Abstract: 1. The Yoruba Diaspora in the Atlantic World: Methodology and Research by Matt D. Childs and Toyin Falola.I. The Yoruba Homeland and Diaspora 2. The Diaspora of Yoruba-Speakers, 1650-1865: Dimensions and Implications by David Eltis. 3. The Yoruba Factor in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade by Paul Lovejoy. 4. The Enslavement of Yoruba by Ann O'Hear.II. The Yoruba Diaspora in the Americas 5. Nango and Mina: The Yoruba Diaspora in Brazil by Joao Jose Reis and Beatriz Gallotti Mamigonian 6. The Yoruba in Cuba: Origins, Identities, and Transformations by Michele Reid. 7. Africans in a Colony of Creoles: The Yoruba in Colonial Costa Rica by K. Russel Lohse. 8. Yoruba in the British Caribbean: A Comparative Perspective on Trinidad and the Bahamas by Rosalyn Howard. 9. The Influential Yoruba Past in Haiti by Kevin Roberts.III. The Cultural Foundations of the Yoruba Diaspora 10. The Nagoization: Process in Bahian Candomble by Luis Nicalau Pares. 11. Santeria in Cuba: Tradition and Transformation by Christine Ayorinde. 12. From Gbe to Yoruba: Ethnic Change and the Mina Nation in Rio de Janeiro by Mariza C. Soares. 13. Yoruba Family, Gender, and Kinship Roles in New World Slavery by Kevin Roberts. 14. Revolution and Religion: Yoruba Sacred Music in Socialist Cuba by Robin Moore. 15. Lost and Found: Yorubna Elements in African American Arts by Babatunde Lawal. 16. Yorubaisms in African American Speech Patterns by Agustine AgwueleIV. The Return to Yorubaland 17. Yoruba Liberated Slaves Who Returned to West Africa by Robin Law. 18. The Yoruba Diaspora in Sierra Leone's Krio Society by C. Magbaily Fyle. 19. Liberated Slaves and Islam in Nineteenth Century West Africa by Gibril R. Cole.