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Yoruba Proverbs with Bidemi Ologunde

Yoruba Proverbs with Bidemi Ologunde

Bidemi Ologunde
Formazione Scolastica, Società e Cultura

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.

100 - Wọ́n ńpe gbẹ́nàgbẹ́nà ẹyẹ àkókó ńyọjú
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  • 100 - Wọ́n ńpe gbẹ́nàgbẹ́nà ẹyẹ àkókó ńyọjú

    Wèrè èèyàn ní ńwípé irú òun ò sí; irú ẹ̀ pọ̀ ó ju ẹgbàágbèje lọ.Wọ́n ńpe gbẹ́nàgbẹ́nà ẹyẹ àkókó ńyọjú.“Yan àkàrà fún mi wá ká jìjọ jẹ ẹ”; àìtó èèyàn-án rán níṣẹ́ ní ń jẹ́ bẹ́ẹ̀.Yíyé là ńyé Òkóró sí tí à ńpè é nígi obì; obì tí ì bá so lórí ẹ̀ ní ńya abidún.A bímọ kò gbọ́n, a ní kó má ṣàá kú; kí ní ńpa ọmọ bí àìgbọ́n?In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde explores five Yoruba proverbs about humility, competence, authority, respect, and wisdom, connecting their lessons with contemporary life in t...

    Fri, 11 Sep 2026
  • 99 - Ta ní ńjẹun tájá ńjùrú?

    San là ń rìn; ajé ní múni pá kọ̀rọ̀Sesere ń dá gọ́ọ́bú; oníkamẹ́sàn-án ń gbé ṣíbíSún mọ ọ̀hún, sún mọ́ ìhín; bí a bá kan ògiri ilé-e baba ẹni, ṣe là ń dúró gbọin-gbọin“Ta ní ḿbẹ níbẹ̀?” làgbẹ́ fi ńsán ìbàntẹ́ wọ̀lúTa ní ńjẹun tájá ńjùrú?”In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde explores five Yoruba proverbs about debt, ambition, resilience, public conduct, and social boundaries. What happens when financial obligations begin shaping our freedom? How do we distinguish healthy ambition from overrea...

    Fri, 28 Aug 2026
  • 98 - 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 destructive obstinacy, and how can we recognize the limits of our own expertise? What does it mean to move through life with greater gentleness, and how should experience change the way we respond to age, responsibility, and public reputation? Through historical context and modern examples, Bidemi examines how these tradition...

    Fri, 14 Aug 2026
  • 97 - The Strongest Family Members Often Hide the Deepest Emotional Exhaustion

    Email: contact@bolog.io In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde explores how Yoruba families can discuss depression, anxiety, grief, addiction, trauma, and emotional exhaustion without framing every struggle as weakness, spiritual failure, or poor upbringing. How can relatives respond without gossip, ridicule, or instant diagnosis, and how can therapy, medication, prayer, pastoral care, traditional healing, and family support work together? Drawing on Yoruba proverbs and current mental-hea...

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026
  • 96 - Yoruba Respect Today: Elders, Youth, Greetings, Discipline, and Boundaries

    Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde examines what respect looks like now through a Yoruba lens, asking how greetings, discipline, voice, consent, caregiving, and boundaries are being renegotiated across generations. When does respect become fear? How can elders guide without silencing? How can young people speak honestly without discarding cultural wisdom? This episode explores how Yoruba families can preserve honor, repair harm, and build relationships where...

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026
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