Meet The Yoruba Americans -The Village In The United States Where ‘Yoruba’ Culture Is Practiced (Photos)
Robert Young
Updated on December 30, 2025
Africans in South Carolina have found an intriguing way of preserving one of Nigerians oldest and most popular culture, the Yoruba culture. In this modern world where technology is taking over almost everything, they have managed to keep alive a culture in America.
A village in America goes by the name Oyotunji village in South Carolina. The community was founded by a black America named Walter Eugene King, born on October 5, 1928, in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
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Eugene attended the Cass Technical High School and got intrigued by the African culture. He likewise got presented to the Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe at 20 years old which expanded his affection for the African culture, especially that of the Yorubas.
On August 26, 1959, Eugene turned into the pioneer African conceived in America to be initiated into the Orisa-Vodun African organization by African Cubans in Matanzas, Cuba. This denoted the start of the spread of Yoruba religion and culture among African Americans
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