Yarbawa a cikin cinikin bayi na Atlantik

Yarabawa sun ba da gudummawar tasirin al'adu da tattalin arziki a kan cinikin bayi na Atlantic a lokacin tafiyarsa daga kusan 1400 zuwa 1900 AZ.

 Oyo Empire 
Daga shekara ta 1400 zuwa gaba, nasarar da masarautar Oyo ta samu ya sa yaren Yarbawa ya zama yare kusan gaɓar Volta.Stride & Ifeka 1971, p. 302.  
A ƙarshen karni na 18, an yi watsi da sojojin Oyo saboda babu buƙatar cin nasara.Oliver & Atmore 2001, p. 95.   Madadin haka, Oyo ya ba da shawarar ƙarin ƙoƙari don ciniki kuma ya zama ƴan tsaka-tsaki don cinikin bayi na trans-Saharan da trans-Atlantic.  Turawan da ke kawo gishiri sun iso Oyo a zamanin Sarki Obalokun.  Godiya ga mamayar bakin teku, 'yan kasuwa na Oyo sun sami damar kasuwanci tare da Turawa a Porto Novo da Whydah.Stride & Ifeka p. 292 A nan an sayar da masu garkuwa da masu aikata laifukan daular Oyo ga masu saye na Holland da Portugal.Smith 1989, p. 31.

 Tasirin al'adu 
Baya ga tasirin bautar, kuma daga baya abinci da harshe na Afro-Amurka, shigo da al'adun Yarbawa ya kasance mafi girma a cikin bayyanar addinin Yarbawa kamar Santería, Candomblé Ketu, da sauran abubuwan ruhaniya na gargajiya.

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