prolog2: Early colonial photos of the ooni of ife do not show him wearing any beeds at all. Even the hat he now wears is an imitation of the dug out sculptures which supposedly represent "oduduwa".
You people need to get your head out of your asses ooo Make assumption without thinking ...Yoruba are being celebrated all over the world for their rich culture and for changing stereotypical notion of white about black African..lavish and languish in your delusional mind .. Soon this country will be divided
That crown is called Aare first crown to be worn by man on earth..... it can only be seen once a year to celebrate olojo day creation of the world by eledumare Almighty God
I live this video for everybody's comments. Nobody can watch this video and still ignorantly believe the yoruba can compare with Edo. I actually felt pity for the ooni and his entourage.
That's ife head my friend and the horse man stature depict the man that brought bronze work to Benin the first time they will ever see horse ...the difference between ife art and benin is realism ..ife are more advance in craft than benin
gregyboy: Young man dnt make me laff ...can u just goggle benin bronze on net i see fot ur self dat oduduwa of yours display a benin rounded beaded won by royals
Oba CEREMONIAL REGALIA .rapper with rounded beads laugh!!!! i can send you a picture of me dressing like that that is ile-ife dressing style too ..The Awos OGBONI cult still dress like that and chiefs in ile-ife.......ILE-IFE is known for glass beads making all over Africa even glass dish dishes Awo
davidnazee: It wasn't only Ekiti that was under Benin. Ondo, Osun, and all Eastern Yoruba states were under Great Benin Kingdom
Osun were never under Benin kingdom ekiti is the boundary ..even in Lagos Benin controlled the Yoruba speaking area of isale eko while Oyo controlled Badagry Egun speaking people without war between the two brothers...Edo and Yoruba people see themselves as brothers and sisters in the past but now they are filled with venom towards Yoruba ...The attacked of benin and ore by the igbos during the civil war dragged the Yoruba into the civil war
Moneywomen17: lol my guy u just keep saying this over and over again with no proof. The best proof u could find after probably spending a lot of time looking was a quote without source by some “Yoruba scholars” that only buttress my own point that Benin never conquer any ekiti towm. It only shows Benin fought some ekiti town nothin more
Benin conquered ekiti that is prerogative statement don't use that subjugate is better ..Benin kingdom is revered as the kingdom of the great king of Odua all Benin kingdom need to do is ask for tribute which they will gladly give
Movic1: Where are those Easterners who said the Oba of Benin does not leave his palace and can never visit Oni of Ife? Your attention is needed here. Oniorisa is Oba Awon Oba. Kill yourself if you're not satisfied with it.
davidnazee: Well good u know Oyo was conquered and ruled 100yrs by foreign invaders. 100yrs is a very long time. Throughout Benin history from when it started as a small city state and throughout its existence nobody, no tribe could defeat it in battle or rule it. Even when the British defeated us they only ruled for about 50yrs till when an Edo man started the fight for independence.
oyo was never ruled old oyo was sacked not ruled burnt by the Nupes they chose another location as capital but later reclaimed it back.. oyo were never ruled ..
gregyboy: Just like the round beads won by the oba of benin same win by izoduwa in this picture.....
If yorubas like argue with amadioha let him strike d full race for lies
This show he was clearly a benin prince
hmm you are stunned by the level of sophistication and realism of the art work ,aren't you? Mr know all .....show me one Benin bronze that is realism ..Realism is the apex of civilization that is why Yoruba are cerebrated all over the world
Moneywomen17: bla bla another lie by the professional liar davidnaze nupe ruled for 1000 years how old is oyo itself. Nupe fought oyo when it was still a relative small kingdom after oramiyan left and ruled it for 100 years but oyo came back stronger defeated them took the nupe land and chase them up north and oyo emerged as an empire with other kingdom paying tribute to it. Am glad u know it was drama in ilorin not conquest the Yoruba Muslim in ilorin made what happen in ilorin possible.
thank you brother ..Nupe is even much of yorba off shoot self ..nupe speak Yoruba fluently
davidnazee: Do u know ur history or you want an Edo man to educate you? It was Nupe that conquered Oyo and ruled them for 1000yrs while the Fulani drama was in Ilorin.
