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Bankole Akpata
Bankole is a West African given name and surname of Yoruba language, Yoruba origin meaning "build my house for me". Surname * Ademola Bankole (born 1969), Nigerian football manager * Adunni Bankole (1959–2015), Nigerian society matriarch and businesswoman * Alani Bankole, Nigerian Egba businessman and chieftain * Ayo Bankole (1935–1976), Nigerian composer * Dimeji Bankole (born 1969), Nigerian politician * Herbert Bankole-Bright (1883–1958), Sierra Leonean politician * Isaach de Bankolé (born 1957), Ivorian actor * Kehinde Bankole, Nigerian actress, model and television host. Given name * Bankole Cardoso, Nigerian businessman * Banky W., Nigerian musician and actor * Bankole Timothy (1923–1994), Sierra Leonean journalist References {{given name, type=both Yoruba given names 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] |
