Track 9 being Terena (Sax mix) of Emperor Délé Òjó's 2006 remastered album: Dele Ojo's Greatest Hits + Hip-Hop Mix. I own no rights to the music. I'm just the uploader.
Emperor Dele Ojo was my neighbour in Ibadan Nigeria. I lived there from 1977- 1983 with my husband. Emperor Ojo and his family were really welcoming to us and I still remember him, his beautiful wife and lovely respectful children. I really loved my time in Nigeria and still miss it. ❤
I met him couple of times at his Felele Ibadan home. My close friend was his nephew. I knew his beautiful daughters namely Bukky, Yetunde, Tayo back then also. This is my favourite and his only song I know. RIP sir
Who is listening in 2024? The song kept playing in my head this morning and just had to search RUclips for it. Feeling nostalgic 😊😅. Thanks for uploading❤
There I am tonight, glass of single malt scotch in hand as I reflect on the ubiquitous havoc the covid 19 pandemic is wrecking out there. There's a sudden rush, almost trandescental in a way, to listen to this song from long ago that I relished as a youth growing up in Nigeria. Thank you late Captain Jide Ojo for the memory tonite, for a song recapturing my Ijesha ancestry and for allowing me to trip to a mystical dimension without the distraction of covid 🙏🏾🙏🏾
FYI The song called Terena is a folklore by Dele Ojo and he called it 'Alo Oko ati Aya' meaning the story of a Husband and his Wife. The wife came into the home and addressed the husband as Awe (a pedestrian name for every male in their cultural setting) The husband rejected the appellation insisting that the wife MUST always address him as BABA. The wife rejected this and would always address him as 'Awe’. So he decided to show her his capabilities, and make her respectful of him. He devised a plan and asked her to follow him on a journey to the farm. On the way to the farm, he stopped and asked for the last time, "will you address me as Baba or I show you my worth” to which her reply was “God forbid that I address you as Baba" At that point, he changed into a snake. Upon seeing the snake, she knelt and sang sonorously and the snake crept away and re-emerged as an elephant. Thereafter he transformed into a balls of fire which now came upon her from the front, back, right and left approaching her in a bid to burn her. It was in this helpless situation that she knelt down and with her sonorous voice, she cried for help singing....." Baba o, terena terena tere" ~The Last of The Originals (Facebook)
Femi Folorunso I’m talking beyond colonial and map boundaries. Only Ekiti people speak like this. Awe, Lesu boko yoko. I don’t blv in those map. Have u ever asked why one Igbara is in Ondo and the other in Ekiti or why Okun people of Ekiti LG are with kwara state till tomorrow?
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Emperor Dele Ojo was my neighbour in Ibadan Nigeria. I lived there from 1977- 1983 with my husband. Emperor Ojo and his family were really welcoming to us and I still remember him, his beautiful wife and lovely respectful children. I really loved my time in Nigeria and still miss it. ❤
I met him couple of times at his Felele Ibadan home. My close friend was his nephew. I knew his beautiful daughters namely Bukky, Yetunde, Tayo back then also. This is my favourite and his only song I know. RIP sir
Who is listening in 2024? The song kept playing in my head this morning and just had to search RUclips for it. Feeling nostalgic 😊😅. Thanks for uploading❤
Same here tonight
2024
2023, and I'm still listening to this song. It gives me some loving memories.
God bless baba for this one.
Can't forget the vibe keeps ringing in my head
There I am tonight, glass of single malt scotch in hand as I reflect on the ubiquitous havoc the covid 19 pandemic is wrecking out there. There's a sudden rush, almost trandescental in a way, to listen to this song from long ago that I relished as a youth growing up in Nigeria. Thank you late Captain Jide Ojo for the memory tonite, for a song recapturing my Ijesha ancestry and for allowing me to trip to a mystical dimension without the distraction of covid 🙏🏾🙏🏾
FYI
The song called Terena is a folklore by Dele Ojo and he called it 'Alo Oko ati Aya' meaning the story of a Husband and his Wife. The wife came into the home and addressed the husband as Awe (a pedestrian name for every male in their cultural setting) The husband rejected the appellation insisting that the wife MUST always address him as BABA. The wife rejected this and would always address him as 'Awe’. So he decided to show her his capabilities, and make her respectful of him. He devised a plan and asked her to follow him on a journey to the farm. On the way to the farm, he stopped and asked for the last time, "will you address me as Baba or I show you my worth” to which her reply was “God forbid that I address you as Baba" At that point, he changed into a snake. Upon seeing the snake, she knelt and sang sonorously and the snake crept away and re-emerged as an elephant. Thereafter he transformed into a balls of fire which now came upon her from the front, back, right and left approaching her in a bid to burn her. It was in this helpless situation that she knelt down and with her sonorous voice, she cried for help singing....." Baba o, terena terena tere"
~The Last of The Originals (Facebook)
Who's listening to this evergreen in 2023
2024
Been searching for this song....strikes some nostalgic cord in me each time i listen to it.
Don't know why this song has such great effect on my person. Just beautiful.
Very exquisite song. God bless you sir 😘💘🌟🌹👍💜👏💃🏼🙏🌈💖💐🌹😍
Please let baba do the video
I stated here this song since 1985 in fact is my best song
I am still searching for this track in it's original form. Dele Ojo always gave me that nostalgia for his unique style. Thanks for sharing.
2024 here
Ilara-mokin dialect!
Thanks for the upload!!!! i have been looking for this a while!
i am looking for this music eja mi olu aro tere ja, it is my childhood misic , i did not know who sang it
Plz can I get d audio
pls can u upload the original track Terena. thanks
YEs please anybody ?
Pls the original or nothing. ProudlyEkitiBoy.
Pls. Is this song an Ekiti song? I need to know. Thanks.
Eromosele Onoigboria The Lyrics and Language is Ekiti Language. Only Ekiti speaks like this. “Eromosele are you Christ school ado Ekiti alumni?
@@Oponu-Ayirada This is the language spoken in Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State where Dele Ojo is from. Very similar to Ekiti's
Femi Folorunso I’m talking beyond colonial and map boundaries. Only Ekiti people speak like this. Awe, Lesu boko yoko. I don’t blv in those map. Have u ever asked why one Igbara is in Ondo and the other in Ekiti or why Okun people of Ekiti LG are with kwara state till tomorrow?
@@eromoseleonoigboria4613 No, in Akure language