Baba Adinni is a Yoruba chiefly title. It is often conferred by local
obas in Nigeria's
Yorubaland
Yorubaland () is the homeland and cultural region of the Yoruba people in West Africa. It spans the modern-day countries of Nigeria, Togo and Benin, and covers a total land area of 142,114 km2 or about 60% of the land area of Ghana. Of this ...
region, usually to Muslim men who have contributed to society or government in some fashion.
List of Baba Adinni
* Abdul Hafeez A. Abou
See also
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Oba (ruler)
Oba means ″ruler″ in the Yoruba language, Yoruba and
Bini languages of West Africa. Kings in Yorubaland, a region which is in the modern republics of Benin, Nigeria and Togo, make use of it as a pre-nominal
honorific. Examples of Yoruba beare ...
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Nigerian traditional rulers
Nigerian traditional rulers often derive their titles from the rulers of independent states or communities that existed before the formation of modern Nigeria. Although they do not have formal political power, in many cases they continue to comma ...
Yoruba history
Nigerian traditional rulers
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