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Trouble Confers With Sigidi

THE Yoruba word for ‘robot’ is ‘sigidi’. As Yoruba words go for foreign ideas, it is an inspired word swop. The word occurs in Dr. Kayode J. Fakinlede’s YORUBA: Modern Practical Yoruba – English, English – Yoruba Dictionary.

Kole Omotoso