Yoruba

[yawr-uh-buh, yohr-]

noun

plural

Yorubas ,

plural

Yoruba .

1. a member of a numerous West African coastal people.

2. the language of the Yoruba, a Kwa language.

Yoruba

/ ˈjɒrʊbə /

noun

1. 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. the language of this people, belonging to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family

Other Word Forms

• Yoruban adjective

Example Sentences

Lucumí is an Afro-Caribbean religion with roots in Yoruba cosmology, formed and sustained by enslaved Africans in Cuba as an act of resistance and remembrance.

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He said he was a member of the Yoruba Self-Determination Movement, an activist organisation advocating for a breakaway state in south-west Nigeria for the Yoruba ethnic group.

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Some are inspired by Met Gala themes, Yoruba bridal looks or Afrofuturist aesthetics.

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There are over 250 ethnic groups in the country with Hausa-Fulanis, Igbo and Yoruba – hailing from the north, south-east and south-west respectively - being the three largest.

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Black folks, and Black women especially, recognized certain homages on sight: the recurring suggestions of Yoruba deities, the purposeful insertion of certain Black stars in specific scenes, the tributes to mothers living and ancestral.

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