Adelaja Somide
Adélàjà is a surname of Yoruba origin, meaning "the crown or royalty settles the battle, or has calmed the fight". Notable people with the surname include: * Abraham Adelaja (born 1988), Nigerian footballer * Adesoji Adelaja (born 1956), Nigerian academic *Sunday Adelaja Sunday Adelaja (Russian language, Russian, Belarusian language, Belarusian and Ukrainian Language, Ukrainian: Сандей Аделаджа) is the founder and senior pastor of the Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for All Nations, an Evangeli ...

Yoruba Language
Yoruba (, ; Yor. '; Ajami script, Ajami: ) is a language spoken in West Africa, primarily in South West (Nigeria), Southwestern Middle Belt, and Central Nigeria. It is spoken by the Ethnic group, ethnic Yoruba people. The number of Yoruba speakers is roughly 50 million, plus about 2 million second-language speakers. As a pluricentric language, it is primarily spoken in a dialectal area spanning Nigeria and Benin with smaller migrated communities in Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. Yoruba vocabulary is also used in the Afro-Brazilian religion known as Candomblé, in the Caribbean religion of Santería in the form of the liturgical Lucumí language and various Afro-American religions of North America. Practitioners of these religions in the Americas no longer speak or understand the Yorùbá language, rather they use remnants of Yorùbá language for singing songs that for them are shrouded in mystery. Usage of a lexicon of Yorùbá words and short phrases during ritua ...
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Abraham Adelaja
Abraham Adelaja (born 31 January 1988, Abuja) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker. Club career In July 2013, Adelaja arrived in Portugal to represent Farense. On 6 July 2015, he moved to fellow Segunda Liga club Mafra. On 29 August 2016, Adelaja signed a contract with Albanian Superliga side Korabi Peshkopi as a free transfer. He was presented on the same day along with Nderim Nexhipi Nderim Nexhipi ( mk, Ндерим Неџипи, Nderim Nedžipi, born 22 May 1984) is a Macedonian football player of Albanian ethnicity now retired from football and working as a Sports Director at the current Champions of Kosovo FC Ballkani ... where he was allocated squad number 88. References External links * * 1988 births Living people Yoruba sportspeople Nigerian men's footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Shahr Khodro F.C. players Machine Sazi F.C. players Khatoco Khánh Hòa FC players S.C. Farense players C.D. Mafra players Lu ...
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Adesoji Adelaja
Adesoji O. Adelaja (born February 20, 1956) is an economist and John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor in Land Policy at Michigan State University. Born in Lagos in 1956, Adelaja attended Pennsylvania State University in the United States, where he received his B.S. and pursued graduate study at West Virginia University, receiving two M.S. degrees and his Ph.D. Upon completing his doctorate, Adelaja taught at Idaho State University for a year, then joined the faculty of Rutgers University in 1986, later becoming department chair of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Director of the Ecopolicy Center, Director of the Food Policy Institute, Founder of the Food Innovation Center, Cook College Dean of Research, Dean of Cook College, and Executive Dean of Agriculture and Natural Resources. He became John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor in Land Policy at Michigan State University in 2004. In 2002, he was inducted into the Roll of Outstanding Alumnus at the College of Agricult ...
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