Mọ́remí or Mọ́rèmí: An Investigation into the Perception Error of a Deified Woman in Ilé-Ifẹ̀ by Ọladiipọ Ajiboye

“…Instead, what we have is ‘Mọ́rèmí, an abridged form of Ọmọ-ọ́ n rè mí ‘(having) child (ren) pleases me’. We trace this to the transcription of Dúró Ládipo ̣ ̀’s tonal melodies of his song Mọ́remí Àján̄sorò which is basically a perception error. …”
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