I found this website that informs briefly on all of the different tribes in Africa. A tribe that I found interesting was teh Yoruba tribe. They are located in the southwest of Nigeria and Benin. The Yoruba people are well known for their variety of different artistic forms such as pottery, weaving, beadwork, metal work, and mask making. For the most part, many of these artistics forms are created to honor their Gods and ancestors, which means there is much art created due to the fact that there are more then 401 known Gods. The Yoruba have been compared to the Greeks due to the similarities in the amount of Gods and meanings. In Africa the Yoruba have started to become very popular to the African society because many Africans are claiming them as their family roots and following Yoruba's religion.
The Yoruba originated from a group of people called the Oyo, whom were very popular due to their trading with the Portugeuse who they received many guns from. However a group called the Fulani invaded them and Yoruba was unable to push them back. In the 1800's the Yoruba and Fulani formed a treaty and in 1901 were colonized by Britian. In general, the Yoruba are an agriculture society, with 15 % of it's people as merchants, artists, and craftmans.
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