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[6] [7] Instead, Oyo directed more effort towards trading and acted as middlemen for both the trans-Saharan and trans-Atlantic slave trades. [6] Europeans bringing salt arrived in Oyo during the reign of King Obalokun. [8] Thanks to its domination of the coast, Oyo merchants were able to trade with Europeans at Porto Novo and Whydah. [9]
Yoruba Americans (Yoruba: Àwọn ọmọ Yorùbá Amẹrika) are Americans of Yoruba descent. The Yoruba people are a West African ethnic group that predominantly inhabits southwestern Nigeria , with smaller indigenous communities in Benin and Togo .
Pages in category "Yoruba diaspora in the United States" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Yoruba Americans are citizens of the United States who were born in Yorubaland or who are of Yoruba descent. Pages in category "Yoruba-American history" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Pages in category "American people of Yoruba descent" The following 119 pages are in this category, out of 119 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Yoruba-American history (13 P) Pages in category "History of the Yoruba people" The following 94 pages are in this category, out of 94 total. ... Statistics; Cookie ...
According to this calendar, the Gregorian year 2021 is the 10,063th year of Yoruba culture, which starts with the creation of Ìfẹ̀ in 8042 B.C. [174] To reconcile with the Gregorian calendar, Yoruba people also often measure time in seven days a week and four weeks a month:
While the Africans repatriated from England, North America, and the Caribbean between 1787 and 1800 came with their plethora of Christian churches and train of missionaries, the Oku people are descended exclusively from Muslim Yoruba Liberated Africans who were resettled in Sierra Leone during the nineteenth century. [1]