WHO ARE THE YORUBA PEOPLE?

WHO ARE THEY?
The Yoruba people are Regarded as one of the most popular and largest African ethnic groups South of the Sahara desert.

WHERE DO THEY LIVE?

ECONOMY

Beliefs...
According to Yoruba Mythology, the Yoruba people descended from the deity Ọodua or Ọduduwa.

SHANGO

ESHU

SHOPONA

OGUN

OBATALA

Yoruba ART
The Yoruba people are said to be great sculptors. Making beautiful statues of their deity and other holy figures.

YORUBA LANGUAGE
A Nigerian language spoken in West Africa mainly in Nigeria. The number of speakers of Yoruba was estimated at around 20 million in the 1990s.

TRADITIONAL CLOTHING

WOMAN'S CLOTHING

MEN'S CLOTHING

WORKS CITED

• http://www.everyculture.com/Africa-Middle-East/Yoruba-Economy.html
• http://yorupedia.com/subjects/yoruba-culture/economy/
• http://www.randafricanart.com/Yoruba_Customs_and_Beliefs_Pertaining_to_Twin...
• http://www.tigweb.org/youth-media/panorama/article.html?ContentID=1088
• http://yorubaculturalinstitute.org/main/facts-about-yoruba-people-and-cultu...

CONTINUED...

• www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/653789/Yoruba
• http://www.africaguide.com/culture/tribes/yoruba.htm
• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Yoruba_deities