Moneywomen17: bla bla Hausa/Fulani conquered Yoruba where coz ilorin situation arose from internal problem. Ahmed baba is a Songhai scholar not Fulani or Hausa and he wrote many books in which he wrote about Yoruba in one.
Fulani never conquered oyo ...they were scholar in ilorin it was ilorin Muslim fighting oyo
oyo will never attack benin kingdom ..tabooo..,., oyo moved far west to Benin republic and Togo were under great oyo empire from river Niger to upper volta river even defeated the great Ashanti army in atakpeme read history ..Benin kingdom moved west ondo ,ekiti Lagos were under Benin kingdom..They are brothers
Oyo fight with cavalry not like Benin jungle fight Oyo ile KATUNGA is up north African greatest historian Moroccan Ibn Battuta visited oyo gave account of the greatness of oyo wrote about oyo African greatest scholar Ahmed baba wrote about oyo .. borgu ,bariba was even oyo vassal state equestrian cavalry fighting open war .. ... Hausa were used as slaves in OYO ..Benin is kingdom nor empire
gregyboy: Tell them benin stole is primogeniture not elective by gods like that of yoruba...
A young ekaladeran wonder into ile ife thier gods favoured him nd made him a ruler and we asked him to return for his rightful stool which he refused nd sent his son ....yoruba would never accept this truth they rather take sniper and all die to accept this ....they prefer the chain climber story or the Arabian man who was probably a whiteman who found ife ...irony ...
Abeg still help me tell them benin empire is far greater than any in west African kingdom probably no 3 in africa unlike d yorubas who d female warriors of Dahomey raped the kingdom out of balance
Dahomey is even stock of Yoruba race they were ruled by oyo for centuries they were vassal state of oyo before they revolted and declared independent from oyo through the help of the whites by providing guns and canon to fight the oyo cavalry Inturn with motive of ease supply of war captives and slaves fill the slave market ..egba too declare independent by killing ajeles likewise other part of Yoruba land ....it would not have happened if afonja hadn't seceded from oyo afonja was the general of oyo
Why so much hate towards Yoruba ...Soon this country will breakup you will be joined with the igbos and south-south obi of onicha will more revered than your king you think ijaw calabar or ibos give a damn about you and your king Benin kingdom is dead.. Oba benin strength is in the western union where we still see our kings as demi god next to God on earth and Omo N' Oba is direct descendant of Oduduwa which makes him next to Oni in Yoruba land ,we are more united than you think Yoruba nation encompasses 3 countries Republic Benin sabe , Ketou ,popo, Togo/ghana ,Atakpeme and tado. far as seira loan Liberia
gregyboy: And were is d head ,where is the chain came down with I can assure you emotan grave his still in benin,idia grave is still in benin all obas grave are still in d palace i see why yoruba(cunny) people twist history and no evidence to bck thier lies
Why so much hate towards Yoruba ...Soon this country will breakup you will be joined with the igbos and south-south obi of onicha will more revered than your king you think ijaw calabar or ibos give a damn about you and your king Benin kingdom is dead.. Oba benin strength is in the western union where we still see our kings as demi god next to God on earth and Omo N' Oba is direct descendant of Oduduwa which makes him next to Oni in Yoruba land ,we are more united than you think Yoruba nation encompasses 3 countries Republic Benin sabe , Ketou ,popo, Togo/ghana ,Atakpeme and tado. far as seira loan Liberia
vonxe: I dont know what is wrong with nairalanders, we attach what is common to humans irrespective of race to a particular tribe while excluding your own. Crime, infidelity and bad behaviours should be devils work and not limited to a tribe. Have you seen some Europeans houses, you will vomit your intestines if you enter such-extremely dirty- yet we regard Europeans as civilised
Don't mind reality1010: jealousy go kill his generation..still yet you no leave southwest
Iyoba is "Iye-Oba." Iye is the Edo word for mother - there isn't some other word for mother in the Edo ('Bini') language. 'Omo' is used by most - if not all - of the groups that speak 'Edoid' languages - Etsako, Urhobo, Isoko, Engenni, Degema, etc. Not sure why you thought it was exclusively Yoruba.
What does 'osa' mean in Yoruba? Just wondering.
