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Owo (ō`wō), city (1987 est. pop. 147,000), S Nigeria. It is primarily a farming and commercial city, located in an area producing cacao, cotton, and timber. Owo was the capital of a Yoruba Yoruba , people of SW Nigeria and Benin, numbering about 20 million. Today many of the large cities in Nigeria (including Lagos, Ibadan, and Abeokuta) are in Yorubaland.
..... Click the link for more information. state of the same name that was founded in the 14th cent. Owo came under British rule in 1893.

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No references found			2) He offered an incantation (ofo) to this effect: "The wood of the broom is always honored, we don't use it as firewood" (Owo ni tigi owo, a kii figi owo dana; the phrase offers a punning play between owo, 'broom' and owo, 'honor'). Coming together and falling apart: something about brooms and Nigeria by Doris, David T. / African Arts [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Uudhigu wumwe wa tumbulwa owo mbuka kutya, aakiintu inaya tegelelwa ya pule ondjugo. Okuholola omadhiladhilo: iigongi naakiintu Momahala Gopopepi ... by Sister Namibia Meritocracy took ascendancy over hereditary privileges as in the Yoruba proverb owo ni so egbon d'aburo (money turns the senior into the junior kin. Yoruba Bata Goes Global: Artists, Culture Brokers, and Fans by Ojo, Olatunji / African Studies Quarterly			Owen, Stephen Owen, Wilfred Oweniidae Owens Owens, Jesse Owensboro Owerri OWHY OWI owl Owl and the Nightingale, The Owl Nebula owlhole own coding owned program owner owner's inspector owner's liability insurance owner's manual owner-architect agreement owner-contractor agreement Ownerless Property Ownership ownership tag Ownership, Right of Owo Owosso Owsley County Owyhee Owyhee County ox ox and ass Ox Cart Festival Ox Pen Ox-Bow Incident, The Ox-eye Daisy ox-goad oxadiazon Oxalate Oxalic Acid Oxalidaceae Oxalis oxalite oxalosis oxaluria oxalyl chloride oxamide oxammite oxamyl Oxazine Dyes oxazole			ownerships ownerships OWNI owning owning owning owning owning Owning Company Number Owning Program Manager owning up owning up owning up Owning Work Center Owning Your Own Business OWNM OWNNE OWNO OWNRS owns owns owns owns owns up owns up owns up Ownship Environment Simulator Ownship's Heading ownsome Ownt Owo OWOC OWOD OWOF OWOK OWOL Owon Owon OWOP OWOS Owosso OWOT OWOW OWP OWPA OWPCA OWPCB OWPD OWPE OWPF OWPI OWPK OWPL OWPM OWPMB OWPN

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