The Yoruba voice in English politics

Heirs of an ancient civilisation. Citizens of Britain.

We organise, stand for election and go to court so that the Yoruba people are heard in the country they call home.

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2024Registered with the Electoral Commission (13 Feb)

30,000Leaflets hand-delivered by volunteers in Camberwell and Peckham

40,000Manifesto copies posted to homes by Royal Mail

70+Public statements, letters and essays published since 2024

Our commitmentsOhun tí a dúró fún

What we stand for

Three commitments, drawn from our mission and vision.

Stand

Candidates from our community on the ballot, started with Peckham in 2024.

Our story →

Speak

Public statements on British and Nigerian affairs that touch the Yoruba.

News and statements →

Remember

Yoruba history, science and philosophy; written sources.

Who are the Yoruba →

Our leaderOlórí wa

Led by people you can name and reach.

Dr Olusola Oni leads the Yoruba Party in the UK. In 2024 he stood for Parliament in Camberwell and Peckham, the party’s first election campaign, and he speaks and lectures on the 1888 Britain–Yorubaland Treaty.

Dr Olusola OniLeader, The Yoruba Party in the UK

Latest statements

24 Sep 2026Press releaseThe rudderless British Royal Family
24 Sep 2026Press releaseThe British Royal Family is inherently racist
16 Jul 2026Press releaseExclusive: Black and Asian doctors are up to 30 times less likely to be offered medical training posts in some specialties, data show
16 Jul 2026Press releaseThe Yoruba Party in the UK (YPUK) social media posts – June 2026

Our legal caseẸjọ́ 1888

A treaty Britain signed, and the promises it made.

We are seeking judicial review of the 1888 Britain–Yorubaland Treaty and challenging the 1914 Amalgamation. Read the letters, the arguments and the progress.

1888

Britain–Yorubaland Treaty agreed

1890

Treaty ratified and made into British domestic law

1914

Amalgamation of Northern and Southern Nigeria

2025

Letters before claim sent and judicial review sought

30 Oct 2025

Public appeal launched to fund the judicial review

16 Jun 2026

Appeal opened for a second case, seeking compensation for descendants of slave-raid victims

Campaign rally, Peckham, 29 June 2024.

On the ballotÌdìbò 2024

Camberwell and Peckham, 2024. Our first campaign.

Within weeks of the snap election, members chose to stand. Dr Olusola Oni went on the ballot, and volunteers took the campaign street by street.

30,000 leaflets hand-delivered by volunteers
40,000 manifesto copies posted to homes
Two Saturday rallies and half a dozen interviews
Visits to worshippers at churches and mosques

“Àgbájọ ọwọ́ la fi ń sọ̀yà.” Together we are strong.

Yoruba proverb: it is with joined hands that we beat the chest.

Essays and historyÌtàn

From the archive.

Essays on Yoruba history, science and philosophy, with their written sources.

23 Oct 2026HistoryThe Olodumare deception
The clue to the true meaning of the acclaimed Yoruba word Olodumare (usually cleaved into O-ni-Odumare) lies in the similarity of the word Odumare and the word Osumare.…
23 Oct 2026HistorySome high achievers and intellectuals of the ancient Yoruba civilisation
There were several individuals of distinction in the Era of Intellectual Investment of the ancient Yoruba civilisation (ie between 1000 BC and 1000AD). Ifa invented the Awo, the…
24 Sep 2026HistoryThe Yoruba Base-20 (Eka) counting system. AI summary of the Yoruba Party UK Zoom meeting 15/09/2026
The meeting focused on a presentation by Baasegun about the Yoruba base-20 counting system, its rules, and its advantages over the decimal system, followed by a wide-ranging discussion…

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