The Yoruba People (Nigeria)

Last modified: 2001-08-23 by jonathan dixon
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• Western Region, 1960
• Egbe Omo Yoruba

• Nigeria
• Nigerian Ethnic and Political Groups

I believe that the Yoruba national Flag is blue with a white circle near the hoist and within, a golden emblem
Jaume Olle

The Yorubas are the dominant ethnic group in the West of Nigeria (20-25% of total population of the country), with Ibadan as capital. After independence, Nigeria was divided into three regions (North, East and West). The Action Group, dominant in the Western region, had asked for internal autonomy in 1956, but was in opposition at the time of independence (1960) following the general elections of 1959. After agitation in the West, the region was divided and the Midwest was created in 1964. So this flag might have been used by Action Group.
Ivan Sache using Encyclopaedia Universalis, 12 Sep 1999

I found a totally different Yoruba flag at the Egbe Omo Yoruba site ("National Association of Yoruba Descendents in North America")
Thanh-Tâm Lê, 27 Feb 1999