₦airaland Forum

The word Yoruba was coined by Ahmed Baba of the defunct Songhai empire but popularised by Hausa scholars. The ancient Oyo were the first to be referred to as Yoruba by the Fulani and the Hausa who regarded them as remnants of the children of canaan or Berbers. The other subgroups referred to the Oyo as Yoruba. For instance Ogedengbe Agbogungboro never considered himself as Yoruba. He was an Ijesha general at war with the Yoruba. This was thesame for the Ijebu and etc.

The whole group was however conscious of their common Ife heritage. They were all children of thesame ancestors but not all Yoruba.