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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

The Yorubas of the south-west are split between Muslims and Christians and the Igbos of the south-east and neighbouring groups are mostly Christian or follow traditional religions.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2019

The Nigerian government is currently dominated by Christian Yorubas.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2012

"When day dawns, you rejoice," say the Yorubas; "do you not know that the day of death is so much the nearer?"

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn