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Ngodigha1: The above idiotic post is totally irrelevant. This thread has nothing to do with the Igbo and as a result, no need to mention Igbo. It shows how insecure you feel in Nigeria. What a shame.
One uninformed poster claimed edos seem themselves as yorubas and Edos came up and said no and supported by well informed nairalanders of diverse ethnic backgrounds. No need to display stupidity at a public forum. Abi them swear for you?. Nonsense.

You people are polluting the mind of young ones that hasn't grown enough to study history through nairaland with your hatred and vile mind "We are not claiming Edo but we have link with them historically and culturally ,we are both from one source just like the whole world.

Ptolomeus: Very respectfully.
First to congratulate you for your beautiful nick.
I write not to disagree, but just to give an opinion on what I have studied.
The real name of the second That Alaafin of Oyo, would have been "Tela".
That Alaafin would have taken the name of Sango divinity for himself, in a war. As far as I can ascertain, such practices were commonly used, ie an Oba to take if the name of a divinity.
I reiterate that my intervention is solely for the input and the contribution of another opinion, and not to doubt your excellent presentation.
I express my warm greetings!

Thanks bro i would like to learn from you

Okay igbos!! Edo is igbo "Some bastard Edo can see themselves as igbos .We don't associate ourselves to no one,Yoruba tribe is well respected in the world, we're unique tribe in Africa . Edo and Yoruba share history, Odua territory was shared between Benin kingdom and oyo Empire without a fight,Oyo empire then didn't even cover must part of known Yoruba land of today,Oyo Empire is far to the west to present day upper Volta ,Togo Dahomey.Benin kingdom covered must part of Yoruba land ondo ekiti ,osun ,Lagos and ijebus. when Ibadan tried to unify due to external aggression from the Fulani Islamic jihadist it resulted in to Yoruba civil war.

PhysicsQED: This again? It doesn't matter if the king originates from Yorubaland or if the Binis were ever at Ife. At the end of the day, we're not Yoruba today even if some were, which is doubtful, and we don't want to claim such. End of. Focus on Ewe.

The Ewe are closer to the Fon than the Yorubas by the way, but they're claiming Yorubas pushed them out of their original homeland. I don't see what connection they have to Yoruba other than that and this thread hasn't done much to elaborate on any further connections.

we are one Mr igbo.You can't divide us we're from one source though our language may mutate due to expansion but we are still one , keeping history is our way of live, go to Caribbean /south America you'll see us there still keeping the history, That's why you see Togolese Beninese live among us blend without knowing the differences they can even claim Nigeria because we see them as our kins but you igbo are hostile and tribal

IF YOU UNDERSTAND YORUBA ASK ANY IGALA MAN TO COUNT NUMBER FROM 1 -10 .NUMBERS DON'T LIE. WE'RE ALL FROM ONE SOURCE BUT EXPANSION MAKES LANGUAGE MUTATES. IGALA LANGUAGE IS YOROBOID IS A KNOWN FACT

BE PROUD OF OMO ODUA "YORUBA" .OUR HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION IS HIGHLY REVERED IN THE WORLD.

sleekdot: And where did you get it that they existed at the same time?

My sources said Oyo empire existed between 1650-1750 while your sources said Ashanti existed between 1701 and 1750

Meaning Oyo had 50yrs ahead of Ashanti

What if Oyo empire extended to the Volta between 1650 and 1690?

