Yoruba Naming Rituals in Lagos: Identity as Communal Archive

拉各斯约鲁巴命名仪礼：身份作为社群档案

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At a newborn’s naming ceremony in Surulere, the child receives four names—not chosen but retrieved: one from maternal lineage, two from paternal ancestors, one from community elders’ collective memory.
Each name carries embedded verbs—‘Adeola’ (crown arrives), ‘Boluwatife’ (God has given us wealth)—making identity grammatically active, not static label.

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