from the Northern part of Nigeria and it means "hole in the wall" restaurant and it is used interchangeably with 'Mama put joints". They usually serve a variety of delicious local dishes and bukas are a cheaper alternatives to eateries or fast food restaurants. You can usually get a satisfying meal with N500 ($1.29). There is such a high demand that the food is always prepared the same day, served piping hot and all consumed the same day with some bukas often running out of some delicacies by lunch time.

Palm wine or Stout

I usually love to wash down my pounded yam with fresh palm wine or Nigerian Guinness Stout.

Real Reason Why Late Oba Oniru's Children & New Oniru Are Fighting Dirty

The crisis between the children of the late Oniru of Iruland, Oba Idowu Abiodun; and his successor, Oba Omogbolahan Lawal, has degenerated into violent confrontations, The PUNCH has learnt.

The violence, it was learnt, was over the control of some properties in highbrow Oniru, Eti Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State.

The PUNCH had reported that following the installation of Lawal as the 15th Oniru last month, the children of the late king continued to maintain control of some of the properties worth billions of naira.

The new king in a statement by his lawyer, Bolaji Ayorinde (SAN), subsequently asked all banks housing funds belonging to the royal family to immediately freeze all the accounts of the family.

The new monarch also called on all tenants and lessees to stop transacting with any individual.

It was, however, learnt that the family of the late monarch continued to exercise control over some of the properties, insisting that some of the properties belonged to them and not to the royal family.

Trouble was said to have started early on Sunday when Oba Lawal ordered some palace officials to post public notices on some of the properties under contention.

Some thugs believed to be loyal to one of the sons of the late Oniru, Tijani, was said to have led his own men to beat up those posting the notices on the properties.

A resident said, “On Sunday morning, the new Oniru’s boys went about posting public notices on some of the properties but TJ (Tijani) got his boys to beat them up and chase them away. Later in the day, as TJ was making his way into Millennium Estate, the boys regrouped and beat him up.”

In a short video clip that was uploaded on social media, the palace guards who are clad in black shirts, slap him in the face as he flees into Millennium Estate. Armed policemen are also seen trying to pacify the irate men.

ESU IS NOT SATAN

 Èṣù, is an òrìṣà (spirits sent by Olodumare  (God) )  in the Yoruba religion of the Yoruba people or the guidance of all creation and of humanity in particular, on how to live and be successful on Ayé (Earth). (originating from Yorubaland  an area in and around present-day Nigeria).

Most Òrìṣà are said to have previously existed in the spirit world (òrun) as Irumole, and then become incarnated as human beings here on Earth. Others are said to be humans who are recognised as deities upon their death due to extraordinary feats accomplished in life As the religion has spread around the world, the name of this Orisa has varied in different locations, but the beliefs remain similar.

Esu is an orisa (a god or spirit), so instead of four hundred supernatural powers, the Yoruba often speak of four hundred and one, Esu being the divinity on top of the four hundred. He is regarded as one of the most powerful orisa, capable of changing his form at will. Each odu (an odu is a chapter of Ifa, an immense volume of traditions, consisting of 256 chapters, or odu; each odu contains from six hundred to eight hundred poems known as Ese Ifa, totalling as many as 204, 800 poems) is governed by its own Esu. There are 256 different forms of existence that Esu can assume. 

Esu is known as the "Father who gave birth to Ogboni", and is also thought to be agile and always willing to rise to a challenge. Both ocha and Ifá share some paths, however. Esu Ayé is said to work closely with Orisa Olokun and is thought to walk on the shore of the beach. Eshu Bi is a stern and forceful avatar, appearing as both an old man and young boy, who walked with Sangó and Oyá (the initial two Ibeyi), and Esu Bi protects both of these, as well as all other small children. Esu Laroye is an avatar believed to be the companion of Osún and believed to be one of the most important Esus, and the avatar of Esu Laroye is thought to be talkative and small.

But Esu is also a kinsman of the Ajogun, malevolent supernatural powers; the eight Ajogun warlords are his errand boys. Esu is like an impartial judge who mediates between the benevolent and malevolent supernatural powers. He is able to do this by using a sacrifice provided by a would-be victim. When Esu presents the sacrifice to a warring Ajogun, the Ajogun allows his victim to go away unhurt. But if a would-be victim does not perform sacrifice, Esu is not in a position to help him.

Other Names

The name of Esu vary around the world: in Yorùbáland, Esu is Èṣù-Elegba or Laolu-Ogiri Oko; Exu de Candomblé in Candomblé; Echú in Santería and Latin America; Legba in Haitian Vodou; Leba in Winti; Exu de Quimbanda in Quimbanda; Lubaniba in Palo Mayombe; and Exu in Latin America.^[1]

Umbanda

The shrine dedicated to Esu is located outside of the main terreiro of a Candomblé temple, usually near the entrance gate. It is, in general, made of rough clay or a simple mound of red clay. They are similar to those found in Nigeria.

Ritual foods offered to Exu include palm oil; beans; corn, either in the form of cornmeal or popcorn; farofa, a manioc flour. Four-legged male birds and other animals are offered as sacrifice to Exu. In each offering made to an orixá, a part of the food is separated and dedicated to Exu.

ESU AT EWUSI PALACE

There was a display by 'ESU Perfomers' back in 2018 at Ewusi Palace, Sagamu, venue of my father's 75th birthday ceremony, the Ewusi of Makun Kingdom . It was indeed a great  spectacle to witness the mesmerising and enchanting displays of the 'performers'. They thrilled us with incredible and breathtaking acrobatic displays as well as traditional incantations and the grand finale was when they consumed their Ebo (sacrifice of food offering) in which the head a cock was ripped from it's neck with bare teeth a sight which is truly not for the fainthearted.

Esu Trilling us with their acrobatic displays

Paying homage to my father, Ewusi of Makun at the Palace

Displaying their acrobatic powress

                                                Esu consuming their Ebo (Sacrifice)

Controversy on English translations and on GoogleThere seems to have been controversy from the first English Translations of Yorùbá words in the mid nineteenth century, Èṣù has been defined to be the "devil" or "satan". The first evidence of this came Samuel Ajayi Crowther's "Vocabulary of the Yoruba" (1842) where his entries for "Satan" and "Devil" had Esu in English. Subsequently, dictionaries over the years seem to have followed the same route to the disapproval of popular culture and Yoruba societies as well.


There have been several online campaigns recently to protest this, and many activisys have worked to correct it.There have also been quite a number of academic work explaining the mistranslation.The translation on Google Translate took up the same earlier mistranslations. This led to a number of online campaigns until 2016 when Nigerian linguist and writer Kola Tubosun, then an employeeat Google, first changed it back to less derogatory connotations. And when the changes werereverted, he changed them again in 2019. The translation for Èṣù to English now remains "Èṣù"while 'devil' and 'satan' translate to 'bìlísì' and 'sàtánì' respectively.

Two Naked Ladies Exposed On Video For Stealing Rolex Watch in Lekki

Nude video goes viral: two males humiliate naked women (prostitutes). Some men residing in lekki have humiliated two runs girl (olosho), this time taking a video of them naked women in their apartment. The nude women pleaded not to have their pictures taken but the boys were listening to none of it.

The women are being accused of stealing the Boys Rolex watch. They where paid to come have s*xual intimate time with them as their profession being prostitute, the ladies tried to move away with their expensive watches and phones.

“Hey shut up, where is my Rolex watch, ” one of the men is heard saying. Do not take a photo,” screams one of the women as their video is being taken. Another man is also heard saying, “didn’t I beg you?” The other woman responded, “You did.”

One of the guy further threatened to post their video to Instablog a popular instagram page that carries viral news.

The two girls are heard denying that they have stolen the watch. Whats your view of this, could this be true, are the guys supposed to take their videos, why will such beautiful ladies go extra mile to steal, is this right?

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