Yoruba people in the Atlantic slave trade
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The Yoruba people contributed a major cultural and economic influence upon the victims of the Atlantic slave trade during its run from approximately 1400 until 1900.
[edit] Oyo Empire
From 1400 onward, the Oyo Empire's imperial success made the Yoruba language a lingua franca almost to the shores of the Volta.[1] Toward the end of the 18th century, the Oyo army was neglected as there was less need to conquer.[2]
[edit] Cultural influence
In addition to the influence upon slave, and later free Afro-American cuisine and language, the importation of Yoruba culture was most heavily evidenced in such manifestations of Yoruba religion as Santería, Candomblé Ketu and other indigenous spiritualities.
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