Yoruba people
From Wikipedia
The Yoruba are the main ethnic group in the Nigerian federal states of Ekiti,
Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Oyo; they also constitute a sizable proportion of
Kwara and Kogi states as well as Edo.
Yoruba people (Yorùbá
in Yoruba orthography) are one of the largest ethno-linguistic or ethnic groups
in west Africa. The majority of the Yoruba speak the Yoruba language (Yoruba:
èdèe Yorùbá; èdè). The Yoruba constitute around 30 million individuals
throughout West Africa and are found predominantly in Nigeria with approximately
21 percent of its total population.
The Yoruba share borders with the Borgu (variously called Bariba and Borgawa) in
the northwest, the Nupe (whom they often call, 'Tapa') and Ebira in the north,
the Edo who are also known as Bini or Benin people (unrelated to the people of
the 'Republic of Benin'), and the ?san and Afemai to the southeast. The Igala
and other related groups are found in the northeast, and the Egun, Fon, and
other Gbe-speaking peoples in the southwest. While the majority of the Yoruba
live in western Nigeria, there are also substantial indigenous Yoruba
communities in the Republic of Benin, Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, USA, Trinidad and
Tobago, Guyana, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica,
Grenada, Puerto Rico, Ghana and Togo
Calendar
Time is measured in isheju or iseju (minutes), wakati (hours), ojo (days), ose
(weeks), oshu or osu (months) and odun (years). There are 60 isheju in 1 wakati;
24 wakati in 1 ojo; 7 ojo in 1 ose; 4 ose in 1 oshu and 52 ose in 1 odun. There
are 12 oshu in 1 odun.
The Yoruba
calendar (Kojoda) year starts from 3 June to 2 June of the following year.
According to this calendar, the Gregorian year 2008 A. D. is the 10050th year of
Yoruba culture.[citation needed] To reconcile with the Gregorian calendar,
Yoruba people also measure time in seven days a week and four weeks a month:
YORUBAS OF ATLANTA
The
primary mission of the YORUBAS OF ATLANTA is to
foster friendship, cultural awareness and
economic cooperation among the members and the
society in general.
The purposes of
which the YORUBAS OF ATLANTA is organized are
exclusively cultural, charitable and educational
within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the
internal revenue code of 1986 or the corresponding
provision of any future United States Revenue Law
