#moremi

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some expression commissions from one billion years ago. trying to make these look like digitally colored pencil sketches was v fun!

This is my portrait of Moremi Ajasora, a legendary Ayaba (Queen) of the Yoruba kingdom of Ife in what is now southwestern Nigeria. Her husband, Oranmiyan, would have been the second king in Ife’s history. When an enemy people called the Ugbo besieged Ife, Moremi offered herself as a captive to them. Her time among the Ugbo, combined with the aid of the spirit of the Esmirin River, allowed her to learn how to defeat their armies, which she relayed to her own people after escaping back to Ife.

Oloori Moremi Ajasoro also known as Queen Moremi was a beautiful woman from Offa, a city in Kwara State.

She was married to Oranmiyan, the heir to the King and Founding Father of the Yoruba tribe, Oduduwa.

She existed in 12th-century Kingdom of Ile-Ife. At that time Yoruba people were under attacks from a neighbouring tribe called the Ìgbò or Ugbos (forest people).

They constantly looted the Ife market, known at the time as the mother of all markets in Yorubaland, stealing properties, staple foods, and domestic animals. They also abducted citizens, especially the women.

The Ooni tried everything from praying to their gods to sacrificing virgins but nothing worked which led people to see them as powerful demi-gods. The fact that the raiders came as masquerades completely covered in raffia leaves just made seem mysterious and unstoppable.

Bothered by these never-ending attacks, the Queen pays a visit to the Esimirin river, where she consulted an Orisha (spirit), as once the custom at the time. She makes a pact with the river god, vowing to make the greatest sacrifice possible once her people are free from oppression.

Supported by this divine being, Moremi comes up with a genius plan - pose as a trader on the next market day, allow herself to be captured, infiltrate the Ugbo leadership with her beauty which would give her the access needed to figure out how to defeat these raiders.

Her plan worked perfectly. She was captured during the next raid and taken to the neighbouring tribe where the captives were paraded before the leader of Ugbo.

As planned, the ruler was taken by Moremi’s beauty. He made her his wife. Over time she was able to lure the king into revealing the secret to defeating his raffia-dressed raiders.

She learnt that contrary to her people's belief that the raffia raiders were spirits, they were simply humans disguised as masquerades to strike fear in the hearts of their enemies. The raiders were covered head to toe with Ekan grass and bamboo fibers.

Armed with this information, Moremi made her way to Ife where she advised the Ooni to have burning torches ready on the next market day. When the raiders came, they were scared off by the prospect of being burned alive. This finally put an end to the raids.

The queen returned to her first husband, who reinstated her as his Princess Consort. Next, she returned to the river to give up her only son, Oluorogbo, to the Esimirin deity to fulfil her end of the bargain.

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Oloori Moremi Ajasoro también conocida como Reina Moremi era un hermosa mujer de Offa, una ciudad en el estado de Kwara.

Ella estaba casada con Oranmiyan, el heredero del rey y padre fundador de la tribu Yoruba, Oduduwa.

Ella vivió en el Reino de Ile-Ife durante el siglo XII. Durante ese tiempo la gente Yoruba estaba siendo constantemente atacada por una tribu vecina, los Igbó o Ugbos (gente del bosque).

Constantemente saqueaban el mercado, en ese tiempo este era conocido como la madre de los mercados en la tierra Yoruba.

Robaban propiedades, alimentos básicos y animales domésticos. También secuestraban ciudadanos, especialmente mujeres.

El Ooni (líder tradicional y cabeza espiritual de los Yoruba) intentó todo, desde orarle a los dioses a sacrificar vírgenes, pero nada funcionaba y eso llevó al pueblo Yoruba a pensar que sus atacantes eran semi-dioses. El hecho que los saqueadores llegaban enmascarados y cubiertos en hojas de rafia, los hacían parecer misteriosos e imparables.

Molesta y cansada de estos ataques sin fin y siguiendo las costumbres de esa época, la reina le hizo una visita al Río Esimirin y allí consultó a un Orisha (espíritu). Hizo un pacto con el dios del río de que le haría el sacrificio más grande una vez que su gente fuese libre.

Apoyada por este espíritu divino, Moremi ideó un plan. Al próximo día, se haría pasar por comerciante en el mercado y se dejaría capturar, utilizaría su belleza para infiltrarse en el liderato Ugbo, lo que le daría el acceso necesario para averiguar cómo combatir a los saqueadores.

Su plan funcionó a la perfección. Fue capturada durante el siguiente saqueo y llevada a la tribu vecina donde los capturados se presentaban ante el líder Ugbo.

