Fani-Kayode Rejects To Be Called 'Yoruba'

The former Minister of Aviation Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has rejected to be called ‘Yoruba’ stressing that, it was insulting and derogatory.
The ex-minister noted that the name ‘Yoruba’ was given by historical adversaries. He called on all the descendants of Oduduwa to renounce the name given to them by their historical adversaries.
Chief Fani-Kayode also revealed that his historical findings behind the name was stunning.
He noted that the Hausa/Fulani gave the people of the South West region the name ‘Yariba’, from which Yoruba was derived, which means “shady and unreliable.”
He revealed this on his official twitter handle.
He said “I reject that strange name and label. I am not a ‘Yariba’ or ‘Yoruba’ but an ‘Omo karo jire or an ‘Oduduwan’ and my language is not ‘Yoruba’ but ‘Anago’. We are what we call ourselves. We are not “shady and unreliable”(Yariba) and we must not accept names given to us by our historical adversaries.
“Any Omo Karo jire or Oduduwan that continues to call himself a ‘Yoruba’ is lost and does not know the implications of what he is doing to his own people. He is simply affirming and confirming an insulting label which has deep sinister, mystical and spiritual connotations.
“The word ‘Yoruba’ did not even exist until the 18th century and even then, most of the tribes of the South West, including the Oyo people rejected it due to its origin and meaning. The word ‘Yoruba’ is alien to our culture and not known in the Anago language. Oduduwans please take note.