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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

The museum says the building’s three-tiered shape evokes a traditional Yoruban crown.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2016

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