Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series about Nigerian singer Davido's 2020 video "1 Milli".
Part II showcases Davido's 2020 video "1 Milli" and includes selected comments about how the video's concept reflects the cultural influences of the river orishas Oshun and Yemanja, as well as the cultural influences of Afro-Brazilians in Lagos, Nigeria.*
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/04/youtube-discussion-thread-comments.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. Part I presents information about Davido and showcases the official video of Davido's song "1 Milli". The lyrics for that song are also included in that post.
The content of this post are presented for cultural and entertainment purposes.
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Maferefún orishas.
Thanks to Davido for his musical legacy. Thanks to all those who were associated with this video and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Here's a definition for the word "maferefún" from a 1997 announcement about a Cuban cultural performance http://www.afrocubaweb.com/ccsmaferefun.htm
"Maferefún Cuba (the word is Yorubá and has many meanings -- it is a greeting, it confers a blessing, it invokes the power of the spirit world) is a multi-media exhibit of Cuban art that uses the symbols and practices of African-based religions as part of its aesthetic. Afro-Cuban culture draws on a wide variety of traditions like the Lucumí of Yoruba origin (often referred to as Santería in the U.S.), the Bantú of Congolese origin, the Abakuá from the Calabar region of West Africa and the Dahomey-based tradition of the Arará. It represents one of the richest manifestations of African traditions in contemporary Latin society and its influence reaches well beyond the borders of Cuba to the rest of the Americas, especially New York."
Some information about the orishas Yemaya and Oshun is found in this 2020 pancocojams post https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/04/information-about-videos-of-orishas.html.
Some information about Afro-Brazilians in Lagos, Nigeria is presented in https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-history-of-african-brazilian-careta.html.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO - Davido - 1 Milli (Official Video)
DavidoVEVO Mar 3, 2020
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Selected comments from this video's discussion thread
(All of these comments are from March 3 through April 20th, 2020, with numbers added for referencing purposes only).
1. Bol Ayul
"This song is very traditional the
Clothing is all Nigerian"
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2. Oluwasanmi Omoshola
"Isale Eko... Afro-Brazilian garments and beautiful women. Much love! I am so proud...
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3. I thought those are osun worshippers garments
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4. Akinpelu Idowu
"They are actually Osun worshippers , of which the osun worshippers in Brazil dresses same way."
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Osun (Oshun) is a Yoruba river orisa (orisha) of love (among other things). Among the Yorubas in Nigeria In color is honey gold as is depicted in this video by the attire of Davido's real life fiance, Chioma and by the gold/yellow attire of some other women in this video.
I believe that the women wearing white dresses (sometimes with blue necklaces) are adherents of Yemanja. I think that the man with the red hat (and the red masquerader?) are adherents of the orisha Shango, Oshun's husband.
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5. Arthur Francis
"Oh that red masquerade killed me with his first moves, I kept skipping back to get it more"
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6. Oluropo Akinbolade-Jones
"This is like the Eko Culture(Lagos) and outfits. This video must have been shot somewhere in CMS or Broadstreet or Marina environ of Lagos state."
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Lagos
"Eko was the land area now known as Lagos Island where the king's palace was built. ... the southern part of Eko, called Isale Eko. "Isale" literally means "bottom", but must have been used to indicate downtown (as in Downtown Lagos)."...
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As indicated above, some information about the history of Afro-Brazilians and Afro-Cubans in Nigeria will be presented in the aforementioned upcoming pancocojams post.
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7. Dammy Joe Akisanmi
"No bro! This is Osun family not Eyo of Eko"
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8. Oluropo Akinbolade-Jones
"@Dammy Joe Akisanmi I am correct because they both are like riverine worshippers culture. I wasn't talking about Eyo. These are river worshipper outfits. Which is typical of Eko women and Osun women river worshippers"
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9. Dammy Joe Akisanmi
"@Oluropo Akinbolade-Jones Right!"
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10. Aregbe Taofeek
"Brazilian quarters of Lagos island. Afro Brazilian outfits."
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11. Beautiful Places
"In this video I see the rich culture of Nigeria, the lyrics also makes a lot of sense. Thanks Davido"
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12. BB McKinlay
"We have over 230 distinct 'cultures' in Nigeria.
This video showcases Downton Lagos Fanti Culture."
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13. Mikey Mike
"These Yoruba aunties give me joy 👸🏾👸🏾👸🏾"
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14. Bold&Black MuvA
"I definitely picked up the OSHUN and Shango vibe❤️❤️
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15. Bolanle Emmanuel
"Yes all thru! I love how he represents our culture!! so beautiful"
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16. Samuel Akinbo
"Using Osun deity undertone is a great idea. It makes me happy. Finally, a wedding song with neither pastors nor imams, but our indigenous priests. 😭"
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17. AdukeAde Adesoye
"He is Honouring The Elders. Omo Agba Ni Davido."
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18. Vanessa B
"Love it so much! African tradition is so rich and beautiful"
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19. D double D Double D
"This is fantastic African spirituality concept. Rare. Whoever conceived this concept is woke. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍🏼👌🏽"
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20. Earthly GoddessOya
"Sweeeeet,I love it! It's about time the continental Africans openly celebrate their original belief system,instead of shunning it for their colonized indoctrination."
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21. Nigel Hinds
"I love the oshun vibes"
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22. O
"It's not oshun vibes anything. It's just nigeria culture. Oshun is just a small part of the culture"
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23. Dami
"@O Nope, those women are river worshippers,they're everywhere in Lagos since lagos has lots of water. They're oshun worshippers or other water orishas, This isn't all Nigerian culture but Yoruba one,don't even go there."
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24. Gloria Chizi
"Yea"
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25. Akinpelu Idowu
"4 weeks ago
Dami, good explanation there. Love u bro."
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26. OMOLOLA BANJO
"I was passing through CMS when this video was shot and if i had known it was a video by my favorite Davido I would sat on the side walk just to watch the entire shoot. Loved the women in the white dresses. They all looked regal. Love love the video."
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27. Meli Queen
"CULTURE❤️✨"
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28. abenaappiah1
"The video is really nice, what I like the most is how it respect Mothers, may God Bless all our Mothers and may they enjoy the fruits of their hard work ❤️"
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29. Lytesha
"At first I thought this was Cuban"
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30. Afri Media
"Tea No, but this was where the Afro Cubans (Amaros) came from , right here in Lagos !"
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31. Star light Kid
"Which culture is bring displayed here? This is not Yoruba or Igbo. On a side note, Chioma is beautiful😍"
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32. Leader Of New School
"Star light Kid lol it is yoruba."
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33. Yinka Olu
"Star light Kid. It’s Yoruba. That’s how they dress at Oshun festival"
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34. PRANKS NIGERIA
"All the women on white are elders of the land ..deep message davido"
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35. Salt Of the Earth.
"This is real traditional! Ile-ife stand up! ♥️"
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If%E1%BA%B9
"Ife (Yoruba: Ifè, also Ilé-Ifẹ̀) is an ancient Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria. The city is located in present-day Osun State. Ife is about 218 kilometers northeast of Lagos[2] with a population of 509,813.
According to the traditions of the Yoruba religion, Ife was founded by the order of the Supreme God Olodumare by Obatala. It then fell into the hands of his sibling Oduduwa, which created enmity between the two.[3] Oduduwa created a dynasty there, and sons and daughters of this dynasty became rulers of many other kingdoms in Yorubaland.[4] The first Oòni of Ife is a descendant of Oduduwa, which was the 401st Orisha. The present ruler since 2015 is Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, Ooni of Ife who is also a Nigerian accountant.[5] Named as the city of 401 deities, Ife is home to many worshippers of these deities and is where they are routinely celebrated through festivals.[6]
Ilé-Ifè is famous worldwide for its ancient and naturalistic bronze, stone and terracotta sculptures, dating back to between 1200 and 1400 A.D.[6]"...
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36. James Cole
"Give some accolades to the director"
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37. Nkiruka Adelaide Ikeolumba
"Okay, I had tonpuse this video to give props to the Mamas/ Queens giving major dance moves with so much love and joy! The beginning where they were escorting Davido to meet/welcome Chioma is soooooo touching! It takes a village to raise a king and they are ready to protect him at all costs!
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I think "tonpuse" is a typo for "to pause".
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38. M.A.P. RECORDS
"African Tradition & Religion all day IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW!"
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This concludes this two part pancocojams series about Davido's 2020 song & video "1 Milli".
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