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The Edo people, also referred to as the Benin people, [3] are an Edoid-speaking ethnic group. [4] They are prominently native to seven southern local government areas of Edo State , Nigeria . They are speakers of the Edo language and are closely related to other Edoid ethnic groups, such as the Esan , the Etsakọ , the Isoko and Urhobo as well ...
Flag of the Benin Armed Forces (Obverse) A horizontal bicolour of yellow and red with a green vertical band at the hoist with the name of the armed forces upwards and downwards and a golden border. 1960-Present: Flag of the Benin Armed Forces (Reverse) reversed version of the previous Flag. 1990-Present: Flag of the Republican Police (Obverse)
In traditional Yoruba societies, every child is born into a patrilineal clan called 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 the child full clan membership rights. The children with facial marks are called Okola.
Phylum Region Major groups Pop. (millions) (2016) [citation needed] Number of groups Afro-Asiatic: North Africa, Horn of Africa, Sahel: Amhara, Hausa, Oromo, Somali, Tigrayan: 200
Typically, the Yoruba have a very wide range of materials used to make clothing, [185] [186] the most basic being the Aṣo-Oke, which is a hand loomed cloth of different patterns and colors sewn into various styles. [187] This comes in very many different colors and patterns. Aso Oke comes in three major styles based on pattern and coloration;
Djimon Hounsou is opening up about the realities of working in Hollywood as a person of color.. The 60-year-old actor, who was born in the West African country Benin and has starred in such movies ...
People from Benin by department (12 C) Beninese diaspora (4 C, 1 P) N. ... Pages in category "Beninese people" This category contains only the following page.
The Ohori (sometimes called Ije) or Ọ̀họ̀rí-Ìjè are a subgroup of the Yoruba people of West Africa. The local domain of the Ohori is South-eastern Benin north of Pobè (Pọ̀bẹ́ / Ìpọ̀bẹ́) town expanding westwards to and west of the Ouémé River.