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Oral traditions in Nigeria have played a very important role in preserving and transmitting historical information and its various functions. Historical information is usually transmitted through speech, songs, folktales, prose, chants, and ballads. Oral traditions in Nigeria are commonly used as a means of keeping the past alive. [93] [94]
Suya Asaro Nkwobi Location of Nigeria Egusi soup with ponmo, beef and fish. Nigerian cuisine consists of dishes or food items from the hundreds of Native African ethnic groups that comprises Nigeria. [1] [2] Like other West African cuisines, it uses spices and herbs with palm oil or groundnut oil to create deeply flavored sauces and soups. [3]
Alloco (Nigeria: dodo) Côte d'Ivoire (Nigeria and Ghana) A fried plantain snack, often served with chili pepper and onions (Nigeria and Ghana: eaten as a snack or as side with rice and/or bean) Amala: Nigeria, Benin, Togo A Yoruba Yam flour mold/"Okele", served with a variety of soups: Asida: North Africa
In the 1800s, Ma'azu's rule saw the Nupe Kingdom flourish, becoming the most powerful in Central Nigeria. Today, the Nupe people speak over 5 dialects: Central Nupe, Nupe Tako/Bassa-Nge, Kupa, Kakanda, and Dibo/Abawa/Gana-Gana. Nupe is the largest ethnic group in the Middle Belt, they are at the heart of Nigerian art and culture.
Food and drink in Nigeria (8 C, 1 P) ... Languages of Nigeria (14 C, 487 P) LGBTQ culture in Nigeria (2 C, ... Pages in category "Culture of Nigeria"
Traditions are consistent about the presence of a distinct Yoruba sub-group around Lagos by about 1750 when the Benin Empire encroaching the region of Lagos. [ 6 ] An anthropologist, W.G. Wormalin in his Intelligence Report on the Badagry district of the colony (1935) gives a graphic description of the early Awori he encountered when he writes ...
In traditional Hausa culture, a side serving of Hausa Masa (soaked rice/grain/corn cakes) is common. Suya can also be eaten with rice, Kosai, Garri or Ogi. Chicken suya with jollof rice and plantains. Originating from Nigeria but popular across West Africa and it's diaspora, Suya is a large part of Hausa culture and food. While suya is the more ...
The term "Waray" refers both to the people and the language of Samar and Leyte, [18] and means "nothing" in the Waray language. It is unclear how it became the language's name. [2] According to the Sanghiran sang Binisaya (Council for the Visayan Language), the formal name of the language is Lineyte-Samarnon or Binisaya. [2]