Yoruba
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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.
All labels observed (15)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yoruba canonical | 363 |
| Yoruba language | 54 |
| Oyo Yoruba | 3 |
| Yoruba culture | 2 |
| Awori Yoruba | 1 |
| Awori Yoruba dialect | 1 |
| Ekiti Yoruba | 1 |
| Ibolo Yoruba | 1 |
| Nago Yoruba | 1 |
| Nigerian Yoruba | 1 |
| Yoruba (varieties) | 1 |
| Yoruba cuisine | 1 |
| Yoruba cultural area | 1 |
| Yoruba cultural sphere | 1 |
| Yoruba people | 1 |
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
ⓘ
Afro-Caribbean religions ⓘ
surface form:
Candomblé
Afro-Caribbean religions ⓘ
surface form:
Santería
Vodun traditions in the Americas ⓘ |
| foundedKingdom |
Egba
ⓘ
surface form:
Egba Kingdom
Ife Kingdom ⓘ Ijebu-Ode ⓘ
surface form:
Ijebu Kingdom
Oyo Empire ⓘ |
| hasFestival |
Eyo Festival
ⓘ
Olojo Festival ⓘ Osun-Osogbo Festival ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Awori
ⓘ
Egba ⓘ Ekiti ⓘ Ijaw ⓘ
surface form:
Ijaw-Yoruba (Ilaje, Ikale)
Ijebu-Ode ⓘ
surface form:
Ijebu
Ijesha ⓘ Ondo State ⓘ
surface form:
Ondo
Oyo ⓘ |
| historicalCenter |
Egba
ⓘ
Ibadan ⓘ Ijebu-Ode ⓘ Ile-Ife ⓘ Kano ⓘ
surface form:
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
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Yoruba language
|
| languageBranch |
Atlantic–Congo languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Volta–Niger languages
|
| languageFamily | Niger–Congo languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn | West Africa ⓘ |
| majorReligion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ |
| majorStatesInNigeria |
Ekiti State
ⓘ
Kogi State ⓘ Kwara State ⓘ Lagos ⓘ
surface form:
Lagos State
Ogun State ⓘ Ondo State ⓘ Osun State ⓘ Oyo State ⓘ |
| musicTradition |
bata drum
ⓘ
dundun ensemble ⓘ talking drum ⓘ |
| originMythCenter | Ile-Ife ⓘ |
| pantheonIncludes |
Ogun
ⓘ
Olodumare ⓘ Ifa ⓘ
surface form:
Orunmila
Oshun ⓘ Oya ⓘ Shango ⓘ Yemoja ⓘ |
| populationEstimate | over 40 million ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Nigeria ⓘ |
| region |
Western Nigeria
ⓘ
surface form:
Southwestern Nigeria
|
| significantDiasporaIn |
Brazil
ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| significantPopulationIn |
Benin
ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
surface form:
Ivory Coast
Togo ⓘ |
| traditionalPoliticalSystem |
city-states
ⓘ
hereditary monarchies ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion |
Ifa
ⓘ
Orisha worship ⓘ Yoruba religion ⓘ |
| traditionalRulerTitle |
Alaafin of Oyo
ⓘ
Egba ⓘ
surface form:
Alake of Egbaland
Awujale of Ijebu ⓘ Ooni of Ife ⓘ |
| urbanizationHistory | long history of walled cities and towns ⓘ |
| usesDivinationSystem |
Ifa
ⓘ
surface form:
Ifa divination
|
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (433)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yoruba people
this entity surface form:
Yoruba language
this entity surface form:
Yoruba language
this entity surface form:
Yoruba culture
this entity surface form:
Yoruba language
this entity surface form:
Yoruba language
this entity surface form:
Oyo Yoruba
this entity surface form:
Yoruba language
this entity surface form:
Yoruba language
this entity surface form:
Yoruba language
subject surface form:
Bola Tinubu