Yoruba people
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The Yoruba people are a West African ethnic group who inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo, a region collectively called Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute more than 50 million people in Africa an
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Some Yoruba cities of the Middle Ages
The Ade-Are crown in Ile Ife
Yorubaland
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Yorubaland is the homeland and cultural region of the Yoruba people in West Africa. It spans the modern-day countries of Nigeria, Benin and Togo, and covers a total land area of 142,114 km2. Of this l
Yoruba people
…Yorùbá, Ọmọ Odùduwà, Ọmọ Káàárọ̀-oòjíire) are a West African ethnic group who inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo, a region collectively called Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute more than 50 million people in Africa and over a million outside the continent, and bear further representation among the African…
Location of Yoruba-subgroups (green)in West Africa (white)
Hill forest near Ikogosi
Close tree canopy in the Omo forest
The granite outcrops at Idanre