![[VIDEO] Ibeyi: The French-Cuban twins who sing in Yoruba | BBC](https://www.kolumnmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Ibeyi__00.jpeg)
Celestina Olulode , BBC Ebru Yildiz. Featured Image [dropcap]Ibeyi[/dropcap] is a band made up of two French-Cuban sisters, who often sing in the West African language Yoruba. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] They learnt the language, which differs somewhat from what is spoken in Nigeria and Benin today, from their parents. In this BBC Africa One Minute Story […]
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