provide the in-text citation and the reference from the academic journal: The origins of the Yoruba religion go back thousands of years. It originated with the Yoruba people in modern-day Nigeria and Benin and later travelled to the Americas via the Atlantic slave trade. There, it blended with other African diasporic and Indigenous customs to form a variety of syncretic faiths, such as Vodou in Haiti, Candomblé in Brazil, and Santería in Cuba.

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