Yoruba

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ethnic group people

The Yoruba are one of West Africa’s largest and most influential ethnic groups, known for their rich cultural heritage, complex religious traditions, and historic kingdoms centered in what is now southwestern Nigeria and neighboring countries.

Aliases (7)

Statements (86)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group → people →
artTradition	Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture →
colonialHistory	incorporated into British Nigeria in the late 19th and early 20th centuries →
continent	Africa →
culturalInfluenceOn	Afro-Brazilian religions → Candomblé → Santería → Vodun traditions in the Americas →
foundedKingdom	Egba Kingdom → Ife Kingdom → Ijebu Kingdom → Oyo Empire →
hasFestival	Eyo Festival → Olojo Festival → Osun-Osogbo Festival →
hasSubgroup	Awori → Egba → Ekiti → Ijaw-Yoruba (Ilaje, Ikale) → Ijebu → Ijesha → Ondo → Oyo →
historicalCenter	Egba → Ibadan → Ijebu-Ode → Ile-Ife → Oyo →
kinshipSystem	patrilineal descent with strong extended families →
knownFor	beadwork → complex religious traditions → dance → drumming → masking traditions → rich oral literature → sculpture → urbanized precolonial kingdoms →
language	Yoruba language →
languageBranch	Volta–Niger languages →
languageFamily	Niger–Congo languages →
locatedIn	West Africa →
majorReligion	Christianity → Islam →
majorStatesInNigeria	Ekiti State → Kogi State → Kwara State → Lagos State → Ogun State → Ondo State → Osun State → Oyo State →
musicTradition	bata drum → dundun ensemble → talking drum →
originMythCenter	Ile-Ife →
pantheonIncludes	Ogun → Olodumare → Orunmila → Oshun → Oya → Shango → Yemoja →
populationEstimate	over 40 million →
primaryCountry	Nigeria →
region	Southwestern Nigeria →
significantDiasporaIn	Brazil → Cuba → United Kingdom → United States →
significantPopulationIn	Benin → Ghana → Ivory Coast → Togo →
traditionalPoliticalSystem	city-states → hereditary monarchies →
traditionalReligion	Ifa → Orisha worship → Yoruba religion →
traditionalRulerTitle	Alaafin of Oyo → Alake of Egbaland → Awujale of Ijebu → Ooni of Ife →
urbanizationHistory	long history of walled cities and towns →
usesDivinationSystem	Ifa divination →
writingSystem	Latin alphabet →

Referenced by (83)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alaafin of Oyo → Awori ("Yoruba language") → Awujale of Ijebu → Egba ("Yoruba language") → Eyo Festival → Ile-Ife ("Yoruba language") → Lagos Island → Nollywood → Olodumare ("Yoruba language") → Ooni of Ife ("Yoruba language") → Yoruba ("Yoruba language") →	language
Bola Tinubu → Bola Tinubu → Ijebu-Ode ("Yoruba language") → Ikorodu → Oluremi Tinubu → Tiwa Savage → Yemi Alade →	languageSpoken
Dugbe Market → Garki → Gwarinpa → Ibadan North Local Government Area → Olojo Festival → Osun-Osogbo Festival →	languageUsed
Ekiti State → Kwara State → Ogun State → Ondo State → Oyo State →	majorEthnicGroup
Bola Tinubu ("Yoruba people") → Kogi State → Nigeria → Osun State ("Ibolo Yoruba") →	ethnicGroup
Asokoro → Ifa ("Yoruba language") → Ife Kingdom ("Yoruba language") → World War I poetry →	hasLanguage
Davido → Mr Eazi → Olamide ("Yoruba language") → Wizkid →	languageOfWorkOrName
Atlantic–Congo languages → Niger–Congo languages → West African languages →	includesLanguage
Maitama → Wuse →	commonLocalLanguages
Awori → Ekiti →	ethnolinguisticGroup
Ibadan South-East Local Government Area → Lagos State →	majorLocalLanguage
Benin → Nigeria →	nationalLanguage
Ekiti State → Western Nigeria ("Yoruba language") →	predominantLanguage
Lagos →	commonlySpokenLanguage
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria →	containedEthnicGroup
Oyo State ("Oyo Yoruba") →	culturalGroup
Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture →	culture
Ilorin →	demographicsMajorEthnicGroup
Awori ("Awori Yoruba dialect") →	dialect
Western Nigeria ("Yoruba culture") →	dominantCulture
Awori →	ethnicIdentity
David Oyelowo →	ethnicOrigin
Yoruba people →	ethnonym
Lagos State →	hasEthnicGroup
John Adedayo Bamidele Adegboyega →	hasHeritage
Samuel →	hasLanguageForm
Boyega →	hasLanguageOfOrigin
Nigerian Pidgin →	hasLexicalBorrowingFrom
Benue–Congo languages ("Yoruba language") →	hasNotableLanguage
Afro-Brazilians →	heritageLanguageInfluence
Nigerian Pidgin →	influencedBy
Jamaican Patois →	influencedByLanguage
Ilorin →	languageMajor
Ibadan ("Yoruba language") →	languageMajority
D'banj →	languagesSpoken
Afrobeat →	lyricLanguage
Olamide ("Yoruba language") →	nativeLanguage
Epe →	primaryLanguage
Ijesha ("Oyo Yoruba") →	relatedGroup
Ekiti State ("Ekiti Yoruba") →	traditionalSubgroup
Afrobeats →	typicalLanguage
Southern Nigeria →	widelySpokenLanguage