Yoruba proverbs known as “owe” are short sayings originating from the Yoruba people of Nigeria. Yoruba proverbs convey a piece of wisdom, advice, or cultural insight. They are rich in imagery, metaphor, and traditional beliefs specific to the Yoruba culture. Youruba proverbs teach historical lessons, morals, and values. They are orally passed down from elders […]
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Currently, there are approximately 6,500 languages spoken worldwide, with Mandarin Chinese being the most widely spoken, by around 1,213,000,000 people. Among these languages, there are twenty-three mother tongues spoken globally. While English is spoken in England and German in Germany, the extent of language spread varies. English and French are often regarded as “world languages”
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Oríkì includes both single praise names and long strings of “attributive epithets” that may be chanted in poetic form. According to the Yoruba historian Samuel Johnson, oriki expresses what a child is or what he or she is hoped to become. If one is male, a praise name is usually expressive of something heroic, brave
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1.The first Nigerian medical doctor was Nathaniel Thomas King. His father was Rev Thomas King who assisted Bishop Ajayi Crowder in translating the Bible into Yoruba language. Dr King lived from 1847 to 1884. 2. The Yoruba language is the Niger-Congo language with the largest number of native speakers in the world, 50 million people
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Èkìtì State University don, Prof Goke Alamu has announced the unveiling of the first Yorùbá textbook in China. He narrated how the textbook came to fruition in a post. “Just produced in China.I’m just very happy because this is the first Yorùbá textbook in China”, he posted. He disclosed that he was contacted by the
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