Western Africa's Yorùbá people are called Joruba. Yorubas number 42 million.
In Benin and Togo, they're also found. They're one of Africa's major ethnic groups south of the Sahara Desert.
Yorubas who recently immigrated to the UK are regarded as recent migrants.
Known as the Slave Coast, Yoruba area was heavily traded for salves during the slave trade.
Countless Yoruba were brought to America. Their descendants kept Yoruba traditions.
All Yoruba people come from Odua or Oduduwa, a hero in Yoruba mythology.
They think Olorun fathered Orunmila and Obatala. Prayers or watering kola nuts can reach him.