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Yorubaland
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Yorubaland

Area of western Africa, in present-day Nigeria. It once comprised several states headed by individual Yoruba kings. It flourished for centuries before disputes between minor rulers, difficulties in maintaining trade routes, and invasions led to its decline, beginning in the late 18th century. Oyo, Ife, Ibadan, and Oshogbo are cities with historical Yoruba background.



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Clearly, among Yoruba people I interviewed, this particular textile struck a powerful chord of recognition.
Phase I of the project, which was completed in March 2005, characterized 1 million SNPs in the genomes of 269 individuals from four sampled populations: the Yoruba people of Nigeria, Han Chinese from Beijing, Japanese people from Tokyo, and a group in Utah with ancestry from Western and Northern Europe.
 
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