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date: 12 September 2024

Yoruba Group of peoples sharing the Yoruba language and a range of cultural traditions, concentrated in Nigeria but forming smaller communities in Benin and Togo. 

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Encyclopedia of Africa
Author(s):

Ari Nave

Today more than thirty million people speak some dialect of Yoruba, which belongs to the Kwa group of the Niger-Congo ...

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