plural Yoruba or Yorubas
: a Niger-Congo language of southwestern Nigeria and parts of Benin and Togo
also
: a member of any of the Yoruba-speaking peoples of this region
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His work is a way of ensuring Yoruba cosmology remains self-authored—a visual manifesto against erasure.
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Byron Armstrong, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
In 2020 Black filmmaker Yoruba Richens and the New York Times premiered The Killing of Breonna Taylor, a moving film that centers on the no-knock police raid that led to the twenty-six-year-old emergency medical technician’s death.
—Lashawn Harris
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Other large language families include the reconstructed mother tongue called Niger-Congo, which gave rise to some 1,500 languages spoken over most of Sub-Saharan Africa, including Igbo, Yoruba, and Zulu.
—Martha Barnette
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
The Fence / Le Cri des Gardes Claire Denis, 2025, France, 92m
English and Yoruba with English subtitles
U.S. Premiere
The absorbing new drama from Claire Denis (Beau Travail, NYFF37) is centered around a fascinating, intractable tête-à-tête.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
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Byron Armstrong, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
In 2020 Black filmmaker Yoruba Richens and the New York Times premiered The Killing of Breonna Taylor, a moving film that centers on the no-knock police raid that led to the twenty-six-year-old emergency medical technician’s death.
—Lashawn Harris
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Other large language families include the reconstructed mother tongue called Niger-Congo, which gave rise to some 1,500 languages spoken over most of Sub-Saharan Africa, including Igbo, Yoruba, and Zulu.
—Martha Barnette
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
The Fence / Le Cri des Gardes Claire Denis, 2025, France, 92m
English and Yoruba with English subtitles
U.S. Premiere
The absorbing new drama from Claire Denis (Beau Travail, NYFF37) is centered around a fascinating, intractable tête-à-tête.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for Yoruba
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“Yoruba.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Yoruba. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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