A shining star dimmed too soon –DaGrin .

This is the sort of story that you never want to report.
A rising star cut short in his prime.
Today, 22nd of April 2010, Nigerian rapper, Da Grin – real name –
Oladapo Olaitan Olaonipekun passed away at the Lagos State University
Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
23 year old, Da Grin was involved in a ghastly accident during the
early hours of 14th of April 2010. According to reports, his car
collided with a stationary trailer (heavy duty vehicle), he sustained
injuries but was rushed to the hospital.
For days after the accident, goodwill messages flowed from fans and
colleagues all around the world. All were hoping that he would recover
and proceed with his career.
He had just been nominated for several Hip Hop World Awards and was
still billed to perform at his first international show in May 2010
but it was not to be.
Da Grin passed away from reported ‘cardiac arrest’.
Since his death, tributes have been pouring in for this well respected
and immensely talented artiste.

Our prayers are with Da Grin’s family. We pray for strength and grace
to empower them through this tragedy.
We also pray for our country Nigeria and continent Africa, that we
will rise above and develop so that young lives will not be lost due
to poor infrastructure and failed systems.

Da Grin’s music and legacy lives on

HISTORY OF YORUBAS

The African peoples who lived in Yorubaland, at least by the 4th Century BC, were not initially known as the Yoruba, although they shared a common ethnicity and language group. Both archeology and traditional Yoruba oral historians confirm the existence of people in this region for several millennia. Yoruba spiritual heritage maintains that the Yoruba ethnic groups are a unique people who were originally created at Ile-Ife. Legend holds that the creation was delegated by the supreme spiritual force, Olodumare. This task attributed to orisha-nla Obatala, actually may have been conducted by orisha Oduduwa assisted by orisha Eshu, the divine messenger. The name "Yoruba" is most likely an adaptation of 'Yo ru ebo', meaning "will venerate (make offerings to the) Orisha". This refers to the Aborisha spiritual religion of the Yoruba prior to Islamic and Christian proselytism. Yoruba civilization remains one of the most technologically and artistically advanced in West Africa to this time......CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE

"CIVILISATION STARTED FROM YORUBA KINGDOM" - ALAAFIN OF OYO

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Alaafin of Oyo Kingdom, Alaiyeluwa Oba (Dr.) Abdul Hameed Olayiwola Adeyemi III

HE ALAAFIN OF OYO KINGDOM, Alaiyeluwa Oba (Dr.) Abdul Hameed Olayiwola Adeyemi III is a monarch with class. He is an enigma by every standard and a chance meeting with him is like an expository adventure through a school of history.
The very urbane monarch, who worked as an insurance officer before heeding the natural call of the gods, through the Oyomesi to ascend the throne of his fore-fathers as the Alaafin of the greatest kingdom in the history of the black race - The Oyo Kingdom - is a man at home with himself at all times, as he exudes confidence in all his dealings.
One enviable highpoint in the life of this great monarch is his deep knowledge and high sense of recounting historic events with facts and figures; and with an accuracy that'll beat the imagination of youthful intellectuals. The Alaafin, at his age still remembers events of over a hundred years old, and still writes his scripts unaided. He is a consummate reader and would pass any day, for a professor of ancient/modern history and archaeology.
He spoke to a team of Focus editorial staff recently in his expansive palace, on a wide range of issues, bordering more on the rich heritage of the famous Oyo kingdom. Welcome on a historic excursion!
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