Yoruba people

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The Yoruba people are a major ethnic group of West Africa known for their rich cultural heritage, complex religious and philosophical traditions, and influential art, music, and political history, particularly in present-day Nigeria and neighboring countries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf West African people
ethnic group
artForm Yoruba beadwork
Yoruba bronze casting
Yoruba sculpture
Yoruba textile arts
continent Africa
culturalPractice Egungun masquerade
surface form: Egúngún masquerade

Gẹ̀lẹ́dẹ́ masquerade
Ifa
surface form: Ifá divination

talking drum music
diasporaReligionInfluence Batuque
Candomblé
Santería
surface form: Lucumí religion

Santería
Afro-Caribbean religions
surface form: Trinidad Orisha religion
estimatedPopulation tens of millions
ethnonym Yoruba
historicalCity Ile-Ife
Oyo
historicalState Egba polity
Ekiti Kingdoms
Ife Kingdom
Ijebu Kingdom
Ondo Kingdom
Oyo Empire
languageFamily Yoruboid languages
majorCity Abeokuta
Akure
Ibadan
Ile-Ife
surface form: Ife

Ilorin
Lagos
Osogbo
surface form: Oshogbo
majorReligion Christianity
Islam
musicInfluence Afrobeat
Fújì music
Jùjú music
nativeLanguage Yoruba language
originMythCenter Ile-Ife
philosophicalConcept Ayé
Aṣẹ
Ori
Orisha
surface form: Ọ̀rún
primaryCountry Nigeria
region West Africa
significantPopulationIn Benin
Brazil
Cuba
Ghana
Côte d'Ivoire
surface form: Ivory Coast

Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
socialStructure compound-based households
patrilineal descent
subgroupOf Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger-Congo peoples
traditionalClothing agbádá
bùbá
fìlà cap
gèlè
ìró
traditionalEconomy agriculture
craft production
trade
traditionalFood amala
ewedu soup
gbegiri soup
iyan (pounded yam)
ẹ̀bà
traditionalReligion Ifa
surface form: Ifá

Yoruba religion
Òrìṣà worship
traditionalTitle Alaafin of Oyo
Egba
surface form: Alake of Egbaland

Awujale of Ijebu
Deji of Akure
Olowo of Owo
Ọọ̀ni of Ife
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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West Africa hasEthnicGroup Yoruba people
Google Translate availableLanguage Yoruba people
this entity surface form: Yoruba
Islamic world hasEthnicGroup Yoruba people
this entity surface form: Yoruba Muslims
Ibadan ethnicMajority Yoruba people
D'banj ethnicGroup Yoruba people
Olodumare culture Yoruba people
Oya ethnicGroup Yoruba people
Ijebu-Ode ethnicGroup Yoruba people
Alaafin of Oyo ethnicGroup Yoruba people
Oyo ethnographicGroupOf Yoruba people
Eyo Festival ethnicGroup Yoruba people
Regla de Ocha hasCulturalOrigin Yoruba people
Ife Kingdom ethnicGroup Yoruba people
Santería hasCulturalOrigin Yoruba people
Oshun culture Yoruba people
Ikorodu majorEthnicGroup Yoruba people
Ifa practicedBy Yoruba people
Yemoja culture Yoruba people
Oyo Empire ethnicGroup Yoruba people
Ooni of Ife ethnicGroup Yoruba people
dundun ensemble culturalContext Yoruba people
Epe ethnicGroup Yoruba people
Egba ethnicGroupOf Yoruba people
Olojo Festival ethnicGroup Yoruba people
Olojo Festival hasParticipant Yoruba people
this entity surface form: Yoruba devotees
Awujale of Ijebu ethnicGroup Yoruba people
Bola ethnicGroup Yoruba people
subject surface form: Bola Tinubu
Afro-Cubans ethnicOrigin Yoruba people
Davido ethnicGroup Yoruba people
Ekiti subgroupOf Yoruba people
Olamide ethnicGroup Yoruba people
Ijesha subgroupOf Yoruba people
Lagos Island ethnicMajority Yoruba people
Osun State majorEthnicGroup Yoruba people
Osun State culturalHeartlandOf Yoruba people
Southern Nigeria majorEthnicGroup Yoruba people
Boyega ethnicGroup Yoruba people
subject surface form: John Boyega
Ile-Ife ethnicGroup Yoruba people
Awori subgroupOf Yoruba people
Ilorin foundedBy Yoruba people
Nupe people neighboringEthnicGroup Yoruba people
John ethnicGroup Yoruba people
subject surface form: John Boyega
Akure ethnicGroup Yoruba people
Abeokuta ethnicGroup Yoruba people
Ado-Ekiti ethnicGroup Yoruba people