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Ayinla Omowura: The Social Commentator and Iconic Singer

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He had a short but impactful musical career as one of the most impactful social commentators of his generation

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If you don’t know the name Ayinla Omowura, that is probably because of his untimely but predicted death and the fact that his genre of music was inspired by his Egba dialect which has been difficult to translate over the last 30 years. Even though his music was particular to the
time it was made, his social awareness is noted in this day and age.

He was born Waheed Ayinla Gbogbolowo in the late ‘30s in Abeokuta, Ogun State to a blacksmith father and trader mother. It is said that he spent his adolescent years working with his father. Some sources claim
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Oruko Amutorunwa (Pre-Destined Names) In Yorubaland

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The circumstance of a child’s birth will automatically give the child a name. This name is known as ‘orúko àmútọ̀runwá’ (pre-destined names)

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In Yoruba land, one of the most important things done when a child is born is to give the child a name. This comes after the child’s ritual birth, massage of specific body parts and other rites as well. Names are given to the child by the father, mother, grandparents
(paternal and maternal) and some close relatives also. But sometimes, the circumstance of a child’s birth will automatically give the child a name. This name is known as ‘orúko àmútọ̀runwá’ (pre-destined or generic name) in Yorubaland.
The most common generic names
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