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Title: Yoruba Proverbs, Names and National Consciousness.
Author : Journal of Pan African Studies
Release Date : January 01, 2006
Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
Pages : * pages
Size : 195 KB

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Introduction Among Africans, names reflect the worldview of a people, hence some names are used to accentuate and situate the significance of an experience, an event or a phenomenon. In this respect, especially in Yoruba language, some proverbs underscore the importance of names and others specific names that correlate with proverbs.