Who Are The Yoruba People?

Yorubaland is the homeland of the Yoruba people. With a population of 46 million the Yoruba are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa.

The Yoruba built one of the largest empires in West Africa and crafted some of humanity's finest art. Their artists are famous worldwide and no other African culture has affected the Americas and Caribbean as much as the Yoruba who left their mark through people, dance, food and the religions of Santeria, and Candomblé.

So who are the Yoruba, what is their history, and what does it have to do with a Galactic Universe Creating Chicken? Well, let’s find out.

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Sources and Further Reading:

VIDEOS

BOOKS

A History of the Yoruba People by Stephen Adebanji

Encyclopedia of the Yoruba by Toyin Falola and Akintunde Akinyemi

Adebisi Afọlayan - Yoruba language and literature

Niara Sudarkasa - Where Women Work A Study of Yoruba Women in the Marketplace and in the Home

Oyekan Owomoyela - Yoruba Proverbs

Baba Ifa Karade - The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts

Miguel C. Alonso - The Development of Yoruba Candomble Communities in Salvador, Bahia

A. G. Hopkins - An Economic History of West Africa

Samuel Johnson - The History of the Yorubas (Old source but an iconic work in Yoruba history)

OTHER SOURCES

Black sand and iron stone: iron smelting in Modakeke, Ife, south western Nigeria

Ancient History of Technology in West Africa: The
Indigenous Glass/Glass Bead Industry and the
Society in Early Ile-Ife

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[tdasilva]

I’m from Brazil and Cuba. 80% of my Dna is from the Yoruba people. My great great grandfather was a babalawo, his father was enslaved from Oyo by Dahomey. He was also a writer so he wrote about his life. He’s slave record shows his name was Adewale Adeniran but was changed to Manuel Dasilva. My mom is from cuba and tested her dna, most of her dna was for Yoruba people and Mbundu people from Angola/ Kongo.

[Thehugo]

It's crazy how successful yoruba culture has been despite all of the suffering its people have endured throughout history. I'm from Bahia, Brazil and I have to say, we LIVE the yoruba culture. It's tangible how much it has influenced our culture over there and it's beautiful to see it. The religion of candomblé is present in everyone's lives in Bahia and even catholics will engage in Yoruba's tradition every so often.

[FagbenroOluwatosin-enlu]

Sometimes we the Yorubas don't know how valuable is our culture and tribe. thanks to this video for shedding more light through this and telling the world what our culture and tradition is all about.

[believeinyou]

I am a Nigerian Yoruba girl. Greetings to my brothers and sisters. Love you all... "Oluwa a tunbo ma bukun wa"(God will continue to bless us). Amen

[abubalo]

I am a Yoruba from Ilorin. I regard this coverage of Yoruba history as close to accurate. The illustrations really brings so much context. However, I would like to point out one thing. If you say 'pele' to me, I would assume you meant to say sorry. The other ways to say hello in Yoruba is "enle o"; pronounced as "hen leh ooo". Alternatively, you can say 'enle nibe un' or "e pele nibe un" which loosely translate to hello there. How are you is "bawo ni"

[sirwallaby]

Yoruba are indeed the jewels of african Tribes, their history and culture is unique. Shout out to Our Yoruba brothers and sisters from Eritrea in East Africa :)

[NattyRose]

Proud to be part Nigerian! My grandmother was from Lagos and she was Yoruba!

[starzies]

I'm Yoruba Canadian (born here, parents immigrated) and I'm so thankful you guys decided to cover Yoruba people :D
Keep up the good work!!

[TayeTalks]

Irish/Nigerian here, this was such a great watch! Recognized your accent straight away which was a pleasant surprise too ❤️. 🇮🇪🇳🇬

[tyronechillifoot]

It’s actually kinda wild that Nigeria archaeological findings changed how African art was globally viewed

[dadsfreetimeclassicgaming]

My homeboy married a yuroba woman. I had to lie on the ground to to help him convince his soon-to-be father-in-law that he had enough money to take care of his daughter. It was kind of cool that I got a chance to give their firstborn son a name

[mch]

As a Yoruba historian, i can say it is obvious a lot of research was put into this and not mere google/wikipedia or relying on popular but uninformed narratives about the Yoruba people. I have been following this chanel for a over a year now and i'm glad a video on the yoruba was made

[mobo]

Am a Nigerian yoruba, shout out to our brothers and sister in South America and the Caribbean, Cogito 🙌🙌 100%

[vinnie]

I'm a son of the Candomble, with my best friend being a woman from Umbanda. I can honestly say Brazil's most beautiful things, which make up our identity today, were given to us by the Yoruba people. We will never forget their struggle and their pain, and will forever honor their sacrifice. Asè ♥

[antnam]

Most of the Afrobeats are in Yoruba! The best ones especially are in Yoruba, the language is tonal and very good for music.

[aasemahsan]

1:03 Geography
1:55 Language

4:05 History & Mythology
5:36 Building of city states
8:17 Ife expands under Oduduwa
9:58 *OYO EMPIRE*
14:37 Colonialism

15:32 Diaspora
17:54 Food
18:38 Religion
20:45 Fashion

[teetee]

This is certainly one of the most accurate YouTube content out there on the Yorùbá people’s history.

Well-done!

[revolution]

As an outsider, it's interesting how the Yoruba people, along with other ethnic groups of Sub-Saharan Africa, influenced the cultures of countries in the Americas. I do think they deserve recognition for shaping the world into what it is today, at least culturally and linguistically, and I think this video has done them justice because it's been overlooked by many all around the world. Anyways, hope y'all have a happy holiday! :)

[Jelisson_Gregorov]

Thanks for the video! Here in Brazil you can see the Yorubá influences in our food, music, religions, words.
One of their inheritance keep growing here where I live, the palm tree called dendê. It's used to make the oil used in the acarajé and others foods. We also hear a lot of yoruba words in capoeira and some cultural groups.

[sadetairu]

I’m a Yoruba Princess from three ruling houses in Oyo, Ogbomosho and Ibadan. I’m very impressed with the efforts put into this video. Well done for this.