Oriki, or praise poetry, is a cultural phenomenon among Yoruba speakers of West Africa.
Facts
Place of OriginWest Africa, among Yoruba speakers 1 Notable ExampleA long-form oriki verse addressed to a child named Ojo, quoted in the Long form section as an example of the genre's indirect, everyday imagery 1 Defining TraitCombines single praise names with long strings of attributive epithets that may be chanted in poetic form 1 Sources
1. Oriki (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph
Oríkì, or praise poetry, is a cultural phenomenon amongst Yoruba-speakers of West Africa.
Long form section
When Ojo is not home, the chick grows to become a hen, if he was at home, he would have made soup of it.
Characteristics section
Oríkì includes both single praise names and long strings of 'attributive epithets' that may be chanted in poetic form.
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