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Historical Background Of Isolo, Lagos by duro4chang(m): 6:19am On Nov 17, 2022
Isolo was founded by an Awori man from Ile-Ife called Akinbaiye who was a great warrior, hunter and farmer. He came, with own Ifa oracle, which they consult. It was his Ifa oracle that asked him to move along with Olofin, the progenitor of Awori clan. Before he settled at Isolo, he first settled at Osoru Village, that is where we called the Jakande Estate now. As a great hunter, farmer and warrior, he decided to hunt around, looking for animals. One day, he now saw the footstep of an elephant; he was amazed that there was elephant in the bush. He now moved around to make sure he saw the elephant and kill it. It was then he discovered that the elephant normally stayed by one river called Yewa. This river was a very big one; the elephant will come there with other elephants to drink water. He then decided to kill the elephant to show to other hunters that he was a great hunter. In those days, when someone kill a big animal like that you have to show, to the other hunters to prove your ability to them. He killed this elephant in front of Yewa River and he consulted his Ifa oracle and he was told to perform some rituals so as to appease the gods of the water. So he decided to slaughter the elephant and he now found out that all the cutleries he was holding were not sharp enough, so he decided to look around and in the process he discovered a grind­ing stone that was very big. He was amazed at the size of the rock. He climbed on the rock and called out to other hunters in the hope that he would get a helping hand, but nobody showed up. He now quickly sharp­ened all his cutleries with the stone, cut the elephant up and moved part of the meat back to home. He now told his family members and friends that he had killed an elephant and moved it to near by Iso-olo (place of the great grinding stone).
He consulted his Ifa oracle, which told him he had finally arrived at his area of abode. Thereafter he moved his family down and started living beside the Oolo (grinding stone) so, any time his friend wanted to see him, he would tell them he had moved to Iso-olo. From then on the place was called Iso-olo, now Isolo. That was how Isolo came about, and the Osolo is the owner of Iso-olo area. All these thing he saw made Akinbaiye to go back to Ile-Ife and told the story to other members of his family who agreed to follow him down to Isolo. That was how Alagbeji followed him down to Isolo, later Okota also followed him and when they were com­ing they came with their wives and children. Adeola being a female was a princess from Ife who had just lost her father and her family had just decided to give them their own share of their father’s property, unknown to her that part of what they gave to her was a crown. She decided to look for Akinbaiye, be­ing somebody she knew very well. It was when they searched the load she brought from Ile-Ife that they saw the beaded crown and a woman cannot wear beaded crown in Awori land. They consulted the Ifa oracle, they performed some rituals and appeased the gods and they were told that the children could make use of the crown in future. Adeola was married Onigbesa, So when Adeola got children, they were three, Ogundamija, Aina-Igbeto and Aina-Eletu. When the place was expanding, Ogundamija was installed as the Oba then. Later, Alagbeji also told his own part of the history that he belonged to the royal family in Ile-Ife, which was traced and found to be true, so another person from Alagbeji became the Osolo after the demise of Ogundamija from Adeola ruling house. Later Okota, the most powerful among them, very powerful, also became the next Osolo after the demise of Alagbeji. So the rotation of the crown was done among these three royal families. Isolo has a very large firm. Akinbaye gave a lot of peoples land where they can farm. Isolo land extends up to the NNPC in Ejigbo, that place belongs to Fanime­won Family. In those days, there was the near farm and the far farm, up to Jakande Estate, up to NNPC Junction, down to Ajao Estate, have a common boundary up to Oshodi. Olisi Onigbesa, the husband of Adeola, his the owner of Oshodi Land, up to the railway station, up to NITEL, down to Matori in Mushin all belongs to Onigbesa and Alagbeji also used to keep a farm in part of Ajao Estate in Mushin, down to Idi-Araba, Obele-Oniwahala, which all belongs to the people of Isolo, This was how Isolo became a cosmopolitan city. lsolo had a Baale in Mushin, Ajao Estate, also have Baale in Mafoluku, and Okota. And those who came to farm with lsolo, they were domestic members of this community. The Ishaga people who are looking for a new settlement after the Dahomey war, they went to Taiwo Olowo who brought them to Ishaga to farm and Isolo gave them some place where they can carry out farming. They are living within the lsolo area and they also have their own Baale there. Isolo is a very large place. have a common boundary with Isheri-Olofin, after Jakande Estate and the people of Ejigbo.

