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 and Ghana.
| File:Kwarastatedrummers.jpg Kwara State drummers | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| ca. 38 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| 22x20px Nigeria 35 million (2012)[1] | |
| 22x20px Benin | 1.2 million (2012)[2] |
| 22x20px 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
- Oduduwa flag.jpg
Popular flag choice used as a centerpiece of Yoruba heritage at community demonstrations.[1][2] The Oduduwa flag consists of a blue-white-green diagonal tricolor band with 16 six-pointed circular golden stars and two thinner diagonal red strips within the middle section. A central red laurel envelopes the Oduduwa
Yoruba dancers at the World Yoruba Carnival of Arts and Culture festival
Map Medieval Yoruba cities
- The Ade-Are crown in Ile Ife.jpg
The are crown in the centre of Ile Ife
Degree of Presence of The Yoruba and derived' Ede *groups in Nigeria, Benin & Togo at Subnational levels
Oyo Empire and surrounding states
- The belief in the god of thunder sango in the traditional Yoruba society 4.jpg
The belief in the god of thunder sango in the traditional Yoruba society 4
- Yorubaland Cultural Area of West Africa.jpg
Yorubaland Cultural Area of West Africa
- Ogunda Meji.jpg
Ogunda Meji (Odu Ifa signal)
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. Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. 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. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2012-09-15. "Many southern ethnic groups were predominantly Christian, although the Yoruba were approximately 35 percent Muslim."
