|
Ladipo
Ladipo (alternatively spelled Oladipo) is both a Yoruba surname and a given name meaning "Wealth and Prosperity". Notable people with the name include: Surname: *Duro Ladipo (1931–1978), Nigerian dramatist * Kehinde Oluwatoyin Ladipo, Nigerian geologist * Margaret Ladipo (born 1961), Nigerian academic *Sarah Ladipo Manyika (born 1968), Nigerian-British writer * Sule Ladipo (born 1974), Nigerian tennis player Given name: * Ladipo Oluwole (1892-1953), Nigerian physician * Ladipo Adamolekun (born 1942), Nigerian academic *Ladipo Solanke Ladipo Solanke (c. 1886 – 2 September 1958) was a political activist born in Nigeria who campaigned on West African issues. Biography Birth and education Born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, as Oladipo Felix Solanke, he studied at the Fourah Bay Coll ... (c. 1886–1958), Nigerian activist References {{given name, type=both Yoruba given names Yoruba-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Ladipo Manyika
Sarah Ladipo Manyika is a British-Nigerian writer of novels, short stories and essays and an active member of the literary community, particularly supporting and amplifying young writers and female voices. She is author of two well received novels, '' In Dependence'' (2009) and ''Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream To The Sun'' (2016), as well as the non-fiction collection ''Between Starshine and Clay: Conversations from the African Diaspora'' (2022), and her writing has appeared in publications including ''Granta'', '' Transition'', ''Guernica'', and '' OZY'', and previously served as founding Books Editor of ''OZY''. Manyika's work also features in the 2019 anthology ''New Daughters of Africa''. Early life Sarah Manyika was born and raised in Nigeria. She has also lived in Kenya, France, Zimbabwe, the United States, and Britain. Her father is Nigerian and her mother is British. Career Manyika studied at the Universities of Birmingham (UK), Bordeaux (France), and California (Berkel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duro Ladipo
Durodola Durosomo Duroorike Timothy Adisa Ladipo (December 18, 1926 – March 11, 1978), more commonly known as Duro Ladipo, was one of the best known and critically acclaimed Yoruba people, Yoruba dramatists who emerged from postcolonial Africa. Writing solely in the Yoruba language, he captivated the symbolic spirit of Yoruba religion, Yoruba mythologies in his plays, which were later adapted to other media such as photography, television and cinema. His most famous play, ''Ọba kò so'' (The King did not Hang), a dramatization of the traditional Yoruba story of how Shango, Ṣango became the Orisha of Thunder, received international acclaim at the first Commonwealth Arts Festival in 1965 and on a Europe an tour, where a Berlin critic, Ulli Beier, compared Ladipọ to Herbert von Karajan, Karajan. Ladipo usually acted in his own plays. Early life Durodola Durosomo (or Durosinmi) Duroorike Timothy Adisa Ladipo was born on December 18, 1926 to Joseph Oni Ladipo and Dorcas Towobol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Ladipo Oluwole
Isaac Ladipo Oluwole (1892–1953) was a Nigerian medical doctor who made important improvements to the public health services in Nigeria. Early years Isaac Ladipo Oluwole was born around 1892, son of the Anglican bishop Isaac Oluwole and Abigal Johnson, a music teacher. His father was principal of CMS Grammar School, Lagos at the time he was born. He was raised in a Christian household which was also influenced by the Victorian lifestyle of Lagos in the eighteenth century. He briefly attended CMS Grammar School before moving to King's College. He and James Churchill Vaughan were both among the pioneer students at King's College, Lagos when it opened in September 1909. Oluwole was the first Senior Prefect of the School. Later Oluwole and Vaughan both went to the University of Glasgow in 1913 to study Medicine. The two students were conspicuous by their colour, and were subject to racial prejudice. Oluwole was called "Darkness visible" after the phrase from Milton's '' Paradi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Ladipo
Margaret Kudirat Ladipo (born April 16, 1961) is a Nigerian academic and researcher who served as the Rector of Yaba College of Technology from 2009 to 2017. Early life and education Margaret is a native of Kwara State but she was born in Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria. She completed her primary and secondary school education at Anglican Girls School, Kaduna, and Government Secondary School, Kaduna respectively. Margaret holds a B.Sc certificate in Chemistry, an M.Sc certificate in Polymer Science and Technology, and a Ph.D in Analytical Chemistry from Ahmadu Bello University. Career Margaret Ladipo's career first saw her gain employment as a Graduate Assistant at Ahmadu Bello University in 1982 before she proceeded to work as Lecturer III at Kaduna Polytechnic Kaduna Polytechnic is one of the earliest polytechnics in Nigeria, located at Tudun Wada area of Kaduna South local government of Kaduna state, North-Western Nigeria. It was established in 1956 as Kaduna Techni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sule Ladipo
