The hidden origin of the name 'Yoruba' for the Yoruba-speaking people

This is how the name 'Yoruba', for the Yoruba people who spoke a similar language, originated.

At first, there was no general name for the Yorubas as a whole. Even though they spoke similar languages, each community has its own dialect.

They called themselves based on a particular settlement or geographic area; for instance, the Yoruba-speaking groups in the Republic of Benin and Togo still call themselves “Ife” rather than “Yoruba.

By Temi Iwalaiye.

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