Yoruba Language
Yoruba (Yor. Èdè Yorùbá) is a language spoken in West Africa, most prominently South western Nigeria. It is spoken by the ethnic Yoruba people. The number of Yoruba speakers is estimated at between 45 and 55 million. As a pluricentric language, it is primarily spoken in a dialectal area spanning Nigeria, Benin and Togo, with smaller migrated communities in Cote d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. Yoruba vocabulary is also used in the Afro-Brazilian religion known as Candomblé, in the Caribbean religion of Santería in the form of the liturgical Lucumí language and various Afro-American religions of North America.As the …
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The Journal of Sierra Leone Studies · 23 April 2016 English
While the majority of the slaves from this region were captured on the mainland, the islands off the coast were where the barracoons (holding pens) were primarily located and where …
English lexifier creoles for far longer than the Yoruba language has been spoken in Freetown), and the Yoruba …
Endangered Archives Programme · 25 May 2012 English
The late Professor Ade Obayemi’s lifetime collection of documents and correspondence lies in the Akodi Africa Museum he set up with his own funds at his home town in Iffe …
culture, language, literature Yoruba Yoruba Language Literature (Dec. 1316th 1969) Constituents … culture, language, literature Yoruba Yoruba Language Literature (Dec. 1316th 1969) 14 500 Babarinde … Yoruba Guidelines to correct writing of Yoruba language 6 518 Odunuga S. culture, language … Ologunde A. culture, language Yoruba The Yoruba language in education 12 329 Olomola I. history …
Laws.Africa · 29 June 2011 English
Crowther translated the English Dible into Yoruba Language inside the storey building in 1846. .> ~elics …
1 June 1997 English
Okike begun in 1971, just after the Nigerian-Biafran war, as a journal for new and established literary writers and was the longest surviving journal of literature on the African continent. …
the end of this paper. The social basis of Yoruba- language production seems to have blurred as the professional …
1 February 1984 English
Okike begun in 1971, just after the Nigerian-Biafran war, as a journal for new and established literary writers and was the longest surviving journal of literature on the African continent. …
Ossie Enekwe first time, I was meeting the Yoruba language in the villages and rural settings - around … so on. I made friends with masters of the Yoruba language living in Ife - like Chief M.A. Fabunmi, Cbief …
Laws.Africa · 14 February 1980 English
Ph.D. only)—with spe- cialisation in : (z) Yoruba Language ’ (2) Yoruba Literature. (f) Modern European …
Laws.Africa · 7 February 1980 English
Measurement and Evaluation in Physical (2) Yoruba Language and HealthEducation (#) Yoruba Literature, …
Laws.Africa · 4 January 1979 English
Course. This is an Introductory Course in Yoruba Language, Literature and Culture Designed for authors …
Laws.Africa · 28 December 1978 English
Course. This is an Introductory Course in Yoruba Language, Literature and Culture Designed for authors …
Laws.Africa · 6 February 1975 English
course. This is an intro- ductory course in Yoruba language, literature and _ culture, designed for authors …
