| About Odua-Online |
| Odua-Online does not have any affiliations with any other online or virtual Yoruba organizations. This is not to say that Odua-Online is against the mission statements of other Yoruba websites, but to make the distinction clear and avoid any confusion or dispute that may arise between Odua-Online and other developments. Odua-Online is not a government site on Nigeria or the Yoruba ethnic group; it is simply a site that has developed over the course of four years - the beginnings of which being my own homepage, to this website four years later (and many transitions in between). |
| Now that I've told you Odua-Online isn't, let's talk about what it is LOL |
| Odua-Online is just a website like many others. It started in 1998 with a homepage on AOL, with information mostly about myself and some basic information about the Orisha (the traditional religion of Yoruba people). That page no longer exists, but was called Naija in NYC. |
| Only a few months later, Naija in NYC moved from AOL to being hosted on netscape. This move was crucial since it allowed me to use the Yoruba font to create pages; my initial idea was to create a bi-lingual website in Yoruba and English. Why do that? Well, it's true - every computer literate Yoruba would be English literate as well. So, while there wasn't a need to have an all Yoruba website - I thought it would be kinda nice to have one anyway. |
| When I first decided to translate the site, I had no idea how much work it would take! My English is much better than my Yoruba on any day (sad as it may be). So, translating the entire site would have taken a very loooooong time. Instead, what I ended up doing was keeping the basic material in English, while leaving some religious things - like prayers - in the original Yoruba. So for now, unless I win the lotto and can stay home all day working on the project, I've nixed the idea of a bi-lingual site (that is, unless you'd like to volunteer your expertise). |
| When Naija in NYC first started out, its goal was to be an information center for Nigerians living in the NYC tri-state area - hence the name. Concerts, festivals and other events were advertized here and in the beginning everything went well. Babatunde Olatunji played in New York and his show was reviewed here, as well as other events. But, as time went on, I realized there wasn't enough time for me to provide weekly updates to the page in order to get the information out there fast enough for the general public to be made aware of these activities. So, Odua-Online features links to several event halls that host African, Nigerian in particular - Yoruba in specific - "happenings." You can check those out, or join the Omo Odudua ni wa club at Yahoogroups! for other information about events. |
| You'll find lots of articles here on various subjects, ranging from religion to culture, food to clothing, women's issues to immigration. The site is open to submissions - but they are subject to editing. If you would like to submit anything, contact me. |
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