Osa is archaic Yoruba word Osa oni pu Osa ele'eiye Osa meji...it could be God ... OSA is also lagoon in Yoruba
reality1010: Yorubas were used to be called pigs I wonder why others r called pigs whereas it s a birthright to yoruba. I remember d 80s in Lagos.we call them pigs because of their dirty nature.
i know you are not edo but nasty retarded ibo boy .. research your history and know your forefathers were roaming around naked in the 50s before awo cloth ed your fathers Akoko ado are from ile-ife so as all edo peoples ....Akoko edo are from ile-ife they are not Yoruba but omo odua that is why they keep their Yoruba names purposely to keep their heritage and culture ..Akoko edo PEOPLE that kept their last names for more than 500yrs of conquest and rule by neighboring tribes and and languages influences and forcefully assimilation despite it all still held to their root and their last name still sound Yoruba ...And you still think they are not from ile-ife or path of Yoruba race .. someone must be sick in the head
Sammiejokes: This is a disgrace Joshua, i was expecting a KO. I cant bet Joshua to beat Wilder with this kinda result. If you follow wilder the bomber. You know joshua needs to upgrade ooo
Parker is great fighter unbeaten world champion.. the fight was a tactical one ,he was out class by Anthony Joshua ,match him up in jabbing ,ebb Joseph Parker spontaneous explosive combinations keep him in distance and did the damages ... Salute to the winner tonight .. you expected AJ to knock him out easily""Parker is not the bums wilder has been fighting ,he needs to be focused and technical to fight an elite fighter like Parker and he was cautious too ,see how fresh and strong his was after the fight still good to go for another 12 round he learnt from his fight against klitchko which almost caused him he went for a kill earlier and his tank got empty he gased out and Vladimir capitalized on in to knocked him down .. AJ...AJ will make wilder look like rat in the ring too
[quote author=BluntBoy post=66329268]I used to think Wilder was a fraud until his last fight where he showed heart. I want to see him fight AJ. We need someone to expose AJ even more, not necessarily knock him out. So far, his advantage has been heights and by extension reach. Let us see him against taller opponents like Wilder and maybe Tyson Fury.
[/qu Do you watch Anthony Joshua fights at all he has fought more taller guys than him ..Dominic Breazeale Vladimir klitchko is short right ?
myths or what ever you call it written in the bible that doesn't have it root in ile ife -history, well maybe is coincidental but is fact we have it account in our history too .History of creation of human .garden of Eden .great flood Noah's ark . tower of babel , to name few .even the spirit realm before mortal flesh come into being
Adeseun87: Ooni of Ile-Ife Still maintain number one of Yoruba globally........
The purveyors of these variations have different motives. Some of them are doing it out of patriotism and love of their immediate source of origins; just wanting to project pride in their own roots. Some are doing this out of mischief. Others are political hacks who are trying to use politics to elevate the “elevatable” and confuse the present generation who have been put in the dark about the real facts of history. The desire to be recognized as having great pedigree is not a crime. It seems that those engaged in this venture have forgotten that any sections of Yoruba could not have any seriously separate history outside the general events that have occurred in that environment and in relation to others living in it.
What about oduduwa as a creator of earth...
An area where this has become more troubling is the subject of the descendants of Oduduwa. It seems that everyone is just coming up with his or her own combinations of who the “direct children” of Oduduwa are. In addition to this, it is evident that many even do not even know the exact numbers of Oduduwa’s children. In the discussion of this subject, there has been the growing tendency to over-look the existence of Okanbi, the only son that Oduduwa ever had and the father of the “Original Seven” who went out of Ile –Ife to found their own various kingdoms.
As a result of the Yoruba tradition that does not make any clear difference between one’s true father and grandfather, there has been confusion among latter day untutored historians to refer to any monarch who claims to come from or has any connection to Ile-Ife as a descendant of Oduduwa. While this is a beautiful culture and practice, it should not be used to mislead, miseducate and confuse those who do not understand the culture. This is more so especially among the youth of today who have not been given the benefit of proper education about their own History.
