Table of Contents Page Happy Faces at 2011 Annual Banquet. ………………………………………………………… 1 Member Events, Activities, and News …………………………………………………………. 2 International Recognition…. …………………………………………………………………… 2 List of Nigerian Languages.……………………………………….………………………. …… 4 Prayer Corner: Footprints in the Sand …………………………………………………….......... 8 Taking Oath Against Corruption……………………………………………………………….... 9 Happy Faces at 2011 Annual Banquet NEWSLETTER OF EGBE OMO YORUBA OF GREATER MIAMI VALLEY VOICE OF YORUBA September 2011 Vol. 2, No. 3 www.VoiceOfYoruba.org Egbe had another exhilaratingly successful annual banquet on September 9, 2011. Visit www.VoiceOfYoruba.org to view a full photo journal of the event.
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Table of Contents Page
Happy Faces at 2011 Annual Banquet. ………………………………………………………… 1
Member Events, Activities, and News …………………………………………………………. 2
International Recognition…. …………………………………………………………………… 2
List of Nigerian Languages.……………………………………….………………………. …… 4
Prayer Corner: Footprints in the Sand …………………………………………………….......... 8
Taking Oath Against Corruption……………………………………………………………….... 9
Happy Faces at 2011 Annual Banquet
NEWSLETTER OF EGBE OMO YORUBA
OF GREATER MIAMI VALLEY
VOICE OF YORUBA
September 2011
Vol. 2, No. 3
www.VoiceOfYoruba.org
Egbe had another exhilaratingly successful annual banquet
on September 9, 2011. Visit www.VoiceOfYoruba.org
to view a full photo journal of the event.
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Member Events, Activities, and News
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to members whose birthdays occurred during this quarter (July – Sept, 2011)
July:
Ayo Ogunduyile, July 7
Hazel Ogunduyile, July 7
Daniel Iselaiye, July 17
Funso Oluyitan, July 25
August:
Genecia Oladele, August 2
Gabriel Omolewu, August 15
Abigail Odunsi, August 20
Yakub Oladele, August 27
September:
Deji Badiru, September 2
Tokunbo Awoshakin, September 24
On July 28, 2011, Prof. Adedeji Badiru presented an invited graduation lecture at the
Nigerian Air Force Institute of Technology in Kaduna, Nigeria.
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Sarah Omolewu, daughter of long-time members, Dr. & Mrs. Omolewu, was featured as one of the six influential hotel public relations managers in Dubai, UAE in May 2011. The occasion was a roundtable, whereby luxury hotel public relations managers debate the challenges they face and the potential opportunities for creativity in expanding their hotels’ business. Sarah is the public relations manager for Raffles Dubai Hotel & Resorts, one of Dubai’s most luxurious hotels. Sarah has more than eight years experience in developing successful strategic marketing and communications campaigns, first in the US and now in the UAE. Prior to moving to Dubai, Omolewu owned Imani CMG, a boutique marketing communications firm where she worked with brands including Delta Airlines and Coca Cola. Specializing in entertainment marketing, she has successfully utilized celebrities to support the marketing communications and CSR campaigns in her role as PR manager at Raffles Dubai. We are all proud of Sarah’s international outreach and professional accomplishments.
From left: Sarah Walker-Kerr, Katerina Dixon, Derryn French, Sarah Omolewu, Vivienne Gan and Shona Mac Sweeney at the Dubai PRs Roundtable in Dubai.
International Recognition
Corruption
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List of Nigerian Languages
Research is a wonderful tool of discovery. Nigeria is often quoted as having about 220 different languages
beyond the three major languages of Igbo, Hausa, and Yoruba. Well, Dr. Uwe Seibert (a German) of the
Department of Languages and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, University of Jos, Nigeria, did an extensive
research to discover the other language gems resident in Nigeria. He found 478 different and identifiable
languages, though some of them are minimally used. He found ten Language Roots (or Families), which are
color-coded below. In 2000, he provided an alphabetical list of all the Nigerian languages at that time.
Color-coding of language roots:
1. Saharan
2. Chadic
3. Semitic
4. Benue-Congo
5. Ijoid
6. Adamawa-Ubangi
7. Mande
8. West Atlantic
9. Kwa
10. Gur
Listing of individual languages:
1. Abanyom
2. Abon
3. Abua
4. Acipa, Eastern
5. Acipa, Western
6. Aduge
7. Afade
8. Agatu
9. Agoi
10. Agwagwune
11. Ahan
12. Ajawa
13. Ake
14. Akita
15. Akpa
16. Akpes
17. Akum
18. Alago
19. Alege
20. Alumu-Tesu
21. Ambo
22. Amo
23. Anaang
24. Anca
25. Angas
26. Arabic, Shuwa
27. Arigidi
28. Ashe
29. Asu
30. Aten
31. Atsam
32. Auyokawa
33. Awak
34. Ayere
35. Ayu
36. Baan
37. Baatonun
38. Baangi
39. Bacama
40. Bada
41. Bade
42. Bakpinka
43. Bali
44. Bangwinji
45. Basa
46. Basa-Gumna
47. Basa-Gurmana
48. Basa-Kontagora
49. Bata
50. Batu
51. Bauchi
52. Beele
53. Begbere-Ejar
54. Bekwarra
55. Bena
56. Berom
57. Bete
58. Bete-Bendi
59. Bile
60. Bina
61. Biseni
62. Bitare
63. Boga
64. Boghom
65. Boko
66. Bokobaru
67. Bokyi
68. Bole
69. Bo-Rukul
70. Bukwen
71. Bumaji
72. Burak
Note: If a particular language is not listed, it could be because:
1. The language is not spoken in Nigeria.
2. The language is spoken in Nigeria, but only by immigrants.