Yoruba Proverbs with Bidemi Ologunde
Yoruba Proverbs with Bidemi Ologunde is a Yoruba language, culture, and wisdom podcast that uses timeless òwe (proverbs) to interpret modern life. Hosted by Nigerian-born intelligence analyst, author, and podcaster Bidemi Ologunde, each episode connects Yoruba proverbs with contemporary events, diaspora identity, family, character, values, tradition, and everyday decision-making for fluent speakers, learners, and anyone interested in Yoruba heritage.
Episodes
94 episodes
Pẹ̀lẹ́-pẹ̀lẹ́ nijó àgbà; ara gbogbo ló di àkísà tán
In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde explores five Yoruba proverbs about stubbornness, humility, careful judgment, aging, and reputation. When does determination become destructi...
The Strongest Family Members Often Hide the Deepest Emotional Exhaustion
Email: contact@bolog.ioIn this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde explores how Yoruba families can discuss depression, anxiety, grief, addiction, trauma, and emotion...
Yoruba Respect Today: Elders, Youth, Greetings, Discipline, and Boundaries
Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.comIn this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde examines what respect looks like now through a Yoruba lens, asking how greetings, discipline, vo...
Òsó olósòó ò yeni; sòkòtò àgbàbò ò yé omo èèyàn.
Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.comIn this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde explores five Yoruba proverbs about reputation, courage, borrowing, unemployment, and honor. Wha...
Òrò wo ló wà lénu alaso pípọn?
Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.comIn this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde explores five Yoruba proverbs about limitation, empathy, responsible speech, credibility, and re...
Omo oba Ònà Ìsokùn nfi ehín gé ejò; omo oba kan ní òun kì í jẹ é; ìlú wo lomo oba náà ti wá?
Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.comIn this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde explores five Yoruba proverbs about restraint, humility, equality, sudden wealth, and personal r...
Òkánjúwà alágbàà ní ngarùn wo eégún
Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.comIn this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde explores five Yoruba proverbs about greed, wisdom, human limitation, interdependence, and the re...
OníSàngó tó jó tí kò gbọn yẹ̀rì; àbùkù Sàngó kọ́, àbùkù ara rẹ̀ ni.
Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com
Olóyè kékeré kì í se fáàrí níwájú oba
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“Ọjọ́ tí mo ti ń bọ̀, mi ò rí irú èyí rí”: olúwa rẹ̀ mọ ìwọ̀n ara rẹ̀ ni.
Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com
Jápa: Migration, Home, and the New Yorùbá Identity
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Omolúàbí Online: Yoruba Values in the Age of Social Media
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Soft Life, Hard Choices: Money, Hustle Culture, and Integrity
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AI and the Yoruba Language
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Yoruba Cosmology and the UFO Question
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76. Olójúkan kì í tàkìtì òró.
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75. What Jagun Jagun Says About Power, Honor, and Yoruba Memory
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74. Can AI Preserve Òwe, or Only Copy It?
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73. Ojú kì í pón babaláwo kó bèèrè ebo àná.
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72. Oju baba ara; awon bi oju; asoro da bi agba
In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde analyzed five Yoruba proverbs.
71. Ohun ti ko to okoo ki i je agba niya
In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde analyzed five Yoruba proverbs.