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Yoruba Americans are Americans of Yoruba descent. The Yoruba people (''(ヨルバ語:Àwọ̀n ọ́mọ́ Yorùbá)'') are an ethnic group originating in southwestern Nigeria and southern Benin in West Africa. == History == The first Yoruba people who arrived to the United States were imported as slaves from Nigeria and Benin during the Atlantic slave trade. This ethnicity of the slaves was one of the main origins of present-day Nigerians who arrived to the United States, along with the Igbo and Hausa. In addition, native slaves of current Benin hailed from peoples such as Nago (Yoruba subgroup, although exported mainly by Spanish,〔(Google books: Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color ). Wrote by Sybil Kein.〕 when Louisiana was Spanish) -, Ewe, Fon and Gen. Many of the slaves imported to the modern United States from Benin were sold by the King of Dahomey, in Whydah.〔〔"Question of the Month: Cudjo Lewis: Last African Slave in the U.S.?", by David Pilgrim, Curator, Jim Crow Museum, July 2005, webpage:(Ferris-Clotilde ).〕 The slaves brought with them their cultural practices, languages, and religious beliefs rooted in spirit and ancestor worship. So, the manners of the Yoruba, Fon, Gen and Ewe of Benin were key elements of Louisiana Voodoo. Also Haitians, who migrated to Louisiana in the late nineteenth century and also contributed to Voodoo of this state, have the Yoruba〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=National Park Service: African American Heritage & Ethnography )〕 and Ewe as their main origins. The Yoruba, and some northern Nigerian ethnic groups, had tribal facial identification marks. These could have assisted a returning slave in relocating his or her ethnic group, but few slaves escaped the colonies. In the colonies, masters tried to dissuade the practice of tribal customs. They also sometimes mixed people of different ethnic groups to make it more difficult for them to communicate and bond together in rebellion.〔("Ethnicity and the Slave Trade: 'Lucumi' and 'Nago' as Ethnonyms in West Africa" )〕 After the slavery abolition in 1865, many modern Nigerian immigrants have come to the United States to pursue educational opportunities in undergraduate and post-graduate institutions. This was possible because in the 1960s and 1970s, after the Biafra War, Nigeria's government funded scholarships for Nigerian students, and many of them were admitted to American universities. While this was happening, there were several military coups and brief periods of civilian rule. All this caused many Nigerians to emigrate.〔(Encyclopedia ofChicago: Nigerians in Chicago ). Posted by Charles Adams Cogan and Cyril Ibe. Retrieved May 2, 2013, to 16:30 pm.〕 Most of these Nigerian immigrants are of Yoruba, Igbo and Ibibio origins. Today, most African Americans share ancestry with the Yoruba people. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yoruba Americans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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