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About The Yoruba
The Yoruba (Yorùbá in Yoruba orthography) is a large ethno-linguistic group or ethnic nation in West Africa. The Yoruba are a nationality with a population of about 40 million, the majority of whom live in the southwestern part of the state of Nigeria. The Esan and Edo peoples border the Yorubas in the southeast, while the Igalas and other related groups border them in the northeast.
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The Yorubas share borders with the Nupe and Borgu peoples in the northwest and the Egun, Fon and other Gbe-speaking peoples in the southwest. About 90% of the Yoruba population resides in the southwest of Nigeria. They are the main ethnic group in Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Oyo, Ondo states; and they also constitute a sizable population of Edo, Kwara and Kogi states. . There have also been growing numbers of Yoruba communities in neighboring countries such as Benin Republic and Togo, as well as significant Diaspora Yoruba communities in Brazil, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Sierra Leone and Trinidad and Tobago. |
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