'There's hardly a family here that doesn't have a twin'

Yoruba culture reveres twins and their first names are traditionally fixed -- Taiwo meaning 'one that tests the world' for the eldest child, and Kehinde meaning 'one that came after' for the second-born.

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Twins look on as they attend the Igboora World Twins Festival 2024, in Igbo-Ora, Nigeria on October 12, 2024. (AFP)
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IGBO-ORA - On a normal day a visitor might pass Igbo-Ora with little more than a double-take, wondering why so many pairs of residents wear matching

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