Suleiman ("Sule") Ladipo (born 9 April 1974 in Enugu) is a male former tennis player from Nigeria, who turned professional in 1993. His name "Ladipo" means "wealth and prosperity" in the Yoruba language. The right-hander represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Australia's Jason Stoltenberg. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 3 April 1996, when he was ranked 245th in the world. He currently resides in Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Mari ..., coaching at Indianapolis Racquet Club East. External links * 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Enugu Nigerian male tennis players Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kehinde Oluwatoyin Ladipo
Kehinde Oluwatoyin Ladipo is a Nigerian geologist. He is a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science The Nigerian Academy of Science is the official science academy of Nigeria. The academy of science was established on 18 January 1977, as an association of Nigeria's foremost scientists, but incorporated in 1986. It is the apex scientific organ ..., elected into the Academy's Fellowship at its Annual General Meeting held in January 2015. Biography Ladipo spent over fifteen years working at Shell Nigeria. After retiring from Shell, Ladipo helped set up a postgraduate school of geoscience at the University of Benin. References Living people Nigerian geologists Year of birth missing (living people) {{Nigeria-bio-stub Nigerian scientists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladipo Adamolekun
Ladipo Adamolekun (born July 20, 1942) is a Nigerian public administration scholar, former dean of the Faculty of Administration at Obafemi Awolowo University and was a lead public sector management specialist at World Bank. Life He was born in Iju, a town close to Akure and Idanre in Ondo State to the family of Joshua Famutimi Adamolekun, a farmer and Juliana Bamo (née Falade). His mother was born to David Bamidele Falade and Comfort Ojubutu, and was born a few months before Juliana was born. Educated at Oyemekun Grammar School and Christ's School Ado Ekiti. He earned a first class degree in French at the University of Ibadan, a master's degree in Public Administration at Ife and a doctoral degree in politics at Oxford University. He joined the faculty of Administration at the Obafemi Awolowo University of Ife, in 1968, and from 1979 to 1982, he was dean of the faculty. During his tenure at Ife, he focused on the institutions of administration in Africa especially the tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladipo Solanke
Ladipo Solanke (c. 1886 – 2 September 1958) was a political activist born in Nigeria who campaigned on West African issues. Biography Birth and education Born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, as Oladipo Felix Solanke, he studied at the Fourah Bay College in Sierra Leone before moving to study law at University College, London, in 1922.Solanke, Oladipo Felix, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. In Britain, Solanke joined the Union of Students of African Descent. In 1924, he wrote to ''West Africa'' to complain about an article in the ''Evening News'', which had claimed that cannibalism and black magic had been common in Nigeria until recent years. His protest received the support of Amy Ashwood Garvey, who became a close friend, while Solanke began studying British papers for other derogatory reports.Hakim Adi, ''West Africans in Britain: 1900–1960''. Teaching Finding himself living in poverty, Solanke began teaching Yoruba and was annoyed by the lack of interest in traditi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oladipo
Oladipo (alternatively spelled " Ladipo"; variant: Oladipupo) is both a Yoruba language surname and a given name meaning "more wealth". Notable people with the name include: *Victor Oladipo (born 1992), American basketball player * * Divine Oladipo, British Athlete * * Destiny Oladipo, British Football Player * *Oladipo Agboluaje (born 1968), British playwright *Oladipo Diya (born 1944), Nigerian general *Oladipo Jadesimi, Nigerian oil businessman *Adebukola Oladipupo Adebukola Oladipupo or Bukola Oladipupo (born May 23, 1994) is a Nigerian actress who debuted on '' MTV Shuga''. Life Oladipupo was born in London and educated in Lagos. She has two siblings. Oladipupo had her primary education in Bellina Nurse ..., Nigerian actress References {{given name, type=both 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] |
Yoruba Given Names
The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute more than 42 million people in Africa, are a few hundred thousand outside the continent, and bear further representation among members of the African diaspora. The vast majority of the Yoruba population is today within the country of Nigeria, where they make up 21% of the country's population according to CIA estimations, making them one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa. Most Yoruba people speak the Yoruba language, which is the Niger-Congo language with the largest number of native or L1 speakers. In Africa, the Yoruba are contiguous with the Yoruboid Itsekiri to the south-east in the northwest Niger Delta, Bariba to the northwest in Benin and Nigeria, the Nupe to the north, and the Ebira to the northeast in central Nigeria. To th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
