Yoruba people
Yoruba is an ethnic group of people living in Africa. They live on the west coast of Africa, mostly they are one of the major tribes in Nigeria.
 Kwara State drummers | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| ca. 38 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Nigeria 35 million (2012)[1] | |
 Benin | 1.2 million (2012)[2] |
 Ghana | 0.4 million[3] |
 Togo | 0.1 million[3] |
 Ivory Coast | 0.1 million[3] |
| North America | 0.2 million[4] |
| Europe | 0.1 million[5] |
| Languages | |
| Yoruba, Yoruboid languages | |
| Religion | |
| Islam (ca. 50%),[6] Christianity, traditional religion. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bini, Nupe, Igala, Itsekiri, Ebira | |
Notable people
- Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President of Nigeria
- T. B. Joshua, religious figure
- Olajide Fashikun, journalist
Yoruba People Media
Some Yoruba cities of the Middle Ages
The Ade-Are crown in Ile Ife
Degree of Presence of The Yoruba and derived Ede groups in Nigeria, Benin & Togo at Subnational levels
Oyo Empire and surrounding states
Depiction of a traditional Sango venerating fraternity
Yorubaland Cultural Area of West Africa
Ogunda Meji, one of the sixteen principals of 256 Odus (the corpus of Ifa literature) represented on a virtual Opon Ifa board
An Iroke or Irofa (Ìròkè Ifá) is the divination tapper of the Yoruba. It is long, slender and often slightly curved. Used in combination with the Opon Ifa or divination board. Traditionally made from ivory, but also brass and wood.
The Lord's prayer in the Yoruba language, Church of the Pater Noster Mount of Olives, Jerusalem
References
- ↑ Nigeria Archived 2018-01-29 at the Wayback Machine at CIA World Factbook: "Yoruba 21%" out of a population of 170.1 million (2012 estimate)
- ↑ Benin Archived 2015-09-18 at the Wayback Machine at CIA World Factbook: "Yoruba and related 12.3%" out of a population of 9.6 million (2012 estimate)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Joshuaproject.net "The exactness of numbers presented here can be misleading. Numbers can vary by several percentage points or more."
- ↑ mostly in the United States; Joshuaproject.net estimates 186,000 in the US. About 3,000 in Canada: Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories. bottom: Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-04-04.. In Canada, 19,520 identified as Nigerian and 61,430 as Canadians.
- ↑ Mostly in the UK ( Joshuaproject.net estimates 94,000), about 6,000 in Greece.
- ↑ Nigeria Human Rights Report - Freedom of Religion. bottom. Retrieved 2012-09-15. "Many southern ethnic groups were predominantly Christian, although the Yoruba were approximately 35 percent Muslim."