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Re: Historical Background Of Isolo, Lagos by 9gerian: 7:14am On Nov 17, 2022
Interesting.

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Re: Historical Background Of Isolo, Lagos by Christistruth00: 3:55pm On Nov 17, 2022
This Story is not Complete because the Olota Of Ota who founded Sango Ota was a Son Of an Osolo Of Isolo
Re: Historical Background Of Isolo, Lagos by duro4chang(m): 4:00pm On Nov 17, 2022
Christistruth00:

This Story is not Complete because the Olota Of Ota who founded Sango Ota was a Son Of an Osolo Of Isolo
Thanks for the info. Please add the remaining part here. We are all learning.

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Re: Historical Background Of Isolo, Lagos by Christistruth00: 5:23pm On Nov 17, 2022
duro4chang:
Thanks for the info. Please add the remaining part here. We are all learning.

https://www.yorubaness.com.ng/2022/08/the-history-of-awori-people.html

Re: Historical Background Of Isolo, Lagos by AutomaticMotors: 5:46am On Nov 18, 2022
Everything come from Ife grin grin grin this people are funny walahi

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Re: Historical Background Of Isolo, Lagos by duro4chang(m): 6:00am On Nov 18, 2022
AutomaticMotors:
Everything come from Ife grin grin grin this people are funny walahi
If you have contrary opinion,it is good you bring out your opinion. Criticising without solution is meaningless. Let us know where they came from if you do not agree � with their claim.

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Re: Historical Background Of Isolo, Lagos by Olu317(m): 6:36pm On Nov 18, 2022
AutomaticMotors:
Everything come from Ife grin grin grin this people are funny walahi
Ileife is the conceptualise birth place of Yorubas. And it is from this place, had Ooni (Supreme king owner) , other Kings, Elders, Chiefs, other Nobles, slaves, Citizens , strangers quarters embedded society evolved

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Re: Historical Background Of Isolo, Lagos by AutomaticMotors: 6:39pm On Nov 18, 2022
Olu317:
Ileife is the conceptualise birth place of Yorubas. And it is from this place, had Ooni (Supreme king owner) , other Kings, Elders, Chiefs, other Nobles, slaves, Citizens , strangers quarters embedded society evolved

Story Story........
Everything come from Ife cheesy grin ......this people are crazy walahi

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Re: Historical Background Of Isolo, Lagos by masseratti: 7:10pm On Nov 19, 2022
Every town city or place cannot evolve from ilé ìfẹ́.. It defies logic... We must agree that most of this our oral history are just made up stories, how can everyone come from Ifè? Why can't they come from Oyo ilé? Ejigbo, Oshogbo, igbajo? Why? Many other villages were in existence at the time of ìfẹ́ or let's say 300years later, are we saying those people don't hunt or migrate too? This thing of one person coming from ìfẹ́ to different places and become a king is ludicrous, many kingdom, or houses of kings were found by war and conquest .. This fable of everyone from Ifè is very ridiculous.

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Re: Historical Background Of Isolo, Lagos by AutomaticMotors: 8:23pm On Nov 19, 2022
masseratti:
Every town city or place cannot evolve from ilé ìfẹ́.. It defies logic... We must agree that most of this our oral history are just made up stories, how can everyone come from Ifè? Why can't they come from Oyo ilé? Ejigbo, Oshogbo, igbajo? Why? Many other villages were in existence at the time of ìfẹ́ or let's say 300years later, are we saying those people don't hunt or migrate too? This thing of one person coming from ìfẹ́ to different places and become a king is ludicrous, many kingdom, or houses of kings were found by war and conquest .. This fable of everyone from Ifè is very ridiculous.

Very ridiculous bro.....

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Re: Historical Background Of Isolo, Lagos by Olu317(m): 9:18am On Nov 21, 2022
AutomaticMotors:


Story Story........
Everything come from Ife cheesy grin ......this people are crazy walahi
When The Greek talk about the World of Creation Myth, does it make them crazy or weird ?

When the Egyptians talk about their Creation Myth of Ora, does it make them mad people ?

When Roman Latin rumble in pride about their Myth of creation, does it make them superior to Yoruba creation Myth ?

These whole people I had mentioned bow in awesomeness to Yoruba Religion and Art Might. Yet Yoruba believed none on earth is superior to their own ancestral history.

