Woman's Àdìrẹ Wrapper
1970 · Cotton, plain weave; resist-dyed; two panels joined
194.2 × 161.7 cm (76 1/2 × 63 5/8 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Yoruba
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57
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66
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Yoruba is an Atlantic–Congo language that is spoken in West Africa, primarily in South West Nigeria, Benin, and parts of Togo. It is spoken by the Yoruba people. Yoruba speakers number roughly 50 million, including around 2 million second-language or L2 speakers. As a pluricentric language, it is primarily spoken in a dialectal area spanning Nigeria, Benin, and Togo with smaller migrated communities in Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and Gambia.
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