Why Study Yoruba Yoruba is an important language with over 25 million speakers in West Africa. It is spoken in many African nations, including Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. You can also find traces of Yoruba among communities in Latin American countries like Brazil, Haiti and Cuba. Yoruba gives you a chance to connect to a spiritual heritage that predates colonization and the Transatlantic slave trade. In addition, Yoruba has had a significant influence on other belief systems that are considered a part of the African diaspora.
