Written and Compiled by: Onimisi Baiye
If you do an Internet image search, www.google.com on the following Nigerian names: Haruna, Sambo, Pankan, Kwashi, Imoko, Chika, Azuka, Ezuka, Koma, Zoro, Watanabe, Nene, Osato, Osaru, Okada, Edo, Baba, Emiko, Kano, Nana, Aya, Tami, Tai, Sada, Ikimi, Ume, you will more likely see a Japanese link than a Nigerian link.
The writing system of Japanese hides the striking similarities between Japanese and African languages. But on closer examination of the syllables that make up the Kanji character set, the syllables easily describe the Nigerian Languages.
Japanese festivals and dressing are very African in color combination. Also Shinto is about shrines, ancestors, mountain spirits, tree spirits, the so-called heathen religions that was used to justify the enslavement of Blacks.
Japanese were bleached out by invading Mongolians, that is why Southern Japanese people are darker-skinned than their northern counterparts.
Chinese and Korean map to the Calabar languages of South-Southern Nigeria. One has to listen to and see the physical stature someone from that part of Nigeria to have a feel of the similarities to Chinese and Koreans. Unfortunately, because of the Eurocentric nature of post-colonial Nigerians, the Calabar people cannot understand why Chinese and Koreans are their bleached-out descendants. Martial Arts is of African origin.
The website www.legendarytimes.com uses legends to drill deep into prehistory because they are the only source of prehistory. However, scientific means are used to interpret these legends. My own contribution to ancient astronautics is based on the interpretation of the If a Oracle oral literature which uses symbolic language to describe the descent of Orunmila in a spacecraft. Simply put the descent of Gods from the skies was by a means, so technologically advanced that missionary interpretations portray it as magic. Technology is nature's gift to man. The First World was not a Cave World.
JAPANESE-NIGERIAN LANGUAGE MAPPINGS 1.1
JAPANESE | ºE | ºN | NIGERIAN | |
1
|
Azuma-san (mountain)
|
140-141
|
37-38
|
Zuma Rock , Niger State
|
2
|
Tobi-shima (island)
|
139-140
|
39-40
|
Tobi: Rivers State male name
|
3
|
Akō(town)
|
134-135
|
34-35
|
Akō: Yoruba, excessive pride
|
4
|
Akan(town)
|
144-145
|
43-44
|
Akandu: Ibo male name
|
5
|
Ibara(town)
|
133-134
|
34-35
|
Ibarapa, Oyo State
|
6
|
Minna-jima (island)
|
124-125
|
24-25
|
Minna, Niger State
|
7
|
Obirin University,Tokyo
|
Obirin: Yoruba, female
| ||
8
|
Iwaya(town)
|
135-136
|
34-35
|
Iwaya, Yaba, Lagos State
|
9
|
Ago(town)
|
136-137
|
34-35
|
Ago: Yoruba, time
|
10
|
Kure(town)
|
132.33
|
34.15
|
Akure, Ondo State
|
11
|
Aso-san(mountain)
|
130-132
|
32-34
|
Aso Rock, Abuja FCT
|
12
|
Iō-jima(island)
|
140-142
|
24-26
|
Iyō: Yoruba, salt
|
13
|
Wada(town)
|
140.0
|
35.0
|
Wada: Hausa name
|
14
|
Ibuki(town)
|
136-137
|
35-36
|
Buki: Yoruba female name
|
15
|
Sanjō(town)
|
135-140
|
35-40
|
Ōbasanjō: Yoruba male name
|
16
|
Ōi(town)
|
138-140
|
34-36
|
Ōyi: Ebira, sunlight
|
17
|
Ōkada
|
Ōkada, Edo State
| ||
18
|
Watanabe
|
Watanabe: Southern Borno State name
| ||
19
|
Kōbe(city)
|
134.41
|
135.1
|
Achakōbe: Isoko,Delta State name
|
20
|
Machida
|
Maccido: Fulani, Sokoto State name
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Compiled by Onimisi Baiye onimisibaiye@yahoo.co.uk
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JAPANESE-NIGERIAN LANGUAGE MAPPINGS 1.2
JAPANESE | ºE | ºN | NIGERIAN | |
1
|
Ayama(town)
|
136.16
|
34.76
|
Ayama!: Yoruba exclamation
|
2
|
Akechi(town)
|
137.32
|
35.30
|
Nkechi: Igbo female name
|
3
|
Anjō(town)
|
137.80
|
34.94
|
Anjōrin: Yoruba name
|
4
|
Fuji-san(mountain in Tokyo)
|
Fuji: a Yoruba music
| ||
5
|
Haruna(town)
Haruna-san(mountain)
|
Haruna: Hausa male name
| ||
6
|
Chikage
|
Chika: Igbo name
| ||
7
|
Chi-Chi
|
Chi-Chi: Igbo name
| ||
8
|
Toki(town)
|
137.16
|
35.30
|
Toki Hotel, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State
|
9
|
Izu(peninsula)
|
138-140
|
34-36
|
Izu: Igbo word
|
10
|
Saitama(district)
|
138-140
|
36-38
|
Maitama, Abuja
|
11
|
Zen(Japanese Buddhism)
|
Izen: Ebira, here
| ||
12
|
Kata(karate martial arts
sequence)
|
Kata: Ebira, strength
| ||
13
|
Miko
|
Emiko: Itsekiri name
| ||
14
|
Kanno
|
Kano State
| ||
| 15 | Ogi | Ogi: Yoruba, fermented corn | ||
16
|
Zaki(town)
|
135-140
|
35-40
|
Zaki-Biam, Benue State
|
17
|
Edo(former name of Tokyo)
|
Edo State
| ||
18
|
Sango(town)
|
135.70
|
34.32
|
Sango-Otta, Ogun State
|
19
|
Ebetsu(town)
|
140-145
|
40-45
|
Egbesu: shrine in Bayelsa State
|
20
|
Shinkawa(town)
|
136.94
|
35.80
|
Shinkafi: Hausa name
|
Compiled by Onimisi Baiye onimisibaiye@yahoo.co.uk | ||||
JAPANESE – NIGERIAN LANGUAGE MAPPINGS 1.3
JAPANESE | ºE |
ºN
| NIGERIAN | |
1
|
Shōgun(medieval supreme warlod)
|
Sẹgun pron. ‘shegun’:
Yoruba, to win a battle
| ||
2
|
Jimmu(first emperor,660B.C.)
|
Jimoh: Yoruba, friday
| ||
3
|
Sambo
|
Sambo: Northern male name
| ||
4
|
Ishii
|
Ishi, Calabar, Cross-River
| ||
5
|
Kishi
|
Kẹshi, Yoruba male name
| ||
6
|
Ago(town)
|
136-137
|
34-35
|
Ago: Yoruba, time
|
7
|
Yashika
|
Yashi, Katsina State
| ||
8
|
Koma
|
Koma, Taraba State
| ||
9
|
Zuru
|
Zuru, Kebbi State
| ||
10
|
Abashiri(town)
|
144.3
|
44.0
|
Aba, Abia State
|
11
|
Obira(town)
|
141.6
|
44.0
|
Ebira, Kogi State
|
12
|
Tosa(town)
|
133.5
|
33.5
|
Tosan: Yoruba female name
|
13
|
Izena-jima(island)
|
128.0
|
26.8
|
Izenan: Ebira, over here
|
14
|
Kume-shima(island)
|
126.8
|
26.4
|
Akume: Idoma name
|
15
|
Okino-Erabu-shima(island)
|
128.5
|
27.4
|
Okino: Ebira Name
|
16
|
Takara-jima(island)
|
139.2
|
29.2
|
Akara: Yoruba, bean cake
|
17
|
Kuro-shima(island)
|
129.9
|
36.8
|
Kuroko, Okene, Kogi State
|
18
|
Rumoi(town)
|
141.6
|
43.9
|
Rumomoi, Port-Harcourt
|
19
|
Ondo(town)
|
132.5
|
34.2
|
Ondo State
|
20
|
Yame(town)
|
130.5
|
33.2
|
Nyame: Taraba State Name
|
Compiled by Onimisi Baiye onimisibaiye@yahoo.co.uk
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JAPANESE-NIGERIAN LANGUAGE MAPPINGS 2.1.2
f- female m- male s- surname
‘Half the blood in one’s veins must be Black in order to make a good Samurai.’
- Sakanouye Tamura Maro, First Shogun of Japan
Japanese Names | Nigerian Names | |
1
|
Rẹmi f
|
Rẹmilẹkun f Yoruba ‘wipe my tears’
|
2
|
Chikuma f
|
Chukwuma (Chi ukwu ma) m Igbo ‘[bigger] god knows’
|
3
|
Tai fm
|
Taiwo Yoruba ‘first of twins’
|
4
|
Fumi f
|
Funmilayọ f Yoruba ‘gave me joy’
|
5
|
Ginko f
|
Ginika mf Igbo ‘what is greater than [this?’
|
6
|
Goro m
|
Goro Hausa kolanut
|
7
|
Ibi s
|
Ibi Yoruba ‘place’
|
8
|
Omezo
|
Ọmẹiza Ebira ‘has done well’
|
9
|
Eijiro f
|
Ẹjiro Urhobo ‘praise’
|
10
|
Gombei m
|
Gombe State
|
11
|
Baba s
|
Baba ‘family head’
|
12
|
Chika f ‘wisdom’
|
Chika mf Igbo ‘god is greater’
|
13
|
Akẹmi f ‘bright and beautiful’
|
Oluwakẹmi f Yoruba ‘god bless me’
|
14
|
Koruba s
|
Yoruba
|
15
|
Ohka s
|
Orka Tiv
|
16
|
Kaima s
|
Kaiama Ijaw
|
17
|
Amaya s
|
Amayo s Ẹdo
|
18
|
Tọmori s
|
Tọmori Yoruba
|
19
|
Emiko
|
Ẹmiko Itshekiri
|
20
|
Kano
|
Kano Hausa
|
Compiled by Onimisi Baiye onimisibaiye@yahoo.co.uk
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