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Ogwaluwaye gede, Congratulations !

The drawing above is that of Olowo Ajaka descending to Owo after the battle of Ipesi Akoko. The drawing was produced by Owo artist/sculptor, Late Pa Akeredolu.

If you claim Oyo is fable, then why did you write that Fulani conquered Oyo. Did the Fulani conquered a non existent kingdom

If you claim Oyo is fable, then why did you write that Fulani defeated Oyo.

The 2023 Igogo Festival was the best I have witnessed so far. The Igogo Olowo of Owo was the one I witnessed. The crowd was large and overwhelming and procession of Ogwaluwaye, Olowo of Owo, Oba Ajibade Ogunoye 111 and the chiefs along the traditional route had a mixture of traditional festival and modern day carnival . This year's festival had attracted people from far and near and with the efforts of Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye 111, to inject new ideas into the festival for it to attract global interest. In the coming years. Igogo Festival will make Owo tourists destination whenever the Festival of Love is being celebrated

No Olowo of Owo is a Son to Oba of Benin. If you insist then name the Oba of Owo that is Oba of Benin 's Son.

OGUN622:
The Edos have always been the overwhelming majority in this city( their city). (Going by the linguistic evidence of the capital today and the easy assimilation of their descendants)( talking about linguistic evidence, a man from Urhonigbe 60 miles east of Benin would attain 100%intelligibity in language with a man from Ogbe- Benin city)(it only goes to show that your much touted Igbos,Urhobos, Esans, Itsekiris, Olukumi combined were not even close to 1/5 of the dominant population) ( we know groups that received large migrations in Nigeria today and we know how altered their speech forms have become e.g Agbor which received enough migrations from Bini)and those groups were just around in their small numbers for the day to day serving of the palace and they were assimilated, we know their descendants here in Benin. The city is in contention here by that text not the kingdom.

The city is owned by a group the Binis/Edos and it is/was populated majorly by them. The city was more of a reporting point. We have records of Iyases who stayed at their several quarters like Agbor,Ehor etc and several other chiefs at different quarters of the kingdom. If you want to quote me, quote me with your full chest. coward, I don't bite I only give evidence to cure Ignorance. He claimed to have civilized us yet you guys had none to your name as at the 15th century

That there is nothing on the language spoken there today only goes to show that the migrant or other tribes who were residents alongside the owners and the aborigines were in their minority number and they were assimilated and the assimilation today is evident in our family greeting. They were only a minuscule minority compared to the general Benin offshoot.

The linguistic evidence in Benin today is not a reflection of realities of pre colonial period.
The majority of the aborigins resided in the countryside not the capital city, Benin
Benin palace was said to be a mini city and was populated mainly by the Olukunmi who were the kiths and kins of the Benin dynasty.
Through European records, we got to know that Olukunmi language was the universal language of the kingdom.
Benin language because prominent from the 1800s as a result of the internecine war in Benin which left me city depopulated as a result of reversed migration of different ethnic groups and massive influx of the aborigins from the countryside into the city

Most people who post comments here do so out of ignorance.
People write about Bini without knowing the people who were referred to as the Binis in history.
The ancient Bini kingdom was a multi ethnic society and the capital, Bini city was populated by people from different ethnic groups such as the Igbos, Urhobos, Esans, itsekiris, Olukunmis (Yorubas) e.t.c.. all these groups were referred to as Binis. In other words, the word, Bini, was a term of reference for all inhabitants who were at the services of the kingdom and not a term solely for the aborigins alone

If IFA had really helped the Haitians to defeat the French, why is IFA not helping to improve Haiti's economy