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His conquests, while not all concluding during his lifetime, include lands in Ìgbómìnà, East Central Èkìtì, the Upper Ọ̀ṣun area, Ègbá and most notibly advances into the strip between the Yéwá and Ogun rivers (also referred to as Ẹgbado Corridor) which first gave Oyo access to the Atlantic Ocean and the global market.
Oyo, Oyo State, is the seat of the line of the rulers of Oyo.Their territory, a constituent rump state, is located in what is now Nigeria.Since the 1900 political absorption into Southern Nigeria of the kingdom that it once served as a metropolitan center, the traditional monarchy has been either a tool of British indirect rule or a legally recognised traditional polity within the republic of ...
The Oyo Mesi selected the Alaafin. He was not always closely related to his predecessor, although he did have to be descended from Oranmiyan, a son of Oduduwa, and to hail from the Ona Isokun ward (which is one of the three royal wards). [27] At the beginning of the Oyo Empire, the Alaafin's eldest son usually succeeded his father upon the throne.
Alaafin Oyo & Sir Walter Egerton circa 1910 - Colorized Outermost entrance to the palace of the Alaafin of Oyo called "Oju Abata" Alaafin, or The custodian of the Palace in the Yoruba language, is the title of the king of the medieval Oyo empire [1] and present-day Oyo town of West Africa. It is the particular title of the Oba (king) of the Oyo ...
When Oyo province was created and under the administrative colonial resident, Captain William Ross, Ladigbolu's sphere of influence was enlarged. [ 3 ] Prior to colonial rule, internecine wars within Northern Yorubaland had shifted political power among Yoruba city states, Ibadan had risen as a political player in the region but still paid Oyo ...
She became the first woman to become "king" of the Oyo in the imperial era, and the first woman since the pre-imperial ruler Yeyeori. [2] Orompoto assumed the throne because there was no male successor within her family at the time. [8] She helped drive the Nupe from Oyo in 1555. [2] Orompoto lived in the 16th century. [6] [9]
One of the most renowned state swords is the Ida-Oranyan (Oranyan's Sword), [8] named after the legendary founder of the Oyo Empire and the Benin Kingdom. [9]Whenever a new Alaafin was to be crowned, he was expected to go perform acts of reverence at the grave of Oduduwa and receive benediction.
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