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The Omoluwabi concept is an adjectival Yoruba phrase, which has the words - "Omo + ti + Olu-iwa + bi" as its components. Literally translated and taken separately, omo means 'child', ti means 'that or which', Olu-iwa meaning the chief or master of Iwa (character), bi means 'born'. When combined, Omoluabi translates as "the child begotten by the ...
The history and present social dynamic of the group who presently self identify as Isha is a result of long migratory movements accompanied by numerous wars and conquests. Indeed, the Ife people and Isha were formed by three successive waves of migration from further east in present-day Nigeria.
Omodiagbe is a combination of three different words in the Esan dialect (language). The three words are: “ Omo” - meaning “child” “ dia” - meaning “to straighten” “ Ogbe” - meaning “clan” or “family” The name Omodiagbe reflects the importance of children in societies and families.
Omoba, or Oba, derived from the Yoruba language word meaning king, is a pre-nominal honorific used by kings in the Yoruba Kingdom and later adopted by kings in Benin Kingdom. Omoba may also refer to: Omoba, Abia, a town in Isiala Ngwa South, Abia State, Nigeria; D'Prince (born 1986), or Omoba, Nigerian singer
There are over 520 native languages spoken in Nigeria. [1] [2] [3] The official language is English, [4] [5] which was the language of Colonial Nigeria.The English-based creole Nigerian Pidgin – first used by the British and African slavers to facilitate the Atlantic slave trade in the late 17th century [6] – is the most widely spoken lingua franca and spoken by over 60 million people.
Nigeria is a very ethnically diverse country with 371 ethnic groups, the largest of which are the Hausa, Yoruba and the Igbo. [1] Nigeria has one official language which is English, as a result of the British colonial rule over the nation.
South-West Nigeria Fẹ́mi audio ⓘ is a common Nigerian given unisex name of Yoruba origin which means "love Me". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Femi is most commonly a diminutive form of " Olufemi " (or Olúfẹ́mi) which means The Lord loves me ,("Olú" means Lord, Leader, or the "Prominent one," in the Yoruba language).
The Olukumi are native to an area just west of the Niger River's right bank. The area is rich in chalk and kaolin deposits, which is known as "efun" in Yoruba, and has been traditionally mined and used by the people of the area for various cultural purposes.