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Yerima

Hausa · Hausa / Northern Nigeria; Niger; zongo communities in Ghana · Royal Title

A prince, a king's son; also a title given to an heir apparent. Robinson glosses yerima (yarima) as 'son of a king, heir to the throne', and compares tafida, 'a title given to the son of a king'.

The Yerima rode beside the emir at the durbar.

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