Word: yoruba
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Pearl spent more than a year visiting 30 tribes - in the Gold Coast, the Belgian Congo, French Equatorial Africa and Nigeria. In western Nigeria, the Yoruba tribe named her "Omowale," or "child has returned home." She took part in stately court and social dances, was taught the ceremonials of puberty and hunting...