Yorubas
- plural of Yoruba.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, among the Yorubas and Igbos of southern Nigeria, some marks are linked to life and death.
From BBC ● May 20, 2022
“Don’t you hear the Yorubas speaking their own language?”
From The Guardian ● Mar. 14, 2019
In Gusau, there was a sizeable population of ethnic Yorubas from south-western Nigeria, Igbos from the south-east, and thriving Indian and Lebanese communities.
From BBC ● May 18, 2018
The Nigerian government is currently dominated by Christian Yorubas.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2012
The foregoing account is identical with that in the regimental records, with the exception that the Yorubas are not in the latter credited with so large a share in the mutiny.
From The History of the First West India Regiment by Ellis, A. B. (Alfred Burdon)
