Praise name

Praise names are most often given to people, and royal courts tended to have a professional poet or group of poets who composed and sung them for the ruler. They can be metaphorical and draw comparisons to animals and natural phenomena. In Southern Africa, praise names for someone's clan are used on formal occasions (eg. (based on which means "crocodile") can be used for anyone belonging to the Tswana Kwena clan). Among Fulani, praise names are known as jammoore. == List of praise names ==

• "Dicko" or "Dikko": All members of the Jelgobe noble lineage, part of the Jelgooji Fulani, are granted this name. According to researcher Paul Riesman, Dicko as a praise name "suggests fierceness, resourcefulness, and self-sufficieny". • "Siise": This praise name is associated with a few Jelgooji Fulani families which are traditionally deemed to be moodibbo, i.e. people esteemed for their learning. Usually, people become moodibbo only by studying, but the members of families with Siise praise names are always regarded as moodibbo, even when they do not follow a scholarly pursuit. ==References==