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There are many Yorùbá names whose meanings are now lost due to the fact that the words forming their roots are no longer in use. For instance, ask the young Master Ọlọ́pàádé the meaning of his name and he will probably tell you that his name means “the policeman has come“. Ask Mr. Ọlọ́paádé, his father, and he would
“Ilé làá wò ka tó s’ọmọ l’órúkọ”. (We examine the home or lineage before we name a child) The question – what is in a name? – is often posed and, in most cases, the answers indicate a tendency to shrug them off as mere identification tags. But for the Yorùbá, or indeed most Africans,
Binary Counting: Is its origin in West African traditional systems?
“Computer Science borrowed from Ifa Corpus-Longe” – Professor Olu Longe
