176 relations: Abeokuta, Ackee, Adjarra, Ado Ekiti, Agege, Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Akoko North-West, Akure, Aledjo Kadara, Alibori Department, Alimosho, Americas, Anié, Antiaris, Atakpamé, Atisbo, Atlantic Ocean, Bassila, Benin, Bida Emirate, Borgou Department, Brazil, Cameroon, Caribbean, Centrale Region, Togo, Christianity, City-state, Clan, Cocoa bean, Collines Department, Cuba, Cultural area, Dassa-Zoumé, Dominican Republic, Donga Department, Ekiti State, Elaeis, English language, Entandrophragma, Erin-Ijesha Waterfalls, Erinle River, Ero, Est-Mono Prefecture, Estuary, Feudalism, Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard, French language, Fula people, Fulani War, Gbe languages, ..., Generalissimo, Gmelina arborea, Greenwich Mean Time, Gulf of Guinea, Haiti, Harmattan, Hausa Kingdoms, High forest (woodland), Ibadan, Idanre Hill, Ife, Ifelodun, Kwara, Ifo, Igala people, Igbeti, Ijebu Kingdom, Ijoko, Ikeja, Ikere-Ekiti, Ikorodu, Ilaje, Ilesa, Ilorin, Imagbon, Inselberg, Irele, Iru (food), Islam, Itsekiri people, Jihad, Kabba, Kambole, Kandi, Benin, Kétou, Benin, Khaya, King, Kogi State, Kola nut, Kwara State, Lagos, Lagos Island, Lagos Lagoon, Lagos State, Legislature, Lekki Lagoon, Logging, Lokoja, Lophira alata, Mangrove, Manigri, Milicia excelsa, Monarchy, Mono River, Moro, Kwara, Mushin, Lagos, Mutual intelligibility, Natural rubber, Niger, Niger River, Nigeria, Oba (ruler), Oba River, Odigbo, Oduduwa, Offa of Mercia, Offa, Kwara, Ogbomosho, Ogboni, Ogou Prefecture, Ogun, Ogun River, Ogun State, Ogun Waterside, Okemesi, Okitipupa, Okpara River, Ondo City, Ondo State, Oshin, Osogbo, Osun river, Osun State, Ota, Ogun, Ouémé Department, Ouémé River, Ouinhi, Owo, Oyi, Oyo Empire, Oyo State, Parkia biglobosa, Plateau Department, Plateaux Region, Togo, Pobè, Porto-Novo, Progenitor, Puerto Rico, Sakété, Savalou, Savanna, Savé, Shaki, Oyo, Sokoto Caliphate, Somolu, Symphonia globulifera, Tchamba, Tchamba Prefecture, Tchaourou, Teak, Terminalia superba, The Bahamas, Togo, Tribal chief, Triplochiton scleroxylon, Usman dan Fodio, Venezuela, West Africa, West Africa Time, William Bascom, Yagba East, Yewa River, Yoruba language, Yoruba people, Yoruba religion, Zogbodomey, Zou Department. Expand index (126 more) »
Abeokuta
Abeokuta is the largest city and state capital of Ogun State in southwest Nigeria.
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Ackee
The ackee, also known as achee, ackee apple or ayee (Blighia sapida) is a fruit, which is the member of the Sapindaceae (soapberry family), as are the lychee and the longan.
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Adjarra
Adjarra is a town and commune in Ouémé Department, Benin.The commune covers an area of 112 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 60,112 people.
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Ado Ekiti
Ado Ekiti is a city in southwest Nigeria, the state capital and headquarters of the Ekiti State.
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Agege
Agege is a suburb and local government area in the Ikeja Division of Lagos State, Nigeria.
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Ajeromi-Ifelodun
Ajeromi-Ifelodun is a Local Government Area in Badagry Division, Lagos State.
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Akoko North-West
Akoko North-West is a Local Government Area in Ondo State, Nigeria.
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Akure
Akure is a city in south-western Nigeria, and is the largest city and capital of Ondo State.
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Aledjo Kadara
Aledjo Kadara is a village in the Assoli Prefecture in the Kara Region of north-eastern Togo.
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Alibori Department
Alibori is the largest and northernmost département of Benin.
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Alimosho
Alimosho is a Local Government Area in the Ikeja Division, Lagos State, Nigeria It is the largest local government in Lagos, with 1,288,714 inhabitants, according to the official 2006 Census (however, the Lagos State Government disputes the official Census figures and claims a population within the LGA of more than 2 million residents).
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Americas
The Americas (also collectively called America)"America." The Oxford Companion to the English Language.
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Anié
Anié or Ana is a town in the Plateaux Region of Togo, about 26 km north of Atakpame.
