Abstract
1. Who is a Yoruba American? This paper looks at the socio-religious movement organized by Yoruba Americans. Yoruba Americans in this paper are defi ned as African Americans worshipping Orisa (African Yoruba gods)1 and practicing Yoruba religion/culture. It is not the center of the issue, however, whether their ancestors in effect came from Yorubaland or not. Yoruba is one of the three largest peoples in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, West Africa. Yoruba people live extensively from the southwest part of Nigeria, the east part of the People’s Republic of Benin, and to a part of the Republic of Togo. These areas are called Yorubaland (Smith 1988). This paper scrutinizes two theoretical issues concerning African American social movements. The Yoruba American socio-religious movement is one of African American social movements.2
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