Many believe that mothers are supreme.
The Yoruba, indeed, have a song that seems to support this:
Iya ni wura iyebiye
Ti a ko le f’owo ra
O loyin mi f’osu mesan
O pon mi f’odun meta
Emi ko le ko’se fun’ya mi o
Iya, Iya, Iya …
This means mother is a priceless gold
That no one can buy with money
She carried my pregnancy for nine months
She carried me on hjer back for three years
Never will I refuse her errands
Mother, Mother, Mother…
Seasoned actor, Jim Iyke, will not hesitate to sing the song, based on his submission about the role his mother played in his career.
According to him, when his father practically ejected him for choosing acting, it was the mum that was there for him.
He recalled in a recent interview:
“I was a straight A student and my parent had already planned my life. I was about 18 and a half when I finished my first degree. The whole plan was I should get my MBA. My dad’s boss is American so he already had a setup.
“I came home one day and said: ‘I think I really want to be an actor. It became unbearable to stay at home. One day, my dad woke up and told me that there couldn’t be two captains on the ship.
“It was either I take one year, go do whatever nonsense I wanted to do, come back, and then we set the course again or I leave his house. So, I left but my mother started supporting and I think that is what makes mothers as unique as they are.”