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Antiaris
Antiaris toxicaria is a tree in the mulberry and fig family, Moraceae.
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Atakpamé
Atakpamé is the fifth largest city in Togo by population (84,979 inhabitants in 2006), is a city in the Plateaux Region of Togo.
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Atisbo
Atisbo is a Local Government Area in Oyo State, Nigeria.
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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.
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Bassila
Bassila is a town, arrondissement, and commune located in the Donga Department of Benin.
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Benin
Benin (Bénin), officially the Republic of Benin (République du Bénin) and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa.
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Bida Emirate
The Bida Emirate is a traditional state in Nigeria, a successor to the old Nupe Kingdom, with its headquarters in Bida, Niger State.
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Borgou Department
Borgou is one of the twelve departments of Benin.
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Brazil
Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.
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Cameroon
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Caribbean
The Caribbean is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean) and the surrounding coasts.
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Centrale Region, Togo
Centrale is one of Togo's five regions.
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Christianity
ChristianityFrom Ancient Greek Χριστός Khristós (Latinized as Christus), translating Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Māšîăḥ, meaning "the anointed one", with the Latin suffixes -ian and -itas.
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City-state
A city-state is a sovereign state, also described as a type of small independent country, that usually consists of a single city and its dependent territories.
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Clan
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent.
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Cocoa bean
The cocoa bean, also called cacao bean, cocoa, and cacao, is the dried and fully fermented seed of Theobroma cacao, from which cocoa solids and, because of the seed's fat, cocoa butter can be extracted.
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Collines Department
Collines is one of the twelve departments of Benin.
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Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos.
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Cultural area
In anthropology and geography, a cultural region, cultural sphere, cultural area or culture area refers to a geographical area with one relatively homogeneous human activity or complex of activities (culture).
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Dassa-Zoumé
Dassa-Zoumé, often shortened to Dassa, is a city in Benin, on the Cotonou to Parakou railway and the main north-south highway.
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Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic (República Dominicana) is a sovereign state located in the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region.
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Donga Department
Donga is one of the twelve departments of Benin.
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Ekiti State
Ekiti is a state in western Nigeria, declared a state on 1st of October 1996 alongside five other states in the country by the military under the dictatorship of General Sani Abacha.
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Elaeis
Elaeis is a genus of palms containing two species, called oil palms.
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English language
English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.
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Entandrophragma
Entandrophragma is a genus of twelve known species of deciduous trees in the mahogany family Meliaceae, restricted to tropical Africa.
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Erin-Ijesha Waterfalls
Erin-Ijesha Waterfalls (also known as Olumirin waterfalls) is located in Erin-Ijesha.
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Erinle River
The Erinle River is a river in Osun State, Nigeria, a right tributary of the Osun River, which it enters from the north near Ede just below the Ede Dam.
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Ero
Ero is a genus of pirate spiders in the family Mimetidae.
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Est-Mono Prefecture
Est-Mono is a prefecture located in the Plateaux Region of Togo.
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Estuary
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.
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Feudalism
Feudalism was a combination of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries.
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Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard
Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard (22 January 1858 – 11 April 1945), known as Sir Frederick Lugard between 1901 and 1928, was a British soldier, mercenary, explorer of Africa and colonial administrator.
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French language
French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
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Fula people
The Fula people or Fulani or Fulany or Fulɓe (Fulɓe; Peul; Fulani or Hilani; Fula; Pël; Fulaw), numbering between 40 and 50 million people in total, are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Sahel and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region.
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Fulani War
The Fulani War of 1804–1808, also known as the Fulani Jihad or Jihad of Usman dan Fodio, was a military contest in present-day Nigeria and Cameroon.
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Gbe languages
The Gbe languages (pronounced) form a cluster of about twenty related languages stretching across the area between eastern Ghana and western Nigeria.
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Generalissimo
Generalissimo is a military rank of the highest degree, superior to field marshal and other five-star ranks in the countries where they are used.
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Gmelina arborea
Gmelina arborea, (in English beechwood, gmelina, goomar teak, Kashmir tree, Malay beechwood, white teak, yemane), locally known as gamhar, is a fast-growing deciduous tree, occurring naturally throughout greater part of India at altitudes up to 1,500 meters.
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Greenwich Mean Time
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London.
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Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea is the northeasternmost part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean between Cape Lopez in Gabon, north and west to Cape Palmas in Liberia.
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Haiti
Haiti (Haïti; Ayiti), officially the Republic of Haiti and formerly called Hayti, is a sovereign state located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea.
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Harmattan
The Harmattan is a season in the West African subcontinent, which occurs between the end of November and the middle of March.
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Hausa Kingdoms
The Hausa Kingdom, also known as Hausaland, was a collection of states started by the Hausa people, situated between the Niger River and Lake Chad (modern day northern Nigeria).
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High forest (woodland)
A high forest is a type of forest originated from seed or from planted seedlings.
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Ibadan
Ibadan is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, Nigeria.
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Idanre Hill
The Idanre Hill, or Oke Idanre is located in Idanre town in Ondo State of southwestern Nigeria.
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Ife
Ife (Ifè, also Ilé-Ifẹ̀) is an ancient Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria.
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Ifelodun, Kwara
Ifelodun is a local government area in Kwara State, Nigeria.
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Ifo
Ifo is a Local Government Area in Ogun State, Nigeria.
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Igala people
The Igala are an ethnic group of Nigeria.
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Igbeti
Igbeti is a town located in the northern part of Oyo State, Nigeria.
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Ijebu Kingdom
Ijebu (also known as Jebu or Geebu) was a Yoruba kingdom in pre-colonial Nigeria.
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Ijoko
Ijoko is a town in Ifo local government, Ogun State, Western Nigeria, located north of Lagos and south of Abeokuta.
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Ikeja
Ikeja is the capital of Lagos State.
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Ikere-Ekiti
Ikere-Ekiti, also known as Ikere or Ikerre, is a city in Ekiti State of Nigeria.In Ikere Local Government.
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Ikorodu
Ikorodu is a city in north-east Lagos State, Nigeria.
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Ilaje
Ilaje is a Local Government Area in Ondo State, Nigeria.
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Ilesa
Ilesa is a city located in the Osun State, south west Nigeria; it is also the name of a historic kingdom (also known as Ijesha or Ijesa) centered on that city.
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Ilorin
Ilorin is the state capital of Kwara in Western Nigeria.
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Imagbon
Imagbon is a town located in Ogun State, Nigeria.
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Inselberg
An inselberg or monadnock is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain.
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Irele
Irele is a Local Government Area in Ondo State, Nigeria.
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Iru (food)
Irú is a type of fermented and processed locust beans (Parkia biglobosa) used as a condiment in cooking.
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Islam
IslamThere are ten pronunciations of Islam in English, differing in whether the first or second syllable has the stress, whether the s is or, and whether the a is pronounced, or (when the stress is on the first syllable) (Merriam Webster).
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Itsekiri people
The Itsekiri (also called the Isekiri, iJekri, Itsekri, Ishekiri, or Itsekhiri) are an ethnic group of Nigeria's Niger Delta area, Delta State.
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Jihad
Jihad (جهاد) is an Arabic word which literally means striving or struggling, especially with a praiseworthy aim.
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Kabba
Kabba is a town in Kogi State in mid west Nigeria.
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Kambole
Kambolé (Camboli or Kaboli) is a small town in the prefecture of Tchamba located 90 km east of Sokode, capital of the Centrale Region in Togo (West Africa).
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Kandi, Benin
Kandi is a town, arrondissement and commune in the Alibori Department of eastern Benin.
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Kétou, Benin
Kétou is a Yoruba town, arrondissement, and commune located in the Plateau Department of the Republic of Benin (previously called 'Dahomey').
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Khaya
Khaya is a genus of seven species of trees in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.
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King
King, or King Regnant is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts.
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Kogi State
Kogi, a state in the central region of Nigeria.
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Kola nut
The kola nut is the fruit of the kola tree, a genus (Cola) of trees that are native to the tropical rainforests of Africa.
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Kwara State
Kwara (Ìpínlẹ̀ Kwárà) is a state in Western Nigeria.
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Lagos
Lagos is a city in the Nigerian state of Lagos.
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Lagos Island
Lagos Island (Isale Eko) is the principal and central local government area (LGA) in Lagos, Lagos State.
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Lagos Lagoon
Lagos Lagoon is a lagoon sharing its name with the city of Lagos, Nigeria, the largest city in Africa, which lies on its south-western side.
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Lagos State
Lagos, sometimes referred to as Lagos State to distinguish it from Lagos Metropolitan Area, is a state in the southwestern geopolitical zone of Nigeria.
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Legislature
A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city.
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Lekki Lagoon
Lekki Lagoon, is a lagoon located in Lagos and Ogun states in Nigeria.
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Logging
Logging is the cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars.
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Lokoja
Lokoja is a city in Nigeria.
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Lophira alata
Lophira alata (commonly known as azobé, ekki or the red ironwood tree) is a species of plant in the Ochnaceae family.
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Mangrove
A mangrove is a shrub or small tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water.
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Manigri
Manigri is a village and arrondissement in the commune of Bassila in the Donga Department of western Benin.
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Milicia excelsa
Milicia excelsa (commonly known as African teak, mvule or iroko) is a tree species from tropical Africa.
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Monarchy
A monarchy is a form of government in which a group, generally a family representing a dynasty (aristocracy), embodies the country's national identity and its head, the monarch, exercises the role of sovereignty.
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Mono River
The Mono River is the major river of eastern Togo.
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Moro, Kwara
Moro is a Local Government Area in Kwara State, Nigeria.
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Mushin, Lagos
Mushin is a Local Government Area in Lagos.
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Mutual intelligibility
In linguistics, mutual intelligibility is a relationship between languages or dialects in which speakers of different but related varieties can readily understand each other without prior familiarity or special effort.
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Natural rubber
Natural rubber, also called India rubber or caoutchouc, as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds, plus water.
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Niger
Niger, also called the Niger officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa named after the Niger River.
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Niger River
The Niger River is the principal river of West Africa, extending about.
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Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.
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Oba (ruler)
Oba means ruler in the Yoruba and Bini languages of contemporary West Africa.
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Oba River
The Oba River (Yoruba: Odo Ọba) is a river in Oyo and Osun States in Nigeria.
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Odigbo
Odigbo is a Local Government Area in Ondo State, Nigeria.
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Oduduwa
Oduduwa, was not only the first ruler of a unified Ife, but also the progenitor of various independent royal dynasties in Yorubaland, and is today venerated as "the hero, the warrior, the leader and father of the Yoruba race".
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Offa of Mercia
Offa was King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 757 until his death in July 796.
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Offa, Kwara
Offa is a city located in Kwara State, central Nigeria with a population of about 90,000 inhabitants.
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Ogbomosho
Ogbomosho (also Ogbomoṣo) is a city in Oyo State, south-western Nigeria, on the A1 highway.
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Ogboni
Ogboni (also known as Osugbo in Ijèbú) is a fraternal institution indigenous to the Yoruba language-speaking polities of Nigeria, Republic of Bénin and Togo, as well as among the Edo people.
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Ogou Prefecture
Ogou is a prefecture located in the Plateaux Region of Togo.
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Ogun
Ogun or Ogoun (Yoruba: Ògún, Portuguese: Ogum, Gu; also spelled Oggun or Ogou; known as Ogún in Latin America) is an Orisha, Loa, and Vodun.
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Ogun River
The Ogun River is a waterway in Nigeria that discharges into the Lagos Lagoon.
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Ogun State
Ogun State is a state in southwestern Nigeria.
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Ogun Waterside
Ogun Waterside is a Local Government Area in Ogun State, Nigeria.
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Okemesi
Okemesi-Ekiti is a major town in Ekiti West LGA of Ekiti State, Nigeria.
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Okitipupa
Okitipupa is a Local Government Area in Ondo State, Nigeria.
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Okpara River
The Okpara River is a river of Benin.
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Ondo City
Ondo City is the second largest city in Ondo State, Nigeria.
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Ondo State
Ondo or Ondo State is a state in Nigeria created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State.
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Oshin
is a Japanese serialized morning television drama, which originally aired on NHK from April 4, 1983, to March 31, 1984.
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Osogbo
Osogbo (also Oṣogbo, rarely Oshogbo) is a city in Nigeria.
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Osun river
The Oṣun River (sometimes, but rarely spelt Oshun) is a river that flows southwards through central Yorubaland in southwestern Nigeria into the Lagos Lagoon and the Atlantic Gulf of Guinea.
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Osun State
Osun (pronounced; "O'Shoon") is an inland state in south-western Nigeria.
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Ota, Ogun
Sango Ota (alternatively spelled Otta') is a town in Ogun State, Nigeria, and has an estimated 163,783 residents living in or around it Ota is the capital of the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area.
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Ouémé Department
Ouémé is one of the twelve departments of Benin.
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Ouémé River
The Ouémé River, also known as the Weme River, is a river in Benin.
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Ouinhi
Ouinhi is a town, arrondissement, and commune in the Zou Department of south-western Benin.
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Owo
Owo is a city in Ondo State of Nigeria.
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Oyi
Oyi is a Local Government Area and city in Anambra State, Nigeria.
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Oyo Empire
The Oyo Empire was a Yoruba empire of what is today Western and North central Nigeria.
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Oyo State
Oyo, usually referred to as Oyo State to distinguish it from the city of Oyo, is an inland state in south-western Nigeria, with its capital at Ibadan.
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Parkia biglobosa
Parkia biglobosa, also known as the African locust bean or néré or dodongba, is a perennial deciduous tree of the Fabaceae family.
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Plateau Department
Plateau is one of the twelve departments of Benin.
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Plateaux Region, Togo
Plateaux is one of Togo's five regions.
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Pobè
Pobè is a city and arrondissement located in the Plateau Department of Benin.
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Porto-Novo
Porto-Novo (also known as Hogbonu and Ajashe) is the capital of Benin, and was the capital of French Dahomey.
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Progenitor
In genealogy, the progenitor (rarer: primogenitor; Stammvater or Ahnherr) is the – sometimes legendary – founder of a family, line of descent, clan or tribe, noble house or people group.
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Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (Spanish for "Rich Port"), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, "Free Associated State of Puerto Rico") and briefly called Porto Rico, is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the northeast Caribbean Sea.
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Sakété
Sakété is a city located in the Plateau Department of Benin.
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Savalou
Savalou is a city located in the Collines Department of Benin.
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Savanna
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland grassland ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.
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Savé
Savé is a city in Benin, lying on the Cotonou-Parakou railway and the main north-south road.
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Shaki, Oyo
Shaki (also Saki) is a town situated in the northern part of Oyo State in western Nigeria.
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Sokoto Caliphate
The Sokoto Caliphate was an independent Islamic Sunni Caliphate, in West Africa.
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Somolu
Somolu (a.k.a. Shomolu) is a local government area in Lagos.
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Symphonia globulifera
Symphonia globulifera is a timber tree native to Central America, South America and Africa.
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Tchamba
The name Tchamba stands for both a city located in Tchamba Prefecture in the Centrale Region of Togo, and the tribe living in that area.
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Tchamba Prefecture
Tchamba Prefecture is one of the prefectures of Togo located in the Centrale Region.
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Tchaourou
Tchaourou (Saworo in Yoruba etymology, meaning rattle) is a commune, arrondissement, and city located in the Borgou Department of Benin, a country in Western Africa, formerly known as Dahomey (until 1975).
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Teak
Teak (Tectona grandis) is a tropical hardwood tree species placed in the flowering plant family Lamiaceae.
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Terminalia superba
Terminalia superba, the superb terminalia, limba, or afara (UK), korina (US), is a large tree in the family Combretaceae, native to tropical western Africa.
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The Bahamas
The Bahamas, known officially as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an archipelagic state within the Lucayan Archipelago.
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Togo
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic (République Togolaise), is a sovereign state in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north.
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Tribal chief
A tribal chief is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom.
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Triplochiton scleroxylon
Triplochiton scleroxylon is a tropical tree of Africa.
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Usman dan Fodio
Shaihu Usman dan Fodio, born Usuman ɓii Foduye, (also referred to as عثمان بن فودي, Shaikh Usman Ibn Fodio, Shehu Uthman Dan Fuduye, Shehu Usman dan Fodio or Shaikh Uthman Ibn Fodio) (15 December 1754, Senegal – 20 April 1817, Sokoto) was a religious teacher, writer and Islamic promoter, and the founder of the Sokoto Caliphate.
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Venezuela
Venezuela, officially denominated Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (República Bolivariana de Venezuela),Previously, the official name was Estado de Venezuela (1830–1856), República de Venezuela (1856–1864), Estados Unidos de Venezuela (1864–1953), and again República de Venezuela (1953–1999).
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West Africa
West Africa, also called Western Africa and the West of Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa.
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West Africa Time
West Africa Time, or WAT, is a time zone used in west-central Africa; with countries west of Benin instead using Greenwich Mean Time (GMT; equivalent to UTC with no offset).
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William Bascom
__notoc__ William R. Bascom (1912–1981) was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and museum director.
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Yagba East
Yagba East is a Local Government Area in Kogi State, Nigeria.
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Yewa River
The Yewa River is a trans-boundary river between Republic of Benin and Nigeria, running along the Bight of Benin; at one point it crosses the border between the two countries.
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Yoruba language
Yoruba (Yor. èdè Yorùbá) is a language spoken in West Africa.
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Yoruba people
The Yoruba people (name spelled also: Ioruba or Joruba;, lit. 'Yoruba lineage'; also known as Àwon omo Yorùbá, lit. 'Children of Yoruba', or simply as the Yoruba) are an ethnic group of southwestern and north-central Nigeria, as well as southern and central Benin.
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Yoruba religion
The Yoruba religion comprises the traditional religious and spiritual concepts and practices of the Yoruba people.
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Zogbodomey
Zogbodomey or Zogbodomè is a town, arrondissement, and commune in the Zou Department of south-western Benin.
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Zou Department
Zou is one of the twelve departments of Benin.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorubaland