This piece is named after Yoruba tribe, an advanced and ancient society from Western Africa. One of the great achievements of the Yoruba was their urban culture. “By the year A.D. 1300,” says a modern scholar, “the Yoruba people built numerous walled cities surrounded by farms”. 

The Yoruba population is around 42 million people in total. with the majority of this population from Nigeria, also from Benin Republic and Togo. They are one of the largest African ethnic groups south of the Sahara Desert and not a single group, but rather a collection of diverse people bound together by a common language, history, and culture.

 The Yoruba have traditionally been among the most skilled and productive craftsmen of Africa. They worked at such trades as blacksmithing, weaving, leather working, glass-making, and ivory and wood carving. Yoruba women engage in cotton spinning, basketry, and dyeing. 

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