title: Yoa-Lokpa people
text: # Yoa-Lokpa people
  
  The Yoa-Lokpa are an ethnic group in Benin. They make up 59% of the population of the Donga Department, and approximately 4% of the population of the country as a $whole.^{:52}$ They speak the Yom language and the Lukpa language, respectively.
  
  In 2011, approximately 53% of Yoa-Lokpa girls and women were reported to have undergone female genital $mutilation.^{:23}$
  
  The Yom language is an Oti–Volta language while the Lukpa language is a Gurunsi language.
  
  