Yoruba
Introduction
Yoruba People
Yoruba is one of the three largest African tribes located in Nigeria.
Where the Yoruba are located
Yoruba are also found in Benin and Togo (“Yoruba”). They are not only located in Africa, but they are also found in parts of the western world, such as Caribbean, North America, South America like Cuba and Brazil (“The Yoruba Culture”).
Now the Yoruba tribe has about 40 million people around the world (Salawu 98: 2004).
Personal Adornment
Picture Men usually wear cloth hats, gowns and trousers. Common types of gowns that men would wear are shaped like ponchos. A trouser is often loose and baggy. All traditional clothing are hand woven (“Yoruba”)
History
Relationship With Nearby Cultural Groups
With majority of Fulani living in the Sahel desert, they managed to push most of the Yoruba further south. Fulani and Yoruba then had a lot of disagreements with land and resources. Finally in the 1800s, a treaty was made between the Fulani and Yoruba to have an equal amount of land and resources ("Yoruba People").
Major Historical Events & People
From the British colonization to the entire slave trading, Yoruba territory became one of the slave coast over the last four centuries ("Yoruba"). Yoruba people do not only live in Africa, but around the Western part of the world. Yoruba are found in some parts of the Western world because of slave trades and migration ("The Yoruba Culture").
Odua is known as a hero to Yoruba legends. About 50 Yoruba claimed to be as nobility as brood of Odua ("Yoruba"). Odua has seven descendants. Yoruba traditions say those seven close descendants were either his sons or grandsons (Salawu 98: 2004).
Changes that happened
Many Yoruba people were taken to parts of South America. Yoruba religion was then combined with Christianity. In 1893 Yoruba joined the “Protection Rate of Great Britain." In 1960 Yoruba became British subjects and their colony ("Yoruba"). Many of the Yoruba traditions were demolish ("The Yoruba
Yoruba People
Yoruba is one of the three largest African tribes located in Nigeria.
Where the Yoruba are located
Yoruba are also found in Benin and Togo (“Yoruba”). They are not only located in Africa, but they are also found in parts of the western world, such as Caribbean, North America, South America like Cuba and Brazil (“The Yoruba Culture”).
Now the Yoruba tribe has about 40 million people around the world (Salawu 98: 2004).
Personal Adornment
Picture Men usually wear cloth hats, gowns and trousers. Common types of gowns that men would wear are shaped like ponchos. A trouser is often loose and baggy. All traditional clothing are hand woven (“Yoruba”)
History
Relationship With Nearby Cultural Groups
With majority of Fulani living in the Sahel desert, they managed to push most of the Yoruba further south. Fulani and Yoruba then had a lot of disagreements with land and resources. Finally in the 1800s, a treaty was made between the Fulani and Yoruba to have an equal amount of land and resources ("Yoruba People").
Major Historical Events & People
From the British colonization to the entire slave trading, Yoruba territory became one of the slave coast over the last four centuries ("Yoruba"). Yoruba people do not only live in Africa, but around the Western part of the world. Yoruba are found in some parts of the Western world because of slave trades and migration ("The Yoruba Culture").
Odua is known as a hero to Yoruba legends. About 50 Yoruba claimed to be as nobility as brood of Odua ("Yoruba"). Odua has seven descendants. Yoruba traditions say those seven close descendants were either his sons or grandsons (Salawu 98: 2004).
Changes that happened
Many Yoruba people were taken to parts of South America. Yoruba religion was then combined with Christianity. In 1893 Yoruba joined the “Protection Rate of Great Britain." In 1960 Yoruba became British subjects and their colony ("Yoruba"). Many of the Yoruba traditions were demolish ("The Yoruba