A report on Yoruba people

A group of Yoruba people at a public event

Degree of Presence of The Yoruba and derived' Ede
groups in Nigeria, Benin & Togo at Subnational levels

Palace of the King of Oyo circa 1900s - Colorized

Anna Hinderer church and mission house at Ibadan, 1850s

Yoruba door, wood carvings; used to record events c. 1910

Early 19th century Yoruba architecture showing their unique inner courtyard layout used as a safe space for storing livestock and a space where children could play

Wooden Ere Ibeji figures representing twins. Yorubas have the highest twinning rate in the world.

An older traditional Agbada clothing historically worn by Yoruba men. This exhibit was obtained in the town of Òkukù.

African Languages Spoken in American Households

Commemoration of Black consciousness, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

$Amala is a Yoruba food.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Vocabulary_of_the_Yoruba_Language/oXxBAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=amala|title=A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language|author=Owen Emeric Vidal|publisher=Seeleys|date=1852|isbn=9781976589218}}</ref>$

$Akara is a Yoruba bean fritter.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Vocabulary_of_the_Yoruba_Language/oXxBAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=akara|title=A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language|author=Owen Emeric Vidal|publisher=Seeleys|date=1852|isbn=9781976589218}}</ref>$

$Ofada rice is a Yoruba dish.<ref name="Olusegun Obasanjo 1983">{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Management_in_Agriculture_Rural_Developm/JdrSAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22ofada%20rice%22|title=Management in Agriculture & Rural Development: A Practicioner's View|author=Olusegun Obasanjo|date=1983|isbn=9789782399243}}</ref>$

Moin Moin is a Yoruba steamed bean pudding.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Adim%C3%BA/w3r4Xx2059AC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22moin+moin%22|title=Adimú: Gbogbó Tén'unjé Lukumí|author=Miguel Willie Ramos|publisher=Eleda.Org Publications|date=July 2012|isbn=9781877845109}}</ref>

A collection of foods eaten by Yorubas in general

$Simple Iro and Buba with Gele<ref name="Esogwa C. Osuala 1988">{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fundamentals_of_Nigerian_Marketing/JfbTAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22iro+and+buba%22&dq=%22iro+and+buba%22&printsec=frontcover|title=Fundamentals of Nigerian Marketing|author=Esogwa C. Osuala|date=1988|publisher=Pacific Publishers|isbn=9789782347299}}</ref>$

$Agbádá àti Fìlà<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Yoruba_Dress/CzAqd4vGphoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=agbada+and+fila&dq=agbada+and+fila&printsec=frontcover|title=Yoruba Dress: A Systematic Case Study of Five Generations of a Lagos Family|author=Betty Marguerite Wass|date=1975|publisher=Michigan State University. Department of Family Ecology|isbn=9789782347299|pages=143–183}}</ref>$

Iro and Bùbá, with Gele and Ipele. Blouse, wrapper and headgear<ref name="Esogwa C. Osuala 1988"/>

$Bùbá àti Kèmbè. Agbada top with short baggy pants<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Handbook_of_Nigerian_Culture/n1AuAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=kembe|title=A Handbook of Nigerian Culture|author1=Frank Aig-Imoukhuede|author2=Nigeria. Federal Ministry of Information and Culture|date=1992|publisher=Department of Culture, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture|isbn=9789783131613|page=134}}</ref>$

$Iro and Bùbá, with Gele and Ipele made from Òfì<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Aso_Oke_Yoruba/bH5djwEACAAJ?hl=en|title=Aso Oke Yoruba: A Tapestry of Love & Color, a Journey of Personal Discovery|author=Tola Adenle|date=February 2, 2016|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|isbn=9781523495221}}</ref>$

Agbádá àti Sóró, Agbada and long slim pants<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Lekki/o9EuAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=They%20wear%20dresses%20like|title=Lekki|author=Bola researcher/writer Sebastian|date=1992|publisher=Public Information Department, Lagos State Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth & Sports|page=3}}</ref>

Ìró and Bùbá with gele<ref name="Esogwa C. Osuala 1988"/>

The Yoruba people (Ìran Yorùbá, Ọmọ Odùduwà, Ọmọ Káàárọ̀-oòjíire ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabits parts of Nigeria, Benin and Togo.

