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Olori (title)
Olori, otherwise appearing as Oloorì, is a title of honour within the chieftaincy system of the Yorubas of West Africa. It is typically translated from the Yoruba language as queen consort or, more correctly, princess consort. Usage Olori is traditionally part of a longer aristocratic title, such as "Olorì Ọba" (lit. ''Princess Consort to the King'', a popular title whose usage has led to Olori's common - though historically incorrect - adoption among the Yorubas as the loose equivalent of the English term for a queen consort) or "Olorì Ọmọba" (lit. ''Princess Consort to the Prince'', although this latter title can also - depending on intonation - otherwise connote the ranking prince in a Yoruba kingdom). In polygamous families, an Olorì that is the recognized senior wife due to her marriage to the king or prince being the earliest one to be contracted is typically ascribed the attribute of the "Olorì Agba" (lit. ''Senior Princess Consort''). A king's Olori Agba is som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Title Of Honour
A title of honor or honorary title is a title bestowed upon individuals or organizations as an award in recognition of their merits. Sometimes the title bears the same or nearly the same name as a title of authority, but the person bestowed does not have to carry out any duties, except for ceremonial ones. The title may sometimes be temporary, only valid for the individual's visit or for a single day, though they can also be permanent titles. In some cases, these titles are bestowed posthumously. Some historical honorary titles may be bought, like certain titles of nobility. This has long been a matter of fraud, both outright and indirect. Honorary titles also serve as positions of sinecure and honorary retirement. Examples Some examples of honorary titles from various areas include: * Academician – Honorary title (academic) * Fellow of an academic, artistic, or professional society * Fire chief * Freeman of the City of London * Hero of the Russian Federation * Hon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Efunroye Tinubu
Efunroye Tinubu ( 1810 – 1887), born Ẹfúnpọ̀róyè Ọ̀ṣuntinúbú, was a powerful Yoruba female aristocrat, merchant, and slave trader in pre-colonial and colonial Nigeria. She was a politically and economically influential figure in Lagos during the reigns of Obas (monarchs) Adele, Dosunmu, Oluwole, and Akitoye, helping the latter two Obas gain political power. She married Oba Adele and used his connections to establish a successful trade network with European merchants in slaves, tobacco, salt, cotton, palm oil, coconut oil, and firearms. She allegedly owned over 360 personal slaves. Following British victory in the Reduction of Lagos, the British removed Oba Kosoko from his throne and replaced him with Akitoye, who was backed by Tinubu. The British had Akitoye sign the 1852 Treaty Between Great Britain and Lagos, which required Lagosians to abolish the Atlantic slave trade. However, Tinubu covertly persisted in operating the slave trade with Brazilian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of The Yoruba People
The documented history begins when Oranyan came to rule the Oyo Empire, which became dominant in the early 17th century. The older traditions of the formerly dominant Ile-Ife kingdom are largely oral. The name " ''Yoruba''" is said to be given to the people of the left bank of the Niger River, gotten from the demotic "'' Yarba" (same as the Hausa term " Yarriba")'' firstly mentioned in the work of Capt. Clapperton ''(Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, 1822 - 1824)'' and referenced much later by Rev. Samuel Johnson ''(The History of The Yorubas).'' Prior to the generalization, each Yoruba tribes were called by native names, and the denotation was mainly for the Oyo. Ife Empire While the precise timeline is unknown, archaeological evidence points to settlements in Ile-Ife dating back as early as the 10th to 6th century BCE. The city gradually transitioned into a more urban center around the 4th to 7th centuries CE. By the 8th century, a powerful city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Consorts
