Yoruba Facts

We'll continue to tweet facts about Yorubaland, some of which have been forgotten or eroded by Western culture.

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Oloye 'Lekan Alabi : Memories Ere Death Beckoned Both Caller and Called
Wole Adejumo
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Ọ̀yọ́ Aláàfin, we greet you.

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In his lifetime, Chief Moshood Abiola held 164 traditional titles across the geopolitical zones of Nigeria. He was the Ààrẹ Ọna Kakanfo of Yorubaland
& Basorun of Ibadan. The former was conferred on him by Alaafin Adeyemi III while the latter was conferred by Olubadan Asanike.

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Araba Ifayemi Elebuibon, a performing artist, playwright and Ifa priest produced a traditional morality drama, "Ifa Olokun Asorodayo" which was aired by the Nigerian Television Authority in the 1980s.

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Ìlọrin Afonja, we greet you...
Ilu tobi ko l'eegun
Ẹṣin l'eegun wọn
Ọ̀kọ̀ l'oroo 'bẹ

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Ọ̀yọ́ Alaafin,
Ojo pa ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ ọmọ Atiba, we greet you

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Ojo was consequently directed to send the beads and other paraphernalia of office to Latoosa.
While Latoosa made history as the first man to rule Ibadan and hold the Ààrẹ Ọna Kakanfo title, Ojo Aburumaku made history as the first and only Kakanfo to know his successor.

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3rd October, 1871- Momodu Obadoke Iyanda Latoosa was installed as the Baalẹ of Ibadan and Ààrẹ Ọna Kakanfo of Yorubaland.
Not minding that Ojo Aburumaku of Ogbomoso the then Kakanfo was alive and well, Latoosa requested to be installed by the Alaafin!,

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Ọwọ...
Ọghọ Made, we greet you!

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Akure Oyemekun, we greet you!

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Alaafin Amuniwaye's main medicine man found out that the king was having an affair with his wife. He sought revenge by administering a charm that kept them glued after intercourse. That was what ended the reign.

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Yamba, one of the most famous Yoruba men of his time, became Basorun of Oyo during the reign of Alaafin Ojigi.

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Alaafin Ajagbo had a twin brother named Ajampati. They were so identical that one was often mistaken for the other.

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Abeokuta we greet you...
Egbaland, we greet you
Líṣàbí Agbongbo Akala we greet you.

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Ogedengbe's old colleagues went through Latoosa who headed Ogunmola's army then to plead for his life. The Baṣorun granted his release but ordered that his face should be disfigured with tribal marks.

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For joining his Ìjèṣa compatriots to fight against Ibadan his adopted home, when Ogedengbe was captured, Ogunmola the Baṣorun ordered that he (Ogedengbe) should be executed.

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When Ogedengbe (who later became famous as an Ìjèṣa warrior) came to Ibadan, he was placed under Bada Akii Kọọ, a renowned warrior under whom he learnt the art of war.

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This monument was erected in front of Ibadan House, Oke Ààrẹ, Ibadan as a reminder of the treaty signed at the end of the Kiriji War that had Ibadan on one side and a coalition of Ekiti Forces on the other.
The war went on for 15 years, 277 days (July, 1877 - to March,1893)

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That Ilorin Afonja story...

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came to mind again.
Intrigues, mistrust and betrayal loom. I hope to bare my mind soon.
Pray for Nigeria.

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History has a ruthless way of dealing with us, especially by implacably repeating itself. Few hours to Nigeria's presidential election, Aláàfin Aólẹ̀ Ọba Af'epe já, Àfònjá Laiya L'ọ́kọ̀ Ààrẹ Ọna Kakanfo and Alimi, the Kakanfo's invited spiritualist and leader of the Jama'a