Yaba or YABA may refer to:

People

Yaba is a female given name associated with the Akan people of West Africa, usually denoting a girl born on a Thursday.

  • Yaba Angelosi, South Sudanese American singer, songwriter, sound producer, film director, and entertainer
  • Yaba Badoe (born 1954), Ghanaian-British filmmaker, journalist and author
  • Yaba Blay (born 1974), Ghanaian-American professor, producer and publisher

Places

  • , the capital of Yaba Department
  • Yaba, Lagos, a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria
  • Yaba, Indonesia, a town in North Maluku, Indonesia
  • Yaba, Niger, one of the three villages in the commune

Other uses

  • Yaba or Ya ba, tablets of methamphetamine and caffeine popular in south-east Asia
  • Yaba monkey tumor virus

Acronyms

  • Young American Bowling Alliance, one of the organisations that merged to form the United States Bowling Congress in 2005
  • Albany Airport (Western Australia) in Albany, Western Australia
  • Yet Another Bloody Acronym, see