Yoruba people

== Foreign representation ==
The Yoruba people have participated in more recent cultural exchange programs with members of the African diaspora in order to preserve shared cultural and identity relationships between the two parties. One of these programs is a cultural site, the [[Oyotunji]] African Village in Sheldon County, South Carolina, founded by Oba [[Adefunmi|Efuntola Oseijeman Adelabu]] and established in 1970.<ref name =folklore>{{cite book |date= 2004 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=SmmUAgAAQBAJ&q=Yoruba+families+Oyotunji+African+village&pg=PA660 |title= African Folklore: An Encyclopedia |first1=Philip M. |last1=Peek |first2=Kwesi |last2=Yankah |publisher=Routledge |page=660 |isbn=978-1-135-94873-3 |oclc=7385565477}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=6p2aLo2kafMC&pg=PA32 |title= The United States and West Africa: Interactions and Relations (Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora) |volume=34 |first1=Alusine |last1=Jalloh |first2=Toyin |last2=Falola |publisher=University Rochester Press |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-58046-308-9 |page=32 |oclc=166379802}}</ref>

More recent diplomatic efforts centered around Yoruba cross-cultural celebration include the voyage of the Ooni (King) of Ife to the city of Bahia in Salvador, Brazil, home of a large number of Yoruba descendants, to celebrate the city as the cultural capital of the Yoruba people in the Western Hemisphere.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Akinwale |first1=Funsho |title=Ooni of Ife's day of glory in Brazil |url=https://guardian.ng/saturday-magazine/high-society/ooni-of-ifes-day-of-glory-in-brazil/ |agency=The Guardian |date=16 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Travae |first1=Marques |title=In historic visit of King Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi of Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Bahia is declared the Yoruba Capital of the Americas |url=https://blackbraziltoday.com/bahia-is-declared-the-yoruba-capital/ |agency=BLACK BRAZIL TODAY |date=19 June 2018}}</ref>