Oduduwa only had one son, and his name is Okanbi. He was so named because he was an only child; an only son. It has been recognized by the Yoruba tradition from time immemorial that “Ile l’a nwo k’a to s’omo l’oruko.” Names of children in Yorubaland often reflect the circumstances of their parents when they were born. It has been this way from day one. Oduduwa did not have seven children. He had one son, Okanbi, who fathered eight children from two women. These eight children include the “Original Seven” who are children of the same mother and the eighth, also the youngest of all, from another woman.
The Original Seven children of Okanbi are as follows (Please, note that those who try to skip the existence of Okanbi erroneously refer to these as direct children of Oduduwa when indeed they are his grandchildren): 1. Orangun of Ila, 2. Alaketu of Ketu 3. Olupopo of Popo 4. Onisabe of Sabe 5. Olowu of Owu 6. Owa Obokun Adimula Ajibogun and 7. Oranmiyan (The founder and progenitor of the present Benin Dynasty and Oyo Dynasty of the Alaafins).
The eighth son whose mother is called Orunto has often been relegated to the background because of the circumstances of his mother’s pedigree. How he came to be the one to sit on the Ile –Ife throne as Ooni is a subject for another day. But he has the same blood running through his veins like the “Original Seven.”
The usage of the words “Original Seven” instead of “Original Eight” is a complicated product of a complex Yoruba culture. The Yoruba tradition is a very complex one. As in every other culture, there are “dos and don’ts”. There are procedures to be followed in every situation. There are processes to be respected in every situation. The respect of all for process has been the hallmark that infused stability, order, reverence and patriotic love for what all the Yoruba have come to accept as their ways of life not only in Yoruba land but in Yoruba settlements across the globe.
The root of the battle for supremacy between Alaafin of Oyo and Ooni of Ife is found in this background. For those who are well grounded in Yoruba tradition and are very familiar with the authentic Yoruba History other than the politicized version of it, the dynamics of this struggle for supremacy would not be too strange to them. But the fact that Ooni, though the youngest of all and from another mother different from the “Original Seven”, is sitting on the throne of Oduduwa their grandfather gives him a lot of leverage over those who abandoned the same throne to found their own kingdoms and empires. This is more so when every Yoruba from time immemorial acknowledged Ile-Ife as “The Orirun” or “The Source” of the Yoruba existence.
But this does not take away from the fact that in the course of Yoruba history, several other kingdoms created by some of the “Original Seven” or their offspring have not been more powerful, more influential, richer and wealthier than Ile-Ife. Some of these include the Oyo Empire, the Benin Empire, and the Ibadan in its hey days. The Ijesha Kingdom in the era of Owa Obokun Atakumosa that expanded as far as the boundaries of Benin Kingdom is another. The Owu Kingdom, Ketu Kingdom, and the Sabe kingdom among several others also proved their mettle. But despite all that, Ile-Ife has always been given its due respect, regard, and space by all because of its significance in the existential trajectory of the Yoruba people.
The only time when this rule of giving premium respect to Ile-Ife was broken was in the early 19th Century by the Owu people. The Owus have the reputation as one of the fiercest fighters in the entire Yoruba History. Their origin is in the vicinity of the present day Orile Owu near Ikire in Osun State. Among several Owu towns, Ipole and Ogbere were the most famous where the elites military and royalties lived. Ile-Ife in particular and its satellite towns, in general, were regarded as "no go" area for all Yoruba warriors because of its importance as the origin of all Yoruba people and respect to Ooni, who sits on the Oodua stool. The Owus ability to fight and their military invincibility pushed them to threaten Apomu around 1810. Apomu was one of the commercial satellite towns of Ile-Ife under the rulership of Ooni and as such regarded as a "no-go" area. Every appeal made to the Owu warriors not to violate the sanctity of Ile-Ife territory by all well meaning Yoruba kings were ignored.
