Yoruba
noun
a member of a numerous West African coastal people.
Yoruban
-
a word derived from
Yoruba.
Example Sentences
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Now in her debut novel, “Skin of the Sea,” she blends elements of Andersen’s original story with West African history and Yoruban mythology to create a new fairy tale.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2021
He has also been intrigued by the ways in which African spirituality has manifested in the Americas, such as the Yoruban egun, an ancestral representation from Africa that also appears in Brazilian rites.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2020
The structure, designed by the architects David Adjaye, Philip Freelon, and J. Max Bond, Jr., was inspired by Yoruban crowns from West Africa, with the openings in the lattice meant to invite in the sunlight.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 24, 2019
Bob isn’t immediately smitten, but when she sings a lullaby to him in her native Yoruban language, a switch flips and suddenly he’s gifting her with bags of compression socks.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2019
One man, a pure blue-black Yoruban, stands mute in the center of the room, a starched cotton fez on his head.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