The United Nation on world Heritage acknowledged and accepted IFA with its doctrine in its domain as part of world Heritage. But here you are making damning statement about My Race ? Obviously you are a young person with little knowledge on this things.

The Bible talks about Flooding
The Yoruba talked about Flooding
Science talked about Law of Gravity
Yoruba talked about Law of Gravity
Science talked about Numbering
Yoruba talked about Numbering etc

Addendum, Yoruba is the only Race on earth that associate Solomon's Knot with Royalty. The mystical Hebrew are also the only group on earth that associate Solomon's Knot with Royalty.

My question is

What is your ancestors legacy in the world to lay claim to ?
Re: Historical Background Of Isolo, Lagos by AutomaticMotors: 4:00pm On Nov 21, 2022
Olu317:
When The Greek talk about the World of Creation Myth, does it make them crazy or weird ?

When the Egyptians talk about their Creation Myth of Ora, does it make them mad people ?

When Roman Latin rumble in pride about their Myth of creation, does it make them superior to Yoruba creation Myth ?

These whole people I had mentioned bow in awesomeness to Yoruba Religion and Art Might. Yet Yoruba believed none on earth is superior to their own ancestral history.

The United Nation on world Heritage acknowledged and accepted IFA with its doctrine in its domain as part of world Heritage. But here you are making damning statement about My Race ? Obviously you are a young person with little knowledge on this things.

The Bible talks about Flooding
The Yoruba talked about Flooding
Science talked about Law of Gravity
Yoruba talked about Law of Gravity
Science talked about Numbering
Yoruba talked about Numbering etc

Addendum, Yoruba is the only Race on earth that associate Solomon's Knot with Royalty. The mystical Hebrew are also the only group on earth that associate Solomon's Knot with Royalty.

My question is

What is your ancestors legacy in the world to lay claim to ?


Guy shotup wink na only una dey believe this tales by the moonlight and not all of una sef grin
Re: Historical Background Of Isolo, Lagos by AreaFada2: 8:51pm On Nov 21, 2022
AutomaticMotors:
Everything come from Ife grin grin grin this people are funny walahi

grin grin grin grin cheesy cheesy cheesy

Awo tried a lot. At least it gives them a sense of common origin.

Even Hausa, Takpa and other slaves in Yorubaland suddenly come from Ife. grin grin cheesy cheesy

Even if Oduduwa had 4, 000 children and grandchildren, he won't have so many hunter children and grandkids that migrated to form virtually the whole world. Every Baale suddenly has a father from Ife. Eku ise o! cheesy grin

Now I understand why Oba Frederick Akinruntan, the Olugbo of Ugbo, is not popular with "everybody is from Ife " apologists. He finds the story too funny to accept.

PhD holders in insultology Omoluabis, over to you. grin cheesy

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Re: Historical Background Of Isolo, Lagos by AutomaticMotors: 9:22pm On Nov 21, 2022
AreaFada2:


grin grin grin grin cheesy cheesy cheesy

Awo tried a lot. At least it gives them a sense of common origin.

Even Hausa, Takpa and other slaves in Yorubaland suddenly come from Ife. grin grin cheesy cheesy

Even if Oduduwa had 4, 000 children and grandchildren, he won't have so many hunter children and grandkids that migrated to form virtually the whole world. Every Baale suddenly has a father from Ife. Eku ise o! cheesy grin

Now I understand why Oba Frederick Akinruntan, the Olugbo of Ugbo, is not popular with "everybody is from Ife " apologists. He finds the story too funny to accept.

PhD holders in insultology Omoluabis, over to you. grin cheesy

grin grin grin It is ridiculous at this point bro ..... It's sad to see a people so programmed and brainwashed grin
Re: Historical Background Of Isolo, Lagos by Whois(m): 12:24pm On Nov 23, 2022
It's an interesting story duh this part really confused me
Alagbeji also used to keep a farm in part of Ajao Estate in Mushin, down to Idi-Araba
Re: Historical Background Of Isolo, Lagos by Olu317(m): 1:12pm On Nov 24, 2022
AutomaticMotors:


Guy shotup wink na only una dey believe this tales by the moonlight and not all of una sef grin
Tell your biological father to shutup. ọmọ irán kírán.
Re: Historical Background Of Isolo, Lagos by Nko1: 3:06pm On Nov 24, 2022
Really

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