Yorubaland - Wikipedia
Yorubaland (Yoruba: Ilẹ̀ Káàárọ̀-Oòjíire) is the homeland and cultural region of the Yoruba people in West Africa. It spans the modern-day countries of Nigeria, Togo and Benin, and covers a …
Yoruba people - Wikipedia
The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by the Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute more than 50 million people in Africa, [1] are over a million …
Yoruba | History, Language & Religion | Britannica
2024年10月30日 · Yoruba, one of the three largest ethnic groups of Nigeria, concentrated in the southwestern part of that country. Much smaller, scattered groups live in Benin and northern …
History of the Yoruba people - Wikipedia
The Yoruba eventually established a federation of city-states under the political ascendancy of the city state of Oyo, located on the Northern fringes of Yorubaland in the savanna plains between …
Who Are The Yoruba People? - WorldAtlas
2017年4月25日 · The majority of their population, about 40 million strong today, is in the so called "Yorubaland" in Western Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. They are one of the largest groups of …
Yoruba People - New World Encyclopedia
Considered the nexus of the Yoruba cultural identity, Yorubaland is bordered by the Borgu (variously called Bariba and Borgawa) in the northwest, the Nupe and Ebira in the north, the …
Yoruba states | Nigeria, Benin, Togo | Britannica
Yoruba, one of the three largest ethnic groups of Nigeria, concentrated in the southwestern part of that country. Much smaller, scattered groups live in Benin and northern Togo. The Yoruba …
A long view sheds fresh light on the history of the Yoruba people …
2021年6月27日 · Conflict, war, disease, famine, and dynastic changes most of the Yoruba world and other parts of West Africa. It was not until the late 16th century that the region began to …
Yoruba Indigenous - The Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic
The exquisite bronze and terra cotta portraiture of Ifę precedes by eight centuries the earliest written explanation we have of ritual and belief in what is now called “Yorubaland.”
11.16: The Yoruba States - Humanities LibreTexts
2020年9月27日 · Yorubaland is the cultural region of the Yoruba people in West Africa. It spans the modern-day countries of Nigeria, Togo, and Benin. Its pre-modern history is based largely …