A royal consort is a person of either sex who has an official status through an intimate relationship, often through marriage or concubinage, with a monarch. The term ''consort'' was thereafter extended to encompass similar relationships with other significant figures, such as a head of state. The term as pertains to royalty "has its roots in seventeenth-century vocabulary in both New England and England", where it was initially used to mean a spouse. However, the word itself originates from the Latin term "consors", meaning "partner", and can be used in everyday English as a synonym for "partner", or as a verb meaning "to associate". In more recent usage it has been noted that the term, "though literally denoting a partner or spouse, is a heavily loaded term, for a consort is usually implied to be a mere appendage, far inferior in power and status to his or her spouse". In invitations for the 2023 coronation of King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla, the British royal family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oba (ruler)
''Oba'' ('King' in the Yoruba language) is a pre-nominal honorific for kings in Yorubaland. Traditional rulers with dynasties of Yoruba origin, across the modern republics of Benin, Nigeria, and Togo, frequently make use of it. Examples of Kings that do this include Oba Ogunwusi of Ile-Ife, Oba Aladelusi of Akure and Oba Akiolu of Lagos and Oba Ewuare II of Benin. Although the Benin Kingdom is not located within Yorubaland, its Oba ruling dynasty traces its origin to Ile-Ife, the spiritual and historical center of the Yoruba culture. The title is distinct from that of ''Oloye'' in Yorubaland, which is itself used in like fashion by subordinate titleholders in the contemporary Yoruba chieftaincy system. Aristocratic titles among the Yoruba The Yoruba chieftaincy system can be divided into four separate ranks: royal chiefs, noble chiefs, religious chiefs and common chiefs. The royals are led by the obas, who sit at the apex of the hierarchy and serve as the fons honorum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simi (singer)
Simisola Bolatito Kosoko (née Ogunleye; born April 19, 1988), better known by her stage name Simi, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and actress. She started her career as a gospel singer, releasing her debut studio album in 2008, titled ''Ogaju''. She also played as one of the top judges in season 7 of the Nigerian idol TV show in 2022. She gained public recognition in 2014 after releasing "Tiff (song), Tiff", a song that was nominated for Best Alternative Song at The Headies 2015. Simi signed a record deal with X3M Music in 2014, but left the label in May 2019 following the expiration of her contract. She released her second studio album ''Simisola (album), Simisola'' on September 8, 2017. Her third studio album ''Omo Charlie Champagne, Vol. 1'' was released to coincide with her thirty-first birthday on April 19, 2019. She launched her record label Studio Brat in June 2019. Early life Simi was born on 19 April 1988 in Ojuelegba, Lagos, Ojuelegba, a suburb of Surulere, Lagos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oronsen
Queen Oronsen is an orisha from Yoruba mythology. She was the spouse of Olowo Rerengejen. The annual Igogo festival in Owo is celebrated in her honour. A Series Of Excerpts From The Oral Records Of Owo References See also *Melusine Mélusine () or Melusine or Melusina is a figure of European folklore, a nixie (folklore), female spirit of fresh water in a holy well or river. She is usually depicted as a woman who is a Serpent symbolism, serpent or Fish in culture, fish fr ..., European analogue and legendary progenatrix Yoruba goddesses People from Owo Yoruba queens {{Nigeria-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moremi Ajasoro
Moremi Ajasoro (Yoruba language, Yoruba: ''Mọremí Àjàṣorò'') was a legendary Yoruba people, Yoruba queen and folk heroine in the Yorubaland region of present-day South West Nigeria, southwestern Nigeria who assisted in the liberation of the Yoruba people, Yoruba kingdom of Ife from the neighbouring Ugbo Kingdom. Moremi was married to Oranmiyan, the son of Oduduwa, the first king of Ile-Ife. Biography The Olori, Ayaba (Queen Consort) Moremi lived in the 12th century, hailed from the area of Offa, Nigeria, Offa, and was married to Ọranyan, Oramiyan, the heir to the king of Ifẹ, Ife and son of the founding father of the Yoruba people, Oduduwa. Ifẹ, Ile-Ife was a kingdom that was said to have been at war with an adjoining group who were known to them as the ''Forest people'', Oke Ora#Emergence of the Ugbo, Ugbò in the Yoruba language. Scores of Ifẹ, Ife citizens were being enslaved by these people, and because of this they were generally regarded with disdain by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mo'Cheddah
