Who Are The Yoruba People?

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Yorubaland is the homeland of the Yoruba people. With a population of 46 million the Yoruba are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa.

The Yoruba built one of the largest empires in West Africa and crafted some of humanity's finest art. Their artists are famous worldwide and no other African culture has affected the Americas and Caribbean as much as the Yoruba who left their mark through people, dance, food and the religions of Santeria, and Candomblé.

So who are the Yoruba, what is their history, and what does it have to do with a Galactic Universe Creating Chicken? Well, let’s find out.

This video was researched and written by Deborah Oliveira.

The illustrations were created by Chico De La Historia,

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Sources and Further Reading:

VIDEOS

BOOKS

A History of the Yoruba People by Stephen Adebanji

Encyclopedia of the Yoruba by Toyin Falola and Akintunde Akinyemi

Adebisi Afọlayan - Yoruba language and literature

Niara Sudarkasa - Where Women Work A Study of Yoruba Women in the Marketplace and in the Home

Oyekan Owomoyela - Yoruba Proverbs

Baba Ifa Karade - The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts

Miguel C. Alonso - The Development of Yoruba Candomble Communities in Salvador, Bahia

A. G. Hopkins - An Economic History of West Africa

Samuel Johnson - The History of the Yorubas (Old source but an iconic work in Yoruba history)

OTHER SOURCES

Black sand and iron stone: iron smelting in Modakeke, Ife, south western Nigeria

Ancient History of Technology in West Africa: The

Indigenous Glass/Glass Bead Industry and the

Society in Early Ile-Ife