choir | Zikoko!

Beyonce isn’t the only one paying homage to the goddess Osun.

This choir, the London Lucumi Choir, specializes in songs for Osun, the great Yoruba goddess.

The songs are sung in Lucumi, a derivative dialect of the Yoruba language.
But you can hardly tell the difference. Just watch:

https://twitter.com/Lucumichoir/status/867406076517511168

Just hear that cute little girl sing.

If you’re Yoruba and you can’t even say “good morning” in the language do like this;

https://zikoko.com/list/weird-rituals-nigerian-women-perform-sweet-lovemaking/

Ronke Otega

May 30, 2017

Gist

British, choir, goddess, osun, Singing
1. When you have to wake up extra early to get to church.

2. When you have workers prayer meeting, workers general meeting and department meeting before eery church service.

3. When you don’t need to buy church clothes because you wear uniform every Sunday.

4. When everyone thinks you are holier than thou because you are a church worker.

5. When you can’t stay out too late on Saturday because you have work on Sunday morning.

6. When you still need to stay after church for more meetings like you haven’t already spent your whole day there.

7. When you department keeps growing and now they start acting like it’s a paramilitary something.

8. When some people in your department call the pastor “daddy” and expect you to follow suit.

9. When people try to hook you up with a fellow church work by force.

10. When there is a vigil on Friday, programme on Saturday and 3 services on Sunday.

Jola Ayeye

December 4, 2016

Oldies

choir, Church, ushers
1. When your mother forces you to join the youth choir.

Hay God!
2. Every Nigerian choir’s best friend:

That Yamaha keyboard.
3. When you come for choir practice on Saturday and nobody is around.

You will now wait forever.
4. When the choir leader tells you that you’re taking the solo on Sunday.

Just like that?
5. When the choir hasn’t sang Kirk Franklin in two Sundays.

Something must be wrong.
6. Nigerian choirs and “Jehovah you are the most high” X 1000

They must sing it.
7. When the person leading praise and worship starts singing an oyinbo song nobody knows.

Where do you think you are?
8. How the choir runs to the mic when the pastor suddenly starts singing during the message:

Can’t leave the pastor hanging.
9. When the choir spends half of choir practice arguing about the colour scheme for Sunday.

Na wa for una.
10. When the choir leader tells everyone to wear a colour you don’t have in your wardrobe.

STRESS ME!
11. How the congregation gingers the children choir whenever they come to perform:

You people don’t clap for us like that oh.
12. When a guest choir comes and sings better than your own choir.

You tried small.
13. When a new choir member tries to suggest a song.

Sit down, biko.
14. When that oversabi chorister starts singing louder than the soloist during ministration.

Calm down, ma.
15. That choir member that always forgets to cover her hair then starts looking for handkerchief before ministration.

ALL THE TIME.
16. When the choir leader makes you sing one line from a song for 20 minutes.

Can we round up though?
17. When the person leading the ministration catches the holy spirit.

THE BEST!
18. When you hear “all choir members wait behind.”

NOOOOO!!!
19. You, whenever someone says “choir girls are the worst.”

I’ve heard you.

Daniel Orubo

July 25, 2016

Oldies

Africa, choir, Christian, nigerian church

Beyonce isn’t the only one paying homage to the goddess Osun.

This choir, the London Lucumi Choir, specializes in songs for Osun, the great Yoruba goddess.

But you can hardly tell the difference. Just watch:

Just hear that cute little girl sing.

If you’re Yoruba and you can’t even say “good morning” in the language do like this;

1. When you have to wake up extra early to get to church.

2. When you have workers prayer meeting, workers general meeting and department meeting before eery church service.

3. When you don’t need to buy church clothes because you wear uniform every Sunday.

4. When everyone thinks you are holier than thou because you are a church worker.

5. When you can’t stay out too late on Saturday because you have work on Sunday morning.

6. When you still need to stay after church for more meetings like you haven’t already spent your whole day there.

7. When you department keeps growing and now they start acting like it’s a paramilitary something.

8. When some people in your department call the pastor “daddy” and expect you to follow suit.

9. When people try to hook you up with a fellow church work by force.

10. When there is a vigil on Friday, programme on Saturday and 3 services on Sunday.

1. When your mother forces you to join the youth choir.

2. Every Nigerian choir’s best friend:

3. When you come for choir practice on Saturday and nobody is around.

4. When the choir leader tells you that you’re taking the solo on Sunday.

5. When the choir hasn’t sang Kirk Franklin in two Sundays.

6. Nigerian choirs and “Jehovah you are the most high” X 1000

7. When the person leading praise and worship starts singing an oyinbo song nobody knows.

8. How the choir runs to the mic when the pastor suddenly starts singing during the message:

9. When the choir spends half of choir practice arguing about the colour scheme for Sunday.

10. When the choir leader tells everyone to wear a colour you don’t have in your wardrobe.

11. How the congregation gingers the children choir whenever they come to perform:

12. When a guest choir comes and sings better than your own choir.

13. When a new choir member tries to suggest a song.

14. When that oversabi chorister starts singing louder than the soloist during ministration.

15. That choir member that always forgets to cover her hair then starts looking for handkerchief before ministration.

16. When the choir leader makes you sing one line from a song for 20 minutes.

17. When the person leading the ministration catches the holy spirit.

18. When you hear “all choir members wait behind.”

19. You, whenever someone says “choir girls are the worst.”