Karounwi Films' Ad'èkód'ère. All Rights Reserved: Karounwi Films, Tope Alabi.
Good lord, Tope Alabi's microphone levels were astoundingly loud! However, I was mostly interested in the bass line and once I was able to clean it up, toned down the treble and changed the reverberation. If you want to listen to the original version, move to the 1:52:49 mark: • Video
Ad'èkód'ère: Gone to Lagos and become a statue/something else. This is a Yoruba saying that refers to someone losing their morals or good upbringing when they have moved to a bigger, more enlivened place. Nowadays, the saying does not apply to "èkó" (Lagos, Nigeria) alone. You could still use the saying to lampoon someone who goes to New York or Los Angeles, or simply anywhere different from their location. The "ère" part is also interesting. Depending on your translation, it refers to a statue or stilled image, a caricature. If one were to properly deconstruct it. It recognizes there is STILL a part of that individual left in them, that maybe could be redeemed. Yorubas are not too quick to utter condemnation. Importantly, "'ère" signifies a STILLED, immovable object, instead of, say, Ad'èkód'eégún: gone to Lagos to become a masquerade [eégún], (which would still suggest that person's inner personality is still underneath a garment, simply covered), BUT not STILLED. Or, say, Ad'èkodi wéré: gone to Lagos, becomes mad. Which, again, suggests the inner person is still in that changed, wild character they've become, but not insist on a STILLED, motionless entity. I don't know, I hope someone reads this at least.
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