In 1812, Apomu was attacked and conquered by the Owu people. Over several years, other Yoruba kingdoms appealed to the Owus to give up Apomu and restored it to Ile-Ife. The Owu people remained adamant, secured in their belief that Ile-Ife or Ooni have no capability to take them on. Then came Ooni Gbegbaaje (1822-1835) who raised a refurbished Army under the leadership of Maye of Ile-Ife, Chief Okunade in 1823. This Ife Army was supported by the Armies of the Awujale of Ijebu and the Oyo, who fought for over 3 years (1823 -1825) to liberate Apomu from the Owus and destroyed the Owu kingdom. The Owus were so defeated and became dispersed all over Yorubaland and probably beyond. Ipole was never rebuilt. It was the Egba famous son and warrior, Sodeke who gave the Owus a reprieve in 1834 by providing them a quarter of Abeokuta to occupy. The Owus paid dearly for their transgressions against the rules of the Yoruba Nation of ensuring the sanctity and dignity of Ile-Ife.
Also, a lot of people are often confused how the Oba of Benin became part of the Yoruba History. Some have even listed him as a direct son of Oduduwa and is at times listed as one of the “Original Seven!” Haba! Oba of Benin is an authentic descendant of Oduduwa. But he is a GREAT GRANDSON of Oduduwa having been fathered by Oranmiyan, a grandson of Oduduwa. He is unarguably the most famous and definitely the most successful great grandson of Oduduwa because of what his own father, Oranmiyan did for him. Oranmiyan is one of the sons of Okanbi and by implication one of the grandchildren of Oduduwa. Before Oranmiyan, the Ogisos have ruled the Benin kingdom until around the middle of the 12th Century. The extant internecine rivalries created confusion among them and Oranmiyan came in to restore order. How Oranmiyan came to play this role is not a subject that could be discussed within the parameters of this article. But he put an end to the end of the Ogiso dynasty and became the first Oba of Benin. He created the dynasty that has survived to the present through his son, Eweka I.
Oranmiyan came back to Ile-Ife after restoring order in Benin and installing his own son as Oba. On his return, he met Owa Ajibogun holding court as the ruler of Ile-Ife on behalf of their father, Okanbi, who was old. Ajibogun had gone to the seashore to get sea water to cure Okanbi’s blindness as ordered by the Ifa Oracle through divination. On his returns, all his brothers have left to create their own kingdoms. Oranmiyan did not think it was wise to fight his brother Ajibogun for the rulership of Ile-Ife. He did not waste time as he also left to create another kingdom by moving towards the North. The present day Katunga was where he settled and called Oyo Ile. Oyo-Ile was the capital of the original Oyo Empire. How the Alaafins came to reside and preside in the present Oyo or New Oyo, is also another subject for another day.
In addition, there are some falsities being bandied around about Oduduwa’s origin. One is that he migrated from the Middle East. Yet another is that he came in from Sudan. In recent years, there has been the politically motivated claim that Oduduwa came from Benin. This one is considered so outlandish and beyond ridiculous such that serious Historians have even refused to contemplate and or entertain it since there has been no basis for such consideration. There is no truth to any of the speculations whatsoever that Oduduwa came from anywhere. Oduduwa NEVER came from anywhere. He was born, bred and raised in Ile-Ife. Professor Banji Akintoye’s work on Ife during the times of Oduduwa has been one of the most seminal work on this subject. The fact that Oduduwa was able to rise up, put an end to internecine rivalry among disparage city-states that littered the Ile-Ife space and environs; put his stamp of authority on all; install a system of monarchical governance that was later copied across Yoruba land and the fact that he established the first kingdom in Yoruba history was what made him a folk hero. He did not father all the Yoruba people, but he fathered or grandfathered all the major rulers of Yoruba land courtesy of his war-like offspring.
It would be utterly presumptuous to assume that one could do justice to this kind of serious subject in this kind of article which is just meant for racy consumption. But the foolish attitude of not teaching History in our primary and secondary schools to properly educate, inform and stir intellectual inquiry among the youth who are the leaders and teachers of tomorrow is very destructive. It leaves room for undue manipulations and politicization of an all-important subject. For any nation such as the Yoruba, who have a proud history, this should not be allowed to go on. The pride, self-respect, dignity and integrity of a people is functionally related to their history. It is time that concerted efforts are made to separate politics from the real subject of History for the sake of all and for the sake of posterity.
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What about oduduwa the creator of earth ..Enlighten more on it ..As far as i know We are the first human created by God.. . omo odua
Culture › Re: Oba Of Benin Visits Ooni Of Ife by Obalufon: 12:58pm On May 10, 2018
