Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Yoruba Names Project is set up to help document the Yoruba language first through all the names borne by its people, and later through an online dictionary. It is part of a larger effort to help document the African cultural experience on the internet by making them easy to write and access via information technology.
Moremi Ajasoro (12th century), legendary queen and folk heroine of the Yoruba people; Oba, Orisha of the river Oba; Oduduwa, divine king, according to tradition, first Ooni of Ife (r. c. 1100 AD), ancestor of many dynasties; Olagbegi Atanneye I (r. 1913–1938), paramaunt ruler of Owo Kingdom; Olagbegi Atanneye II; Olateru Olagbegi I (r. 1913 ...
Modupe Listen ⓘ is a Nigerian unisex given name of Yoruba origin which means "I give thanks". Forms of the name are Dupe, Modupeola, Modupeoreoluwa, and Modupeoluwa. Modupe is a unisex name but it is mostly given to female children. It originated from southwest Nigeria.
The Yoruba people believe that people live out the meanings of their names. As such, Yoruba people put considerable effort into naming a baby. Their philosophy of naming is conveyed in a common adage, ile ni a n wo, ki a to so omo l'oruko ("one pays attention to the family before naming a child"): one must consider the tradition and history of ...
Like the Bunu people, Oworo people were known for their bassa-like cat whisker marks. [8] The women were known for weaving of a cloth called Arigidi, a cotton textile, and also weaved abata (aso ipo), a red textile used by Oworo, Owe and Bunu for the burial rights of important people. [9] The men are traditionally hunters and farmer.
This category is not for articles about concepts and things but only for articles about the words themselves. Please keep this category purged of everything that is not actually an article about a word or phrase. See as example Category:English words.
Pages in category "Yoruba-language surnames" ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
Adétòkunbọ̀ Listen ⓘ (Yoruba pronunciation: [ādétòkũ̄bɔ̀]) is both a surname and a given name of Yoruba origin meaning "the crown or royalty from across the seas (ocean)" or "the crown or royalty from a foreign land (abroad)".