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Adewale Yusuff Alani
Adéwálé () is both a given name and a surname of Yoruba language, Yoruba origin, meaning "the crown or royalty has come home". Notable people with the name include: Given name * Adewale Ademoyega (born ), Nigerian Army officer * Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (born 1967), British actor and model * Prince Adewale Aladesanmi (1938–2017), Nigerian businessman * Adewale Sunday Amusan (born 1989), Nigerian footballer * Adewale Ayuba (born 1966), Nigerian singer-songwriter * Adewale Maja-Pearce (born 1953), Anglo-Nigerian writer, journalist and literary critic * Adewale Ogunleye (born 1977), American football player * Adewale Ojomo (born 1988), American football player * Adewale Olukoju (born 1968), Nigerian discus thrower and shot putter * Adewale Tinubu (born 1967), Nigerian businessman, consultant and lawyer * Adewale Wahab (born 1984), Nigerian footballer Surname * Segun Adewale (born 1955), Nigerian musician Fictional characters * Adéwalé, a character in the video game seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoruba Language
Yoruba (, ; Yor. ) is a Niger–Congo languages, Niger-Congo language that is spoken in West Africa, primarily in South West (Nigeria), Southwestern and Middle Belt, Central Nigeria, Benin, and parts of Togo. It is spoken by the Yoruba people. Yoruba speakers number roughly 50 million, including around 2 million second-language or L2 speakers. As a pluricentric language, it is primarily spoken in a dialectal area spanning Nigeria, Benin, and Togo with smaller migrated communities in Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. Yoruba vocabulary is also used in African diaspora religions such as the Afro-Brazilian religion of Candomblé, the Caribbean religion of Santería in the form of the liturgical Lucumí language, and various Afro-American religions of North America. Most modern practitioners of these religions in the Americas are not fluent in the Yoruba language, yet they still use Yoruba words and phrases for songs or chants—rooted in cultural traditions. For such pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
