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The History Of Ipe Akoko by Adesmart01(m): 12:06pm On Apr 01, 2017 |
my name is prince Adejube John Smart Olusola
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF IPE
AKOKO Ipe Akoko The story my
grandmother told me, she was
from the family of Apata in Iba
from Ipe Akoko She who is name
Late Madam Grace Apata aka:
Asumahu was the only surviving
daughter of her mother who died
last and d oldst . Her mother gave
birth seventeen times; she had
other step brothers and sisters.
She however married to a royal
family from Ipe Akoko, a village of
about six miles to Isua and
Epinmi. She lived in Ipe main town
iba town with her husband name
Alfa saliu Adejube; they told me
little on how we get to ipe main
settlement Grandmother’s story as
explained by her Husband goes
thus........... .......... Ipe people fought
many wars in the past, in fact it
was told that Ipe people never eat
monkey because they believe, they
have a tie with monkeys. In those
days, according to the story
whenever they went to war the
monkeys turned out to help in
defeating their enemies. And if
you asked any senior citizen in
Ipe, he/she will corroborate this,
much cannot be said about the
younger generation, it seems
history is fading away that is why
one needs to preserve the history
at least for the next generations
to come. The monkeys used their
tails to hold the local guns, which
turn to a stick of broom; the
enemies would only see monkeys
and not the people. I do not know
how true this story was but I
want to believe that the people
themselves turned to monkeys to
protect themselves from the
enemies. Till today they still refers
to monkeys as their kin The first
crowned king of Ipe Akoko was
Ajagbi, he was betrayed by his
own people when he led them to
war as a result of this, he cursed
the Ipe peoples that never will
they have a king with crown after
the statement he sank into the
ground with the crown in his
head. Water flows out at the exact
place where he entered into the
ground. Up till today the water is
still flowing and it was named
Owii. River Owii becomes a
sacrilege, it becomes a goddess
rivers. Thereafter, another older
man became the king in Ipe
Akoko he only ruled for six years
before he became sick and died.
After a year, Obaya became the
king, he ruled for many years and
one of his two sons was destiny
to become the king after him.
Again, it was told that lion ran
into the house and ran out during
the birth of Job the first son born
to the king; well what this
connotes could not be
ascertained. However, the
grandfather was made to leave
the palace because he committed
taboo, he saw the person under
masquerade and reveal the secret
which was an abominable act to
Ipe People, the king was asked to
produced his prince for sacrifice.
The queen who came from the
lineage of Apata, for fear of what
the villagers might do to the royal
prince she therefore took the
prince to her family with the
queen’s royal stool. Because the
prince cannot be trained outside
the royal house, it is forbidden.
That marked the beginning of
power shift. He stayed with
queen’s family until, he turned
seventeen he left home for Ondo
town and became a steward
inside one of the Portuguese ship.
He worked and travelled with
them until he saved enough to
start his own business. His line of
business was in building
materials, in fact his house was
the first house built with roofing
sheets in Ipe village. For many
years Ipe village remained
without having a king, however,
king emerged from Apata family
of recent, to rule Ipe people. It
must be told that history will keep
repeating itself as Apata lineage is
also entitled to the throne, but
nobody could denied it that the
queen’s royal stool was taken into
Apata house hold to train the
prince there. The story still stand
today that the queen came from
Apata lineage, the Yoruba people
believe that if your father house
rejects you, your mother house
will never denied you. Thanks to
dis lovly mum who is now late,
who died early 2013 and the final
outing is jan 2 2014 brings al is
great grand son together to eliten
them on history and many more
mama sunre o madam Grace
Adejube eyitiwon baje lorun ni
oma ba won je... Ma gborun soo
run ire ooo.. 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: The History Of Ipe Akoko by pazienza(m): 8:59pm On Apr 03, 2017 |
Ipe speak an indigenous language that is not Yoruba or even Yoruboid, yet they claim Yoruba with every fibre in them. It's really interesting. 1 Like |
Re: The History Of Ipe Akoko by 9jakool: 10:34pm On Apr 03, 2017 |
Nice story. The history of the Akoko region is very fascinating. |
Re: The History Of Ipe Akoko by 9jakool: 10:46pm On Apr 03, 2017 |
pazienza:[s]No, actually they do. That's a misconception.[/s] There are many dialects and languages spoken in Akoko region. A number are actually dialects of Yoruba or Yoruboid in nature, some are language isolates and others are Edoid. The dialect spoken in |
Re: The History Of Ipe Akoko by pazienza(m): 12:42am On Apr 04, 2017 |
9jakool: Ipe is in no way related to Yoruba language. Ipe language is 100% distinct from Yoruba. I know this because I'm conversant with the area. I lived amongst the indigenes for months. No Yoruba man can understand any iota of Ipe language. Ipe people speak Yoruba as a second language to enable them communicate with Yorubas from within or outside Ondo. If you are truly an Ipe indigene that lives or lived in Ipe, you would know this very fact. I'm well aware that Ipe claims Ife origin, but we know how politicized oral history are these days. Any neutral examining Ipe would come to the conclusion that the people are rather Edoid people than Yoruboid people, judging by their language. 2 Likes |
Re: The History Of Ipe Akoko by 9jakool: 1:06am On Apr 04, 2017 |
pazienza: Yeah you are right, I retract from my claim. The Akoko region is very complex. The language does sound Edoid, but they use Yoruba as a lingua franca. The rest of the towns I mentioned are primarily Yoruba-speaking. . 1 Like |
Re: The History Of Ipe Akoko by wenzie: 9:32am On Jan 03, 2022 |
Ipe Akoko in the native language sounds like "Ukwe" and it used to be a part of Midwest Nigeria, it is now in Ondo State. There's a river that was used to determine which area will be in Edo or Ondo State by the Government. The language is an Edoid language. There are some words that when spoken in the native language can be understood by some people in Edo State or Delta State. Eg. Ovon is sun, Unu is mouth, Ovan is name, Ovie is king, Omo Agheghe or Omo Agege means Pampered child etc. There is even "wen" which translates to "have" in Igbo language that is also spoken in the language. There is also a part of Idoani in Ondo State that speaks almost thesame way as Ipe Akoko. The Ile-Ife origin is a modern retelling. But surely there is a strong Yoruba influence and relation with little to no Edo influence or relation today, being that the town is in Ondo State, a Yoruba State. The given names might not have always been Yoruba, but today given names are mostly Yoruba. Native given names, and some complex expressions in the language are becoming less used or forgotten as the great grandparents and grandparents are dying. 1 Like |
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