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Atilogwu 1 Atilogu Dancer - Igbo Tribe - Oji River - Enugu State - Nigeria. Atilogwu is a spirited youth dance from the Igbo ethnic group of Nigeria that focuses on vigorous body movement and often includes acrobatics. In the Igbo language, the word itself "Atilogwu" translates into "has magic, as in sorcery/witchcraft". [1]
Wallah, -walla, -wala, or -vala (-wali fem.), is a suffix used in a number of Indo-Aryan languages, like Hindi/Urdu, Gujarati, Bengali or Marathi. It forms an adjectival compound from a noun or an agent noun from a verb. [ 1 ]
There are over 520 native languages spoken in Nigeria. [1] [2] [3] The official language is English, [4] [5] which was the language of Colonial Nigeria.The English-based creole Nigerian Pidgin – first used by the British and African slavers to facilitate the Atlantic slave trade in the late 17th century [6] – is the most common lingua franca, spoken by over 60 million people.
Western Circassian language. Official language in: Adygea, Russia; Spoken also in: Turkey, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Germany, United States, Netherlands etc. Afade – afaë Spoken in: Cameroon and Nigeria; Afar – Qafár af National Language in: Eritrea; Afrihili – El-Afrihili Proposed lingua franca of Africa; Afrikaans – Afrikaans
Igbabonelimhin is an acrobatic, masquerade dance-theatre common with the Esan people of Edo State of Nigeria. The word literally means “clapping for the spirit”. [1] Igbabonelimhin is a compound word for 'Igbabo' which literary means to clap and 'Elimlin' which means Spirit. Conjuctively, it means to clap hands or commune with the spirit.
Etighi is a Nigerian dance. The etighi dance was founded by the Akwa Ibom people.The dance requires movement of the leg and the waist. The dance is known across Nigeria and popularly used by the Ibibio and Efik people where its origin began.
Pages in category "Spanish people of Nigerian descent" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
3 languages. فارسی; Hausa; Igbo ... Galala is a music genre and dance form popular in Lagos, Nigeria [1] developed by local reggae musicians. [2] [verification ...