Yoruba Paper 2, Private Candidates 2019

Question 13

Ṣàlàyé àwọn ìgbésẹ̀ tí a máa ń gbé bí a bá fẹ́ fi ènìyàn jọba ní ilẹ̀ Yorùbá.
Candidates were required to explain the various steps in the installation of a king among the Yorubas.

Àwọn Ìgbésẹ̀ tí a máa ń gbé bí a bá fẹ́ fi ènìyàn jọba ní ilẹ̀ Yorùbá:
(i) Bọ́ba kan ò bá kúrò lórí oyè,ọba mìíràn kò lè jẹ.

(ii) Ìlú kọ̀ọ̀kan ló ní ìdílé tó ń jọ́ba.

(iii) Àwọn afọbajẹ ìlú yóò pe ìdílé tí oyè ọba kàn láti fa àwọn ọmọ oyè kalẹ̀.

(iv) Bí ọmọ oyè bá ju ẹyọ kan lọ, oyè dídù bẹ̀rẹ̀ nìyẹn.

(i) Àwọn ọmọ oyè á bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí níí náwó, nára, wọ́n á sì máa wá ojú rere àwọn afọbajẹ.
(ii) Àwọn afọbajẹ yóò béèrè lọ́wọ́ ifá ẹni tí oyè náà tọ́ sí àti àwọn ètùtù tí ó bá yẹ láti ṣe kí ìgbà ọba náà lè tu ìlú lára.
(iii) Nígbà míràn, ọmọ oyè tí ifá mú lè má mọ̀ pé òun ni ifá mú.

(iv) Bí èyí bá rí bẹ́ẹ̀, kò sí ohun tí irú ẹni bẹ́ẹ̀ lè ṣe, àfi kí ó gbà láti jẹ oyè náà.

(v) Bí ó bá ti gbà láti jọba, àwọn awo tí ó wà nídìí ètùtù ṣíṣe yóò bẹ̀rẹ̀ iṣẹ́ tiwọn, b.a. gbígbé àwọn igbá ìwà síwájú ọba láti yan ọ̀kan.

(vi) Wọ́n á fi í jọba.

(vii) Bí ó bá jáde ní ìpèbí, yóò ṣe ìwúyè.

Observation

Some of the candidates who attempted this question gave detailed explanation of how a king is installed among the Yorubas.