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In Cuba, Aganju is a [[volcano deity]] for the practitioners of Santeria/Lucumi religion. But there are no volcanoes in either Cuba nor Yorubaland, nor is Aganju associated with volcanoes among the Yoruba people. However, the Biu Plateau in the highland area of Northeastern Nigeria contains a number of extinct volcanoes. Biu Plateau is about {{convert|360|mi|km|order=flip|abbr=off}} from Abuja, the capital of Nigeria and about {{convert|450|mi|km|order=flip|abbr=on}} from Oyo, Nigeria. These extinct volcanoes have long been extinct and they are also far from Yorùbáland geographically. It is most likely that the association of Aganjú with volcanoes in Cuba is not older than the last century among creoles. And this is due to Aganjú's supposed temperament couplecoupled with the relationship with Oroíña of Cuban Orisa faith (Ọ̀rànmíyàn in Yorùbá language).