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Nigeria

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Country in West Africa.

Ceremonial Igbo pot from 9th-century Igbo-Ukwu

Yoruba copper mask of Obalufon from the city of Ife c. 1300

Royal Benin ivory mask, one of Nigeria's most recognized artifacts. Benin Empire, 16th century.

Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard who as Governor-General of Nigeria led the amalgamation of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate and Southern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914.

1953 postage stamp with portrait of Queen ElizabethII

Nnamdi Azikiwe, first president of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966

The Republic of Biafra in June 1967, when it declared its independence from the rest of Nigeria

Shehu Shagari was the first democratically elected President of Nigeria from 1979 to 1983.

Olusegun Obasanjo was civilian President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007.

Muhammadu Buhari is currently serving as President of Nigeria, since 2015.

Nigerian Army self-propelled anti-aircraft gun

Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan (centre) with United States President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama in August 2014

Map of Nigeria with administrative divisions

A proportional representation of Nigeria exports, 2019

Oil facility at Bonny Island, Rivers State

PTDF – Petroleum Technology Development Fund

Countries by natural gas proven reserves (2014). Nigeria has the largest reserves in Africa.

Second Niger bridge at Onitsha, artistic impression

SpaceX launch of CRS-11 with Nigeria EduSat-1 on board in 2017

Population density (persons per square kilometer) in Nigeria

Nigerian states that implement some form of sharia law (in green)

A Nigerian police officer at the Eyo festival in Lagos

End SARS is a decentralised social movement and series of mass protests against police brutality in Nigeria.

Lisa Folawiyo, Fashion Designer From Nigeria

An Eyo Iga Olowe Salaye masquerade jumping

Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, Africa's most popular and best selling literary piece ever, has been translated into more than forty languages.

Wizkid is a popular musician in Nigeria, Africa and worldwide.

Nigerian football supporters at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia

The world's biggest distilling column at the Dangote refinery in comparison

Ituen Basi, Lagos based Nigerian fashion designer

The three largest ethnic groups are the Hausa in the north, Yoruba in the west, and Igbo in the east, together comprising over 60% of the total population.

Oyo Empire

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Oyo Empire and surrounding states, c. 1625.

Oyo Empire and surrounding states c. 1700.

thumb|Solomon's knot, a quasi-heraldic symbol of Yoruba royalty

thumb|The veve of Ogun, war god of the Yoruba and totem of both the emperors and kings that have followed Abiodun

The Oyo Empire was a powerful Yoruba empire of West Africa made up of parts of present-day eastern Benin and western Nigeria (including Southwest zone and the western half of Northcentral zone).

Mansa Musa depicted holding a gold nugget from a 1395 map of Africa and Europe

West Africa

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Westernmost region of Africa.

13th-century Africa – Map of the main trade routes and states, kingdoms and empires.

A rhinoceros in Bandia Nature Reserve, Senegal. Credit: Corine REZEL.

African bush elephants in Yankari National Park, Nigeria

Satellite imagery from outer space of West Africa

Railway systems in West Africa 2030, projection

A street and airport in the famous town of Timbuktu, Mali, showing the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style of the West African interior

Philip Emeagwali wearing the Boubou (or Agbada), a traditional robe symbolic of West Africa

Jollof rice or Benachin, one of many Pan–West African dishes found only in West Africa

The talking drum is an instrument unique to West Africa.

Kora-playing griots in Senegal, 1900. Both the Kora, a 21-stringed harp-lute, and the griot musical-caste are unique to West Africa.

