BASORUN GAA: THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE IN THE HISTORY OF OYO-ILE (OLD OYO EMPIRE)
BASORUN GAA: THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE IN THE HISTORY OF OYO-ILE (OLD OYO EMPIRE) WRITTEN BY JOHNSON OKUNADE Basorun (also called Bashorun) Gaa (Also called Gaha) is without doubts one of the most controversial and notable powerful figure in the history of Oyo-Ile (Old Oyo Empire). As a Basorun, the way he ...THE RISE OF NEW OYO – 1835 TILL DATE
THE RISE OF NEW OYO 1835 TILL DATE GET STARTED BY READING: THE IMPERIAL PERIOD OF OLD OYO EMPIRE (OYO-ILE) – 1600 TO 1800 Under Alaafin Aole, the empire suffered some strain. The Egbas broke free from the Old Oyo empire (Oyo-Ile) and got their independence in 1796. The period to 1837 saw the ...THE HISTORY OF OLD OYO EMPIRE (OYO-ILE) – THE PERIOD BEFORE 1500A.D
THE HISTORY OF OLD OYO EMPIRE (OYO-ILE) THE PERIOD BEFORE 1500A.D The Oyo Alaafin is an integral portion of the Yoruba nation that descended from the historical figure, Oduduwa or Olofin. According to historians, the Yorubas arrived in their present homes in waves from the ancient Meroe of the East of Sudan. Ile-Ife ...THE IMPERIAL PERIOD OF OLD OYO EMPIRE (OYO-ILE) – 1600 to 1800
THE IMPERIAL PERIOD OF OLD OYO EMPIRE (OYO-ILE) 1600 to 1800 GET STARTED BY READING: THE HISTORY OF OLD OYO EMPIRE (OYO-ILE) Alaafin Onigbogi. He was the son of an Ota woman. His mother tried to introduce Ifa (oracle) to the Oyo people. The Oyo people rejected her advice and she left the town. She ...EMERGENCE OF ODUDUWA AS THE SUPREME HIGH PRIEST IN ELU
EMERGENCE OF ODUDUWA AS THE SUPREME HIGH PRIEST IN ELU Ile-Ife, the city of the survivors where the dawn of the day was first experienced, Head of the whole universe, the land of the most ancient days. The history of Ile-Ife is wrapped in a thick fog of myths and mythologies. In about the late ...SOUN (KINGS) OF OGBOMOSO FROM THE BEGINNING TILL DATE
SOUN (KINGS) OF OGBOMOSO FROM THE BEGINNING TILL DATE WRITTEN BY JOHNSON OKUNADE Without any iota of doubt, Aale, a Nupe Hunter, was the first to settle at a place called Okelerin (literarily meaning a place where elephant resides or a high place where elephants was found in abundance) before 1614. According to Ayo ...OYO MESI (KING MAKERS) OF OYO
OYO MESI Alaafin of Oyo during Oyo-Ile era (old Oyo empire) was not a king, he was an Emperor, a deity! Even up till date Alaafin of Oyo’s power is paramount. The trio phrase of; ‘IKÚ BÀBÁ YÈYÉ” which is translated as; ” THE DEATH, THE PATERNAL and THE MATERNAL” might not mean anything to ...OJO ABURUMAKU: DOUBLED AS “BAALE OF OGBOMOSO” AND “AARE ONA KAKANFO” OF YORUBALAND
Written By Johnson Okunade Ojo Olannipa “Aburumaku” after the death of Baale Odunaro in 1865 became the 14th Baale (king) of Ogbomoso and at the same time the 11th Aare Onakakanfo (Generalissimo or Field Marshal) of Yorubaland. Thus, Ojo Aburumaku became the third Aare Ona Kakanfo produced by Ogbomoso in Yoruba history. According to Ayo ...70 AD – BY NNADIKE JEREMIAH NNADIKE
70 AD WRITTEN BY NNADIKE JEREMIAH NNADIKE The destruction of the temple, the exiles of the ancient Jews from the land of Israel, and the abomination of desolation which the prophet Daniel and the apostles spoke of in their books. All these events can be summed up in the words of the year 70 AD, ...ABOUT THE NAME “YORÙBÁ” – PROFESSOR STEPHEN AKINTOYE
ABOUT THE NAME “YORÙBÁ” WRITTEN BY PROFESSOR STEPHEN AKINTOYE What I’ll reveal here is a small peep into a very important body of research on the Yoruba nation, a body of research that will, hopefully, soon appear as a book on the profile of the Yoruba nation. In modern times, the Yorùbá people in Nigeria ...
