1. Yoruba - Noun
2. Yoruba - Proper noun
Yoruba (plural Yoruba or Yorubas)
(chiefly in the plural) A member of an ethnic group or tribe living mainly in southwest Nigeria, southern Benin, and eastern Togo and, as well as in communities elsewhere in West Africa, Brazil and Cuba.
A sub-Saharan language. It belongs to the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family, and has nearly 40 million speakers in Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Sierra Leone, as well as communities in Brazil and Cuba.
An African traditional religion which spawned various offshoots in the Americas in the 15th to 19th centuries. These include santería and Lucumí. See Yoruba religion.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgI'm of Nigerian descent, from the Yoruba tribe. Names are very significant in that culture. It basically states your purpose in life. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
I rarely use mythology for its own sake because, as a theatre person, the mythological figures are in fact humanity to the ninth degree and Yoruba mythology in particular has fascination of being one of the most humanised mythologies in the world. Wole Soyinka
There are some rhetorical moves that I wouldn't be able to make if I didn't know these languages. In terms of writing figurative language, I probably pull a lot from Yoruba imagery... Chigozie Obioma
You have the entire gamut of human experience captured in the mythology of the Yoruba. This is what makes the Yoruba mythology a natural source material for me in my creative endeavours. Wole Soyinka
Akintoye said: "We the Yoruba have the instrument for defending our safety properties, our towns, villages and farmlands against any external aggression. Source: Internet
Alison Saar’s “Imbue,” 2020, a public sculpture at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., that evokes the Yoruba goddess Yemoja. Source: Internet