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Learn about the origins, development, and decline of the Yoruba people, a major ethnic group in West Africa. Explore their ancient kingdoms, such as Ife and Oyo, their trade networks, their culture, and their diaspora.
30 paź 2024 · Yoruba, one of the three largest ethnic groups of Nigeria, concentrated in the southwestern part of that country. Much smaller, scattered groups live in Benin and northern Togo. The Yoruba numbered more than 20 million at the turn of the 21st century.
The origin of the Yoruba nation is involved in obscurity. Like the early history of most nations the commonly received accounts are for the most part purely legendary. The people being unlettered, and the language unwritten all that is known is from traditions carefully handed down.
Yoruba is a famous tribe in the world whose relevance is inherent in archetypal image wielded by the mention of the name. "Yoruba Hegemony" searched through the world history from primeval period to the present by forensic method to ascertain the claim to their greatness.
The Yoruba: A New History is the first transdisciplinary study of the two-thousand-year journey of the Yoruba people, from their origins in a small corner of the Niger-Benue Confluence in present-day Nigeria to becoming one of the most populous cultural groups on the African continent.
The historical Yoruba developed in ṣitu, out of earlier Mesolithic Volta-Niger populations, by the 1st millennium BCE. [54] By the 8th century, a powerful City-state already existed in Ile-Ife, one of the earliest in Africa. [55]
This pioneering volume brought together various oral and recorded accounts of Yoruba history, describing not only political history but also social customs, language and laws. Although recent analysis of the text has revealed some inaccuracies, this volume remains the standard reference for the history of the Yoruba people.