Modupe-Oreoluwa Oyeyemi Ola (born 16 October 1990), known by her stage name Mo'Cheddah (sometimes stylized as Mocheeda or Mocheddah), is a Nigerian rapper and singer. She released her debut studio album, ''Franchise Celebrity'', in 2010 while signed to Knighthouse Entertainment. The album was preceded by the 2009 promotional single "If You Want Me". She parted ways with Knighthouse in February 2012 and established her own label, Cheddah Music. Early life and education Mo'Cheddah was born on 16 October 1990, in Lagos. She is the fourth daughter of five children, though her family roots are in Osun State. She completed her primary education at the University of Lagos Staff School in Yaba, Lagos and later enrolled at Our Lady of Apostles, Yaba where she would complete her secondary education. She is a creative arts graduate from the University of Lagos. Career Mo'Cheddah started exploring her creative side at age 12, and was initially interested in acting, but later transitioned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kofoworola Ademola
Oloori Kofoworola Aina, Lady Ademola MBE, MFR, OFR (née Moore; 21 May 1913 – 15 May 2002) was a Nigerian educationist A writer and advocate for women education and also the president of the National Council of Women's Societies in Nigeria and was the head of the women's organization from 1958 to 1964. She was the first black African woman to earn a degree from Oxford University, studying at St Hugh's College, and also an author of children's books. She was the first president of the National Council of Women's Societies in Nigeria, the first Nigerian graduate teacher in Queen's College, the first female member and later chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the United Bank for Africa, and a member of the Nigerian Scholarship Board. Life Kofo Ademola was born on May 21, 1913, to the family of the Lagos lawyer Omoba Eric Olawolu Moore, a member of an Egba royal family who was educated at Lagos Grammar School, Sierra Leone Grammar School and Monkton Combe School in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keisha Omilana
Oloori Keisha Omilana of Ipetu-Ijesha (born Keisha Bolden; March 8, 1986), commonly known as Princess Keisha Omilana, is an American model and entrepreneur. She is the owner of SAXS Magazine. She was the first African-American to be featured in three consecutive commercials for Pantene, and later became the face of an international advertisement campaign for the company. Omilana has also modeled in campaigns for the French luxury brand L'Oréal, the British clothing brand Boden, and the American CoverGirl, Maybelline, and Revlon. As the wife of Omoba Adekunle Adebayo Omilana of Ipetu-Ijesha, she is an ''Oloori'' (or princess consort) of the Yoruba House of Arigbabuowo in Nigeria. She and her family were the focus of an episode of the second season of the British reality television series '' Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over'' in 2021. Early life and education Omilana was born and raised in Inglewood, California. She studied fashion at a school in Chicago. Career Omilana moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Obasa
Charlotte Olajumoke Obasa ( Blaize; January 7, 1874 – December 23, 1953) was a Nigerian socialite and philanthropist. She was the daughter of the merchant R. B. Blaize and the wife of the physician, Orisadipe Obasa. Life A Saro people, Saro, Obasa was born as one of the children of Richard Beale Blaize (a wealthy and politically active businessman), and his wife, Emily Cole Blaize. Her formative years were spent in Lagos, where her father published the nationalist newspapers ''The Lagos Times and Gold Coast Colony Advertiser'' and ''The Lagos Weekly Times''. She was very well educated, first at what is today the Anglican Girls' School in Lagos, then at an institution in England. In 1902, she married the Saro prince Orisadipe Obasa. Her father gave the couple a new house as a wedding present; it eventually came to be called Babafunmi House as a result. Obasa and her husband went on to have five children together. An aunt of Kofo Ademola, Kofo, Lady Ademola, Obasa was an entrepre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
