Category: oriki

YORUBA – ORIKI OFFA (THE COGNOMEN OF THE OFFA PEOPLE) Short Version: Iyeru-Okin,  Omo Olofa Mojo,  Omo Olalomi,  Omo abisu…

YORUBA – ORIKI IJEBU (THE COGNOMEN OF THE IJEBU PEOPLE) Ijebu omo alare, omo awujale, omo arojo joye, omo alagemo…

ORUBA – ORIKI AINA (ENI TI AKO GBODO NA) (The panegyrics of the Yoruba female child with the umbilical cord…

 ORIKI OJO (The panegyrics of the Yoruba male child born with the umbilical cord woven around his neck at birth)…

ORIKI IWO (THE PANEGYRIC OF IWO PEOPLE) Iwo olodo oba, Omo ateni gbola, teni gbore nile odidere Omo oba to…

Here is an Oriki for Ikoyi Eso in Yoruba language: “Ikoyi eso omo owa, omo aro, omo ase, omo Alaketu.…

Oriki Ira Ira, Laaru Osin, Onira Laage, Iloko Omo Arelu, Ma relu mi mo, Ori Olori ni k Oya o…

WHAT IS ORÍKÌ? Oriki is an important and cultural, but unwritten (oral) genre of Yoruba literature that is usually used…

Oríkì Onílù Ọmọ afi gúdúgúdú ṣ’ọlá, Ọmọ afi dùndún ṣ’ ọrọ̀, Ọmọ Àyándìran. Bí baba mi ti ńlù, Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni…