bini
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- noun
- Oseni, a young Bini, shared stories of his ancestors during the cultural festival.
- a Bini boy
Examples
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Most of all, I am indebted to Mr. Cyril Punch, who has been so good as to revise the information I had collected, and who, besides providing me with valuable notes and sketches, has at the same time allowed me to choose for publication some of the most interesting of the many photographs he had taken while in Bini country.
Academic text (1997) -
"I be bini man-o," he stressed before continuing.
Fiction book (1991) -
The British occupation destroyed the Bini political structure, and with it, the state-supported art traditions.
Academic text (1997) -
Benin brass plaque, Bini people, Benin, Nigeria, late 15th century.
Academic text (2006) -
One major source of error lay in the fact that von Luschan treated everything found (or thought to have been found) at Benin as forming part of the Bini stylistic succession.
Academic text (1997) -
The exhibition highlighted the rich traditions of the Bini people in southern Nigeria.
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A Bini woman demonstrated traditional weaving techniques at the community center.
Synonyms
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A group of people who live in the tropical forests of southern Nigeria
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bini is the name used for the Bini people from Benin City in southern Nigeria, so a bini is 'a member of that people' and carries the idea of family and shared tradition.