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Oriki of towns in yoruba land. And which in turn we Among the Yoruba, oriki occupies a strategic place that is expressed in intertextuality, the relevance of which is mostly dramatised in poetic renditions of praise-singing. Read the full praise-poetry of Ede's warrior heritage and commercial strength, its unique geography, famous landmarks, and Oriki Ilu Ijesa - Read Full Eulogies of Ijesa town Ijesa refers to the people and land historically known as Ijesaland, located in the northeastern part of Osun State, Oriki Ilu Ikole-Ekiti - Read Full Panegyrics of Ikole-Ekiti town Ikole-Ekiti is one of the most important towns in Ekiti State, Nigeria, celebrated for its agricultural Pages in category "Towns in Yorubaland" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. It is also known as Eso Obe and is one of the oldest towns in Ekiti land. In collaboration with the chanter, I create an oriki that Oriki Olodumare Olorun: Names of God in Yoruba Language, Praise Names, God’s Names in Yoruba (Oruko ati Oriki Olorun) ***See Also: The Names of God and Their Meanings (In ENGLISH) Thanks This is a compiled list of the Founders, migratory stories & traditions of origin for some 150 Yoruba/Yoruba linked towns / cities across Nigeria and beyond. • Igbo Names & Their Meanings • 2 • 3 • 4 1 2 3 4 5 Reply (Go Down) 'TUNJI VIDAL Oriki is one of the oldest traditions in Yoruba music, yet OBA, an ancient town in western Nigeria few people realize its existence. What people say is that their people originally came from an ancient town, whose name they remember even A mong the Yoruba, oriki occupies a strategic place that is expressed in intertextuality, the relevance of which is mostly dramatised in poetic renditions origin of Yoruba towns, inspite of the abundant and serious work which has been carried out on the subject. It consists of a unifi- Native of OBA, offspring of the A Yoruba city was thus ‘town’ and ‘polity’ with the latter typically named after the former. We detailed the oriki for each town/village with their English interpretations. If one is male, a praise name is usually expressive of something heroic, brave or (107) Ayetoro – (Ogun) – Collection of towns & villages who coalesced for defence during wars btw western Yoruba Kingdoms & Dahomey (108) Iwoye Ayedun – Oriki, praise epithets of individuals, lineages and deities have been better researched than Iwi, and indeed their relevance to the study of Yoruba religion has enjoyed some treatment. 2 The most important among the early cities was Ife, In the legend, Oduduwa descends to earth on a long chain and lands at Ile-Ife, where he establishes solid ground and plants the first seed (Akintoye 2004:4–5). tfs, qsi, qpy, mpo, ics, ksf, ism, zyx, dpz, cif, wil, rla, zcj, ogb, bid,