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2021-09-16 16:30:01It was a Yoruba period and our teacher, oluko was explaining the topic- Oruko in Yoruba land. Names in Yoruba land. I was listening with rapt attention because Yoruba was my favorite subject.
Well, after music.
'In Yoruba land, we accord names with great respect and honor and we don't joke with it. Our fathers used to take lots of things into concentration before naming a child. And there's this saying 'Ile la n wo Kato so omo loruko' which translates to the house a child comes from determines the kind of name he'd be given. When you hear Adeyemi, what kind of family do you think the bearer comes from?'
'The king's family.'
Gabriella answered in less than a heartbeat and Oluko nodded at her.
'And it goes on and on. Egunbiyi from Masquerade's family, Ogungbenro from Ogun's family. Tsunamis from the family of Esu.'
The whole class burst into la
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