Como lo había planeado, al líder le impactó la belleza de Moremi y la tomó por esposa. Con el paso del tiempo logró hacer que el rey le revelara el secreto para vencer a los saqueadores vestidos en rafia.

Aprendió, contrario a lo que su gente creía, que los saqueadores vestidos en rafia no eran espíritus sino que simplemente eran humanos que se enmascaraban para provocarle miedo a sus enemigos. Los saqueadores estaban cubiertos de pies a cabeza con pasto y fibras de bambú.

Armada con esta información, Moremi se dirigió de regreso a Ife y le aconsejó al Ooni que tuviera antorchas encendidas preparadas para el próximo día en el mercado. Cuando los saqueadores llegaron, fueron asustados con la amenaza de que se les quemaría con vida y esto le dió fin a los saqueos.

La reina regresó con su primer esposo, este la reinstaló como su princesa y consejera. Luego de eso, ella regresó al río para sacrificar a su único hijo, Oluorogbo, al dios Esimirin y así completar su parte del pacto.

Source | Fuente : Pulse Nigeria

Image | Imagen : Africa Global Radio

WE GOT TO TREAT THESE WOMEN LIKE QWEENS!!!!

We heard this line before, we got to treat every woman like a queen. And the same for a bunch of mediocre men who want to be treated like Kings. First off how many of us actually know real life queens to model yourself after. What makes you a King. Because your a Instagram model, or because you sell dope.

What is a Queen? is a female monarch, equivalent in rank and title to a king, who reigns in her own right over a realm known as a "kingdom"; as opposed to a queen consort, who is the wife of a reigning king; or a queen regent, who is the guardian of a child monarch and rules temporarily in the child's stead, be it de jure in sharing power, or de facto in ruling alone. A princess regnant is a female monarch who reigns in her own right over a "principality"; an empress regnant is a female monarch who reigns in her own right over an "empire".

The idea that every one is a King or Queen is a disservice to the name. Every one is not a legend. Some of us are just good normal people. Comedians, mathematicians, bankers, models etc. We didn’t all descend from Kings and Queens

Queen Moremi was a courageous queen who is fabled to have contributed to the deliverance of the Yoruba tribe from oppression.

Queen Nandi was resilient as a mother and the hope against social pressures. She was the mother of Shaka Zulu, one of the Zulu kingdom’s greatest kings. According to historians, during the reign of her son, she had significant influence over the affairs of the kingdom.

Asantewa was the queen mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire – now part of modern-day Ghana. In 1900, she led the Ashanti war known as the War of the Golden Stool, also known as the Yaa Asantewaa war, against British colonials.

Fighting side by side her soldiers, Queen Amanirenas led the front of her army with her son close by her side. Her attack was highly successful and Queen Amanirenas captured three major Roman cities, took captives and destroyed and defaced many statues of Emporer Augustus. Because of their large army, the Roman Empire easily reclaimed its cities, invaded Kush and sold many into slavery, but this did not deter Queen Amanirenas, if anything, it only made her stronger. The Kushite and Roman armies fought tirelessly with the queen who was strong in battle for three long years. During one of the fights, the queen was injured by a Roman soldier and blinded in one eye. After healing, the queen led her army to several more fights against the Romans.

Stop interchanging being a trick, for treating a woman or man like a King or Queen. What makes you a Queen or King. Most people can’t even govern a family or their own home let alone a large group of people

Botswana ist ein weites Binnenland mit einem Umfang von circa 582 000 Quadratkilometern, das von seinen Nachbarn Südafrika, Simbabwe, Sambia und Namibia durch Flüsse getrennt wird, wovon einige nur in der Regenzeit fließen.

Zwei Drittel des Landes bestehen aus der Kalahari Wüste, einer staub verwehten, halbtrockenen, flachen Ebene. Sehenswürdigkeiten sind unter anderem der Chobe Nationalpark, das Moremi Wildtierreservat, das Okavango Delta, die Linyanti Sümpfe, die Makgadikgadi Pfannen, das Zentralkalahari Wildtierreservat, Tuli Block und der Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Die Regenzeit ist von November bis April und die Trockenzeit von Mai bis Oktober.      

A vast land-locked area of approximately 582,000 square kilometres, Botswana is divided from its neighbours, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Namibia, mainly by rivers, some of which flow only during the wet season.

Two-thirds of the country is covered by the Kalahari Desert, a wind-blown, semi-arid, flat plain. Places of interest are the Chobe National Park, Moremi Wildlife Reserve, Okavango Delta, Linyanti Swamp, Makgadikgadi Pans, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Tuli Block and Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The rainy season is from November to April, with the dry period May to October.