SOMETIMES, PEACE IS BETTER THAN TRUTH (Part 2).

YoruByte: SOMETIMES, PEACE IS BETTER THAN TRUTH (Part 2).

http://yorubyte.blogspot.com.ng/2016/02/sometimes-peace-is-better-than-truth.html is one of my weekly Friday YoruByte posts i made about four weeks ago. I didn't know i would be making a 2nd part of the post. i made the post immediately the Alake made his pronouncement on the ranking of the yoruba kings. I said it then that the Kabiyesi had stirred a hornet's nest, and now see as the sting is coming from left right and centre. Hmmm.... Yoruba roonu o.

I read this morning again that Kabiyesi, the Alake says he still stands by that ranking. His justification of the ranking is based on the salaries of the Obas as declared in 1937. Haba! In yoruba land, we do not determine seniority by riches. The colonialists may give whatever salaries they want to give, it does not mean we dont know our history na. Hmmm..... Yoruba roonu o.


So, does it mean if a First born and a last born work in the same company, and the first born is a messanger while the last born is a manager, when they get to their family house, the last born would be said to be the senior because he collects a higher salary? Hmmm.... Yoruba roonu o...

Okay, even going by the salary that the Alake is using as his basis for seniority (sic), from the 1937 salary scale below, how come the Alake is ranking the Ooni above the Alaafin when the Alaafin earns far higher than the Ooni? in the salary scale, you can see that the 2,250 pounds claim of the Alake as salary and the 1,700 pounds salary of the Awujale are still the same captioned amount. from the same salary scale, you can see that the Olubadan earned more than the Alake, yet, the Olubadan was clasified as a 2nd class king. it shows that salary is not what depicts seniority of Obas in Yoruba land. Hmmmm..... Yoruba roonu o.

Yoruba Obaship Seniority is NOT based on salary, neither is it based on how urbanized the respective towns/kingdoms are. Seniority is based on Blood lineage and royal customs.

Still my mouth does not take it to say an Oba is wrong. so i would just go down flat on my chest again and say to the Alake, ..... Kaabiyesi o. May your reign be peaceful, and may the gods grant you the wisdom to lead us aright. Again, i say, Sometimes, "peace" is better than "Truth".

-Till Friday."

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