• Oríkì, or praise poetry, is a cultural phenomenon amongst Yoruba-speakers of West Africa. Oríkì includes both single praise names and long strings of...
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    the assistance of a dog. To commemorate this, one of his praise names, or oriki, is Osin Imole or the "first of the primordial Orisha to come to Earth"...
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  • Moon Witch, Spider King is a 2022 fantasy novel by Jamaican writer Marlon James. It is the second book of a planned trilogy, after Black Leopard, Red Wolf...
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    Campo de Ourique (locally [ˈkɐ̃pu ð(i) oˈɾikɨ]) is a freguesia (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Camp de Ourique is located...
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  • "cognomina" have been described as in use among the Xhosa (Iziduko), the Yoruba (Oriki), and the Zulu (Izibongo). List of Roman cognomina Agnomen Courtesy name...
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  • Yoruba also have Oriki, a kind of praise recital used to emphasize the achievements of the ancestors of the various families. Oriki could be a single...
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    Bolojo Obitun Bírípo Bata Olele Ijala Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ Ekun Iyawo/Rara Dadakuada Oriki Esa Alamo Ogede Gbedu Iremoje Ewì Notable personalities List of Yoruba people...
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    Ajasse Ipo (section Oriki)
    Ipo Different compounds/families in Ajasse Ipo have different Oriki. Examples of oriki of the royal families of Ajasse ipo include: ARIGANJOYE Emi Ni...
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  • Saturday respectively. Friday remains Eti in the Yoruba language. •Odu Ifa, •Oriki, •Ewi, •Esa, •Àlọ́, •Rara, •Iremoje, •Bolojo, •Ijala, •Ajangbode, •Ijeke...
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  • University of Chicago Press. JSTOR 30249777. Adegbite, Ademola Moses (1978). Oriki: A Study of Yoruba Musical and Social Perception. University Microfilms...
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  • flat in a run-down section of town, Oriki rejects seeing him despite his pleas. Tomonosuke repeatedly questions Oriki during his visits. She reminisces...
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  • Ilala, Kwara (section Oriki)
    Nibi Ekun Gbe N Reri Different compounds/families in Ilala have different Oriki. 1. Ilala day: A festival that attracts almost all the indigenes of Ilala...
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  • Isinkan (also known as Isikan) is a Nigerian traditional state. It is based in a town of the same name in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State...
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    groups, and are usually also tied to tribal spirituality. Examples include Oriki amongst the Yoruba people, Isibongo amongst the Zulu people, and Iziduko...
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  • Bolojo Obitun Bírípo Bata Olele Ijala Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ Ekun Iyawo/Rara Dadakuada Oriki Esa Alamo Ogede Gbedu Iremoje Ewì Notable personalities List of Yoruba people...
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  • Sakuma Nishimoto Sugiyama Natsukawa Fujinawa Takegochi Ishikawa Masaki Chiefs of Staff, Joint Staff (2006-) Masaki Saito Oriki Iwasaki Kawano Yamazaki...
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  • movements and ceremonial performances. Additionally, triple metre is evident in oríkì chants, where it enriches lyrical expression. Triple metre, in Yoruba music...
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    wear the costume, although they participate in the chorus that sings the oriki praise poems and histories of the families. Elder women of high title also...
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    Typically, they played a ceremonial role in royal settings, weddings and Oríkì recitation; it is predominantly found in traditions such as Sakara music...
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    idile baba in Yoruba language. The clan share clan names (orile), poetry (oriki), taboos (eewo) and facial marks (ila). The facial marks on the child assigns...
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  • Logba Logba Ma wo mi roro Message Mo juba agba Money 4 hand back 4 ground Oriki Ojo Orin titun Thanksgiving Which is which His singles include (not in chronological...
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  • Bolojo Obitun Bírípo Bata Olele Ijala Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ Ekun Iyawo/Rara Dadakuada Oriki Esa Alamo Ogede Gbedu Iremoje Ewì Notable personalities List of Yoruba people...
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    Bolojo Obitun Bírípo Bata Olele Ijala Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ Ekun Iyawo/Rara Dadakuada Oriki Esa Alamo Ogede Gbedu Iremoje Ewì Notable personalities List of Yoruba people...
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    Ourique (locally [oˈɾikɨ] ) is a city in the District of Beja in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,389, in an area of 663.31 km2. This town is traditionally...
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  • musical style of ogene music, the foundational elements of fuji music and oríkì panegyrics performed by Yoruba priests. African-American poetry groups,...
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  • Snakeskin. Ginn, 1993 Grandfather's Old Bruk-a-Down Car. Bodley Head, 1994 Oriki and the Monster Who Hated Balloons. Longman, 1994 The Monster Who Loved...
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    was recorded by his contemporaries in Yoruba oral praise poetry known as oriki. For instance, a song sung by one of his wives was recorded in 1988. In...
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    Watanabe Nakamura Ishii Terashima Shima Nishimoto Tomizawa Watanabe Fujinawa Isojima Takatani Masaki Mori Oriki Hibako Kimizuka Iwata Okabe Yamazaki...
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    Mercado de Campo de Ourique (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɨɾˈkaðu ðɨ ˈkɐ̃pu ðɨ oˈɾikɨ]; "Campo de Ourique Market") is a neighborhood food market located in Lisbon...
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    Bolojo Obitun Bírípo Bata Olele Ijala Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ Ekun Iyawo/Rara Dadakuada Oriki Esa Alamo Ogede Gbedu Iremoje Ewì Notable personalities List of Yoruba people...
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