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page 1Yoruba subgroups
Egba people
clan of the Yoruba people living in western Nigeria
Egbado
The Ẹgbado (Morphology: Ẹgba l'odo), now Yewa, are a subgroup of the Yoruba people and mostly inhabit Ogun West Senatorial District, Ogun State, in south-west Nigeria, Africa. In 1995, the group's name was changed to Yewa after the Yewa River, the river (odo) they foraged towards. The name of this river is derived from the Yoruba deity Yewa. Yewa/Ẹgbado mainly occupy four Local Government Areas in Ogun State, Yewa South, Yewa North, Imeko-Afon, and Ipokia, while the Ado-Odo/Ota LGA forms the fifth Awori part of the senatorial district. Other Yewa/Ẹgbado are located in Lagos West, Lagos East, O
Igbomina people
The Ìgbómìnà (; also colloquially Igboona or Ogboona) are a subgroup of the Yoruba ethnic group, which originates from the north central and southwest Nigeria.
They speak a dialect called Ìgbómìnà or Igbonna, classified among the Central Yoruba of the three major Yoruba dialectical areas. The Ìgbómìnà spread across what is now southern Kwara State and northern Osun State, in an area collectively referred to as Igbominaland. Peripheral areas of the dialectical region have some similarities to the adjoining Ekiti, Ijesha, Yagba, and Oyo dialects.
Ijesha
The Ijesha (Yoruba alphabet: Ìjẹ̀ṣà ) are one of the major sub-groups of the Yoruba people of West Africa. Ilesha is the largest town and historic cultural capital of the Ijesha people, and is home to a large kingdom of the same name, ruled by a King titled as his Imperial Majesty, the Owa Obokun Adimula of Ijesaland . The Prince Clement Adesuyi Haastrup from the Bilaro Oluodo Ruling House succeeds the now late Oba Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran, as the 49th Owa Obokun of Ijesaland. However there is much contention as the Osun State Government and Prince Clement Adesuyi Haastrup violated a court
Ana people
Ethnic group in West Africa