The 13th-century Great Mosque of Djenné is a superb example of the indigenous Sahelian architectural style prevalent in the Savannah and Sahelian interior of West Africa. It is listed an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Voodoo altar with several fetishes in Abomey, Benin

Map of petroleum and natural gas within West Africa

Tristan da Cunha, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Further east, Oyo arose as the dominant Yoruba state and the Aro Confederacy as a dominant Igbo state in modern-day Nigeria.

Yoruba vowel diagram, adopted from Bamgboṣe (1969:166). Oral vowels are marked by black dots, while the colored regions indicate the ranges in possible quality of the nasal vowels.

Yoruba language

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Yoruba (Yor.

It is spoken by the ethnic Yoruba people.

Yoruba Copper mask for King Obalufon, Ife, Nigeria c. 1300 C.E.

Ifẹ

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Solomon's knot, a quasi-heraldic symbol of Yoruba royalty.

Terracotta head representing Ooni or King of Ife, 12th to 16th century

A sculpture of an Ife king or dignitary in the collection of the Ethnological Museum of Berlin

Ifẹ̀ (Ifẹ̀, also Ilé-Ifẹ̀) is an ancient Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria.

Benin

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Country in West Africa.

The Portuguese Empire was the longest European presence in Benin, beginning in 1680 and ending in 1961, when the last forces left Ajudá.

Dahomey Amazons with the King at their head, going to war, 1793.

The flag of the People's Republic of Benin

Yayi Boni's 2006 presidential inauguration

Patrice Talon, current President of Benin

A Celestial Church of Christ baptism in Cotonou. Five percent of Benin's population belongs to this denomination, an African Initiated Church.

Benin map of Köppen climate classification.

Atakora, one of Benin's two northernmost departments.

The Pendjari National Park in Benin is one of the most important reserves for the West African lion and other large animals of West Africa.

A proportional representation of Benin exports, 2019

Extensive agriculture in the north of Benin, near Djougou.

Real GDP per capita development of Benin since 1950

Acarajé is peeled black-eyed peas formed into a ball and then deep-fried.

Before 1700, there were city-states along the coast (primarily of the Aja ethnic group, and also including Yoruba and Gbe peoples) and a mass of tribal regions inland (composed of Bariba, Mahi, Gedevi, and Kabye peoples).

Yorubaland

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IThe granite outcrops at Idanre, the tallest geographical feature in the western half of Nigeria

Interior of central Yorubaland in the wet season

A section of the Efon ridge, part of the Okemesi fold belt

A costume parade on Yoruba ethnic group in Nigeria2

Yorubaland (Ilẹ̀ Káàárọ̀-Oòjíire) is the homeland and cultural region of the Yoruba people in West Africa.

Ibadan

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Capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria.

The church and mission in Ibadan, Yoruba country, 1850's

New railway station in Ibadan, artistic impression

The principal inhabitants of the city are the Yoruba people, as well as various communities (notably Igbo, Hausa, and Efik) from other parts of the country.https://oyoaffairs.net/un-research-ranks-ibadan-as-2nd-fastest-growing-city-in-2022/

Lagos

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Largest city in Nigeria and the second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper - daily the Lagos area is growing by some 3,000 people, or around 1.1 million annually, so the true population figure of the greater Lagos area in 2022 is roughly 28 million (up from some 23.5 million in 2018).

Map of Lagos' initial city boundaries, showing its contemporary districts. This definition is rarely used in the present day; the expanded metropolitan area is now a more accepted definition of Lagos.

A map showing the 16 LGAs making up Lagos Metropolitan Area

The Lagos Black Heritage Festival Parade, 2012

The Cathedral Church of Christ Marina on Lagos Island

Toll gates and roads at the Lekki-Ẹpẹ Expressway

Lagos, its ports, airports, free trade zone and light rail system

Distilling column of the Dangote refinery in compare to a Saturn rocket

Lagos initially emerged as a home to the Awori subgroup of the Yoruba of West Africa and later emerged as a port city that originated on a collection of islands, which are contained in the present day Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Lagos Island, Eti-Osa, Amuwo-Odofin and Apapa.

Oduduwa

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Oduduwa was a Yoruba divine king.