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Motúnráyọ̀ audio ⓘ is a female Yoruba name from the Southwestern region of Nigeria. It means " I see joy again " This name is usually given to a child given birth to after a family has gone through a bad event like the death of a child or family member.
The Yorùbá believe that previous bearers of a name have an impact on the influence of the name in a child's life. Yorùbá names are traditionally classified into five categories: [2] Orúko Àmútọ̀runwá 'Destiny Names', ("names assumed to be brought from heaven" or derived from a religious background). Examples are: Àìná, Ìgè, and ...
This category was created for all Yoruba names. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. Y. Yoruba given names (1 C, 234 P)
After the ritual, the child is named and members of the extended family have the honour of also giving a name to the child. The gift of a name comes with gifts of money and clothing. In many cases, the relative will subsequently call the child by the name they give to him or her, so a new baby may thereafter have more than a dozen names. [14]
Moremi Ajasoro (Yoruba: Mọremí Àjàṣorò) was a legendary Yoruba queen and folk heroine in the Yorubaland region of present-day southwestern Nigeria who assisted in the liberation of the Yoruba kingdom of Ife from the neighbouring Ugbo Kingdom. [1] Moremi was married to Oranmiyan, the son of Oduduwa, the first king of Ile-Ife. [2] [3] [4]
The Yoruba have a large population in West Africa and broad dispersion through enslavement in the Americas. [ 1 ] The Republic of Benin and Nigeria contain the highest concentrations of Yoruba people and Yoruba faiths in all of Africa .
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