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Adesoji Adesugba
Adésọjí is a surname of Yoruba origin, meaning "the crown or royalty has woken up". Notable people with the surname include: * Adekundo Adesoji, Nigerian Paralympic athlete *Adekunle Adesoji Adekunle Adesoji is a Paralympian athlete from Nigeria competing mainly in category, T12 sprint events. He won the gold in the 100 metres EAD, at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and another in the 100 m EAD T12 at the 2006 Commonwealth Gam ..., Nigerian Paralympic athlete {{Surname Yoruba-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adekundo Adesoji
Adekundo Adesoji is a paralympic athlete from Nigeria competing mainly in category T12 sprint events. Adekundo only ever competed at one Paralympics, the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ... but it was a very successful games as he took a clean sweep of the T12 sprint gold medals, with gold in the 100m, 200m and 400m. References External links * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Nigerian male sprinters Paralympic athletes for Nigeria Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Paralympic gold medalists for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Yoruba sportspeople {{Nigeria-Paralympic-medalist-stub 21st-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adekunle Adesoji
Adekunle Adesoji is a Paralympian athlete from Nigeria competing mainly in category, T12 sprint events. He won the gold in the 100 metres EAD, at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and another in the 100 m EAD T12 at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He set Commonwealth Games records in both his victories. His run of 10.76 seconds at the 2002 Games was a world record for the T12 event. (2002-07-31). Retrieved on 2009-07-22. He won the gold at the in |
