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The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, with each ethnicity generally having their own language (or dialect of a language) and culture. The ethnolinguistic groups include various Afroasiatic , Khoisan , Niger-Congo , and Nilo-Saharan populations.
The vast majority of the Yoruba population is today within the country of Nigeria, where they make up 20.7% of the country's population according to Ethnologue estimations, [27] [28] making them one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa. Most Yoruba people speak the Yoruba language, which is the Niger-Congo language with the largest number of ...
Elesin Oba, The King's Horseman is a 2022 Yoruba-language Nigerian historical drama film directed by Biyi Bandele and distributed by Netflix, based on Wole Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman, a stage play he wrote while in Cambridge, where he was a fellow student at Churchill College during his political exile from Nigeria, [1] and it is based on a real incident that took place in ...
Apaadi is a 2009 Yoruba language Nigerian film. It's the first epic film produced by Funke Akindele and she also starred as one of the main characters in the movie, playing the King's niece.
Akinwumi Ogundiran (b. 1966), archaeologist, historian, anthropologist, author of The Yoruba: A New History; Bolaji Akinyemi (b. 1942), Nigerian professor of political science who was Nigeria External Affairs Minister in 1985-1987; Bolanle Awe (b. 1933), Nigerian history professor; Christopher Kolade (b. 1932), Nigerian diplomat and academic
The film explores the themes of the intersection between African belief in supernatural forces, modernity and sexual politics. [2] Thunderbolt: Magun was made with a DV calm and the budget for the film was about $50,000. [1] It was released on VHS. [4] It was listed as one of the 10 best selling Yoruba movies. [5]
Africa Paradis; Africa Screams; Africa Speaks! Africa's Elephant Kingdom; Africadalli Sheela; African Manhunt; Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold; Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls; Anthony Adverse; Armour of God II: Operation Condor; Ashanti (1979 film) At War in the Diamond Fields; L'Atlantide (1921 film) Avengers: Endgame ...
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