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Yoruba Oriki names and Oriki meaning – In Yoruba culture, an “Oriki” is a form of praise poetry or a praise name. It is a genre of Yoruba verbal art through which individuals, families, and communities express their identities and feelings. Oriki can be used to praise a person, a …

The Yorubas are known for giving their children unique cultural names with beautiful meanings which mostly come from the parents. Sometimes the meaning could have an attachment to the family tradition, and circumstances surrounding the child’s birth.  There are different categories in the Yoruba cultural naming, there is Oruko Amutorunwa …