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Who are the Yoruba?

The first obvious answer to this question is the Yoruba are a nationality, numbering about 40 million, the majority of whom live in the South Western part of the state of Nigeria in West Africa. Obvious as this answer is, it is not wholly explanatory, and certainly, it is not without its own controversy. First, regarding its explanatory status. One has to add, that the Yoruba are people that speak a common language, Yoruba, which belongs to the Kwa group of the Niger-Congo linguistic family, and it has about 12 dialects; Read More »

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Spring Meeting of the National Executive Council
Host: Egbe Omo Oduduwa of Greater St. Louis
Date: May 10, 2008


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2008 EOY NATIONAL CONVENTION
Theme: "The Renewal Of Yoruba Spirit - Educationally,
Culturally, Economically and Politically"
Host: Egbe Isokan Yoruba, Washington, DC
August 7 - 10, 2008

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