Edo literature, the Glossary
Edo literature includes both written and oral works in the Edo language by the Edo people of Nigeria.[1]
Table of Contents
14 relations: A Short History of Benin, British and Foreign Bible Society, Church Mission Society, Colonial Nigeria, Edo language, Edo people, Edo period, Esan language, Jacob Egharevba, Kingdom of Benin, Latin script, National Archives of Nigeria, Nigeria, Pamphlet.
- Nigerian literature
- Oral literature
A Short History of Benin
A Short History of Benin is a non-fiction book by Jacob Egharevba, first published in 1934 by the Church Mission Society Press in Lagos.
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British and Foreign Bible Society
The British and Foreign Bible Society, often known in England and Wales as simply the Bible Society, is a non-denominational Christian Bible society with charity status whose purpose is to make the Bible available throughout the world.
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Church Mission Society
The Church Mission Society (CMS), formerly known as the Church Missionary Society, is a British Anglican mission society working with Christians around the world.
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Colonial Nigeria
Colonial Nigeria was ruled by the British Empire from the mid-nineteenth century until 1 October 1960 when Nigeria achieved independence.
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Edo language
Edo (with diacritics, Ẹ̀dó), colloquially and often referred to as Bini, is the language spoken by the Edo ethnic group in Edo State, Nigeria.
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Edo people
The Edo people, sometimes referred to as the Bendel people, are an Edo-speaking ethnic group.
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Edo period
The, also known as the, is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.
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Esan language
Esan is a tonal Edoid language of Nigeria.
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Jacob Egharevba
Chief Jacob Uwadiae Egharevba (1893–1981) was a Bini historian and traditional chief whose writings specialized in the history of Benin Kingdom.
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Kingdom of Benin
The Kingdom of Benin, also known as the Edo Kingdom or Benin Kingdom (Bini: Arriọba ẹdo), is a kingdom within what is now southern Nigeria.
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Latin script
The Latin script, also known as the Roman script, is a writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae in Magna Graecia.
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National Archives of Nigeria
The National Archives of Nigeria has its headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, with branches in Enugu, Ibadan, and Kaduna.The national archives kaduna is located at yakubu gowon way sabo Gari Nasarawa 802125 Kaduna.
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Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.
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Pamphlet
A pamphlet is an unbound book (that is, without a hard cover or binding).
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See also
Nigerian literature
- Edo literature
- Efik literature
- Girgam
- Igbo literature
- Kano Chronicle
- Nigerian literature
- Nigerian writers
- Ogboinba
- Onitsha Market Literature
- Pan African Pocket Poets
- Third Generation of Nigerian Writers
- Waiting Laughters
Oral literature
- Aoidos
- Bars Fight
- Biblical storytelling
- Caravan of Dreams (book)
- Chronological Bible Storying
- Duma (epic)
- Ebyevugo
- Edo literature
- Epic of Manas
- Epic of Sundiata
- Gawęda
- Gawęda szlachecka
- Hainteny
- Karisi
- Language preservation
- Mongol epic poetry
- Oral literature
- Oral poetry
- Oral storytelling
- Palestinian hikaye
- Sanskrit literature
- Skaz
- Songs
- Spoken word
- Storytelling
- Theatre