One Yorùbá Girl

Akínwùmí Ìṣọ̀lá’s Ogún Ọmọdé (Twenty Children) written in 1990 and published by University Press, Ibadan, is a collection of nostalgic stories about a pastoral...

In Ó Le Kú, Ìṣọ̀lá’s style is evident as seamlessly authentic. As we read, we get the feeling of “originality” as opposed to the watered down choices of words in contemporary Yorùbá literature. We shall now examine the distinctive features of Ìṣọ̀lá’s use of language in Ó Le Kú.

Although its physical symbols are small, the Yorùbás believe there isn’t any topic, phenomena, or human discourse strange to it – ohun gbogbo n’Ifá ti fà tán.

God knows. Everything that you are going through received approval from Him. He gave it permission to be, because He has faith in you. He knows that you know, that He will not leave nor forsake you.

I am an African woman. And men are not my enemies. Quite frankly, I am incomplete without a man.

I genuinely wonder how you can read this and think that you are ordinary. And I think that that is your problem. You try so much to give yoursef a name different from what God has called you, His own.

Yes. I sleep inside Danfo, but do you know why? No. And you're already judging me. Hypocrite.

If we'll be talking about what I'm thinking, we're going to need more tea!

These land may be dry, but the steps of the righteous are ordered by God!

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