Meaning of Yorubaland | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of Yorubaland.
   alt-of, alternative
2. The homeland of the Yoruba people in the countries of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo in West Africa.

Examples

“The bold little ships even broke through the Gates of Hercules to the open ocean, coasting then northward to take the gold of Ireland and the tin of Cornwall, as well as southward, around the bulge of Senegal, to remote Yorubaland and the distant marts of ivory, gold, and slaves.”

“In some parts of precolonial Yorubaland, […] twins and their parents were either banished or ritually slaughtered.”

“In Yorùbáland as a whole, long narrative ijálás may be more frequent.”

“The Ẹ̀gbá and Ifẹ̀ chiefs, representing prominent Yorùbá-speaking clans in the southwestern region of Yorùbáland, were known to have welcomed missionaries and incorporated new techniques of knowledge forms to achieve victorious political ends.”

“With Awólọ́wọ̀’s death in 1987, the daily and unending struggle to claim, and/or succeed to, his legacy, creed, position, authority, aura or eliteness, has been central to understanding the politics of Yorùbáland.”

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