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.

Yoruba Proverbs with Bidemi Ologunde is a education podcast hosted by Bidemi Ologunde, with 94 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Bidemi Ologunde hosts Yoruba Proverbs with Bidemi Ologunde, a education show with 94 episodes published.

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  Yoruba Proverbs with Bidemi Ologunde

  Pẹ̀lẹ́-pẹ̀lẹ́ nijó àgbà; ara gbogbo ló di àkísà tán

  Aug 14, 202636 min

  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 traditional sayings continue to offer practical guidance for relationships, leadership, decision-making, and everyday conduct. A downloadable listener worksheet based on the five proverbs is available here , with reflection questions and practical prompts for applying each lesson.

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  Yoruba Proverbs with Bidemi Ologunde

  The Strongest Family Members Often Hide the Deepest Emotional Exhaustion

  Aug 1, 202649 min

  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-health research, this episode examines the language communities use for emotional distress and the cultural pressures that often keep men, teenagers, caregivers, and high-achieving professionals silent.

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  Yoruba Respect Today: Elders, Youth, Greetings, Discipline, and Boundaries

  Jul 18, 202632 min

  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 respect survives as love, responsibility, and truth.

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  Yoruba Proverbs with Bidemi Ologunde

  Òsó olósòó ò yeni; sòkòtò àgbàbò ò yé omo èèyàn.

  Jul 4, 202636 min

  Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde explores five Yoruba proverbs about reputation, courage, borrowing, unemployment, and honor. What happens when public disgrace only reveals private neglect? Why do some people confront the weak while avoiding their equals? When does borrowing become a costume rather than support? Through historical context and modern anecdotes, this episode shows how Yoruba wisdom still speaks clearly to personal character, family life, leadership, and institutional trust.

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  Yoruba Proverbs with Bidemi Ologunde

  Òrò wo ló wà lénu alaso pípọn?

  Jun 20, 202636 min

  Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde explores five Yoruba proverbs about limitation, empathy, responsible speech, credibility, and reputation. What happens when a small weakness disrupts a powerful system? Who suffers quietly while others continue as though nothing has happened? How should elders, leaders, parents, and professionals speak when their words carry public weight? Through historical reflections and modern anecdotes, Bidemi connects fish bones, grazing foals, drunken speech, thieves' families, and dirty clothes to today's workplaces, families, online spaces, and public life. This episode invites listeners to examine their limits, their concern for others, and the character behind their words.

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