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Yoruba

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The Yoruba are a large ethno-linguistic group in West Africa.
They constitute about 30% of Nigeria's total population and around 40 million
individuals throughout the region of West Africa.

In Nigeria, they populate the south-eastern corner of the country.
A significant percentage of Africans enslaved in the Americas originated from this
region.

Once powerful Oyo Empire exists to this day in much reduced form.
Its leader, the Alaafin, is the highest traditional authority for the Yoruba people.

They are also two factions of the Oodua Peoples congress, a militant organization
complaining of discrimination against the Yoruba people in Nigeria.
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They are the largest single tribe in Nigeria (If you separate the Hausa and the Fulani which are often grouped together but are distinct from each other).