Yorubaland

[yawr-uh-buh-land, yohr-]

noun

1. a former kingdom in W Africa, in the E part of the Slave Coast: now a region in SW Nigeria.

Example Sentences

From the 19th century onward, the part of present-day Nigeria that falls into the region called Yorubaland, was wracked by territorial conflict, first under Islamic dominion, then British control.

Read more on New York Times

The result is a vision of Yorubaland life as a state of harmonic tension, disciplined joy.

Read more on New York Times

West Africa, and specifically Yorubaland, has 10 times more twins than any other region in the world.

Read more on The Guardian

Ifa has roots in Olori’s family’s ancestral homeland, Yorubaland.

Read more on Washington Post

It shows a crowd in what is now Nigeria, but what was then Yorubaland under British colonial influence.

Read more on New York Times