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Abeokuta

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A·be·o·ku·ta  b--kt)
A city of southwest Nigeria north of Lagos. It is a trade center in an agricultural region. Population: 593,000.

Abeokuta [ˌæbɪəʊˈkuːtə]
n
(Placename) a town in W Nigeria, capital of Ogun state. Pop.: 427 400 (1996 est.)


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21), a stencil-printed aso oloba ("king's cloth") collected in Abeokuta in 2002, we see a noble family sitting amid a lush garden of flowers and trees and words praising the glory of God.
With his childhood wanderings, his constantly endangered life, and his iconoclasm, Wale is an abiku; he is also Ake, the geographical location (representing the city, Abeokuta, and even Nigeria); he is importantly ake, the Yoruba word for axe.
 
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