ABSTRACT
Yoruba immigrants in Sierra Leone are called Aku by the French in Senegal and the descendants of Yoruba slaves in Cuba are known as LukumiS '
South Western Nigeria, from the Guinea Coast west to the Niger Delta, 200 miles inland to the Niger where it, flows south-east to join the Benue, and extending west into Dahomey and French Togoland. The most westerly groups are on the right bank of the Monc, to the north and south of Atakpame. Yoruba-speaking populations occupy all or most of the Colony, Aheokuta, íjebu, Or ido and Ογο Provinces in South Western Nigeria, and Ilorm and Kabba Provinces in Northern Nigeria. The Yoruba populations of the Colony have received numerous accessions from other areas. In Benin Province the ruling lineage of the city of Benin claims to be of Yoruba origin and to have migrated from Ife. The population of llorín Province is mostly Yoruba but a Fulani group, participating in a successful rebellion against old Oyo, secured political domination early in the 19th century. In Dahomey the Yoruba occupy the area in the east and north of the
Cercle of Porto Novo, the region of Ketu and a large part of the Cercle of Savalou; in French Togoland there are Yoruba settlements in the eastern part of the Cercle of Atakpame.
