AJA-GBE

Alternate names: AJA, ADJA, HWÈ. Dialects: DÒGBÓ-GBÈ, HWÈGBÈ. Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kwa, Left Bank, Gbe, Aja.

BARIBA

Alternate names: BAATONU, BAATOMBU, BARUBA, BARGU, BURGU, BERBA, BARBA, BOGUNG, BARGAWA, BARGANCHI. Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Bariba.

FON-GBE

Alternate names: FO, FON, FONNU, FOGBE, DAHOMEEN, DJEDJI. Dialects: FO, KOTAFOU. Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kwa, Left Bank, Gbe, Fon

Yoruba

The term Yoruba describes a number of semi-independent people likely linked by geography, language, history and religion. The yoruba live primaril in nigeria and some parts of Benin, Togo and Sierra Leone. They are amongst the most urbanized people in Africa. Ibadan, located in southern Nigeria, is one of the oldest and largest black cities in Africa.

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