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Yoruba
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Yo·ru·ba  (yôr-b, yr-bä)
n. pl. Yoruba or Yo·ru·bas
1. A member of a West African people living chiefly in southwest Nigeria.
2. The Benue-Congo language of this people.
Yoru·ban adj.
Yoruba [ˈjɒrʊbə]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -bas, -ba a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in the coastal regions of SW Nigeria: noted for their former city states and complex material culture, particularly as evidenced in their music, art, and sculpture
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family
Yoruban  adj
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Noun1.Yoruba - a member of a West African people living chiefly in southwestern Nigeria
Nigerian - a native or inhabitant of Nigeria
2.Yoruba - a Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba in southwestern Nigeria
Aku
Kwa - a group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria
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With the wealth of Nigeria coming from the lands of minority nationalities who lack the political clout to fight for their interests, in a country where the Hausas, Yorubas and Igbos--the three major ethnicities--are politically dominant, there is a high level of distrust between the minority and majority ethnic groups in the country.
A delta of great contention by Obayiuwana, Osasu / New African
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Finally, the feeling of authenticity and the nostalgia shared by many Abomean Yorubas are of course fed also by larger narratives on authenticity and loss that circulate in the Beninese postcolony, but those narratives, and notably the diverse forms of nostalgia that are to be found in the African post-colonies, are beyond the scope of this paper.
Between authenticity and nostalgia: the making of a Yoruba tradition ... by Noret, Joel / African Arts
 
 
 
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