Just in a bid to attack you neglect common sense

Oyo empire was established around 13 century even earlier


1. Ajaka -was dethroned
2. Sango -became deified as god of thunder and lightening
3. Ajaja -re-installed
4. Aganju
5. Kori
6. Oluaso
7. Onigbogi-conducted evacuation of Oyo-Ile probably around 16th century “There were 36 other kings after Onigbogi.
8. Ofiran -built the city of Shaki
9. Egunoju -founder of Oyo Igboho
10. Orompoto-speculated to be a woman
11. Ajiboyede
12. Abipa -1570-1580
13. Obalokun -1580-1600
14. Oluodo–He was not buried in BARA (The Royal Burial ground, hence his name was suppressed)
15. Ajagbo-1600-1658
16. Odaranwu-1658-1660
17. Kanran-1660-1665
18. Jayin - 1655-1670
19. Ayibi -(1678-1690)
20. Osiyango -(1690-1698)
21. Ojigi -(1698-1732)
22. Gbaru -(1732-1738)
23. Amuniwaye -(1738-1742)
24. Onisile -(1742-1750)
25. Labisi-1750
26. Awonbioju-1750
27. Agboluaje - (Celebrated Bere Festival) 1750-1772
28. Majeogbe -(1772-1775)
29. Abiodun - (Celebrated Bere Festival) 1755-1805
30. Aole
31. Adebo
32. Maku -(1802-1830)
33. Majotu -(Ilorin sized by the Fulani)
34. Amodo -1830
35. Oluewu -(Fall of Ancient Oyo) 1833-1834
36. Abiodun Atiba -(Founder of present Oyo, celebrated Bere Festival) 1837-1859
37. Adelu -(1858-1875)
38. Adeyemi I-(1875-1905)
39. Lawani Agogoija -(1905-1911)
40. Ladigbolu - (Jan. 15, 1911-Dec. 19, 1944)
41. Adeniran Adeyemi II-(Jan. 5, 1945-Sept. 20, 1955
42. Bello Gbadegesin -(Ladigbolu II) July 20, 1956-1968
43. Adeyemi III-(Present Alaafin of Oyo and Head of Yoruba land) 14 Jan, 1971 to date

Self haters. love yourself you are unique and beautiful.most pictures i see are not fulanis

Let FG change Eagle square to MKO Abiola Square .Tafabalewa was killed, Lagos square was named after him.Goodluck Jonathan .Stop dividing the country.

Jonathan is a dull guy ,it seems his brain is slow so,he needs to calm himself down and think more before taking decision, He may have good intention but he went about it the wrong way ,He just succeeded in ridiculing Abiola.. You can't just erase 50yrs of history made my Unilag to immortalize a man .what about those great students and professors Unilag has produced for 50yrs to make it what it is today ? Abiola was a great man and he deserves to be immortalize but not in this manner,if Abiola were alive today he would not approve such 'i belief, he can build a monument or build a new institution even name a major road After him and why must he localize his effort to just southwest he was incarcerated and killed in Abuja not in Lagos. Muritala Mohamed was killed in Lagos he was immortalized here ,why can't he do the same in Abuja for Abiola.

PHENOTYPE ISSUES.. HUMAN RACE COME IN DIFFERENT PHENOTYPES. CRITERIA WE USE TO JUDGE BEAUTY IS THE PROBLEM.

naijarican: I'm a lightskinned american girl, and my boyfriend is an igbo. He hates when I go in the sun to become darker. I always wondered why he would get so upset. Seems like colourism is rampant throughout the African Diaspora... Such a shame because to me, no matter what shade we are, we are some of the most beautiful people our Father God placed on this earth. We need to appreciate our unique beauty and embrace it instead of embracing that which is eurocentric. I LOVE my black people! No matter what shade.

I'm glad you embrace your color and race ,you're truly daughter of the sun. Don;t blame your boyfriend, he has been raised up to detest his own skin,to him being black is ugly.

Alake of Egba land

Alake of Egba

Show me a picture of your King in your Kingdom .The picture below was taken in 1912

alj harem: ignore the mumu, we have ideeiots on nairaland

..Your people don't know when to shut your yap..mouthy pigs ,know you are upset when I'm giving you fact of who you are .

NRI PRIEST: Exactly what "yiba-ara" civilisation are you talking about ? What where your civilised yiba-ara people wearing before the they got ass whopping from the nupes,hausa invasion and the shameful defeats the Oyo kingdom surfered in the hands of the jihadists? Do you want me to continue!
Sometimes it better to just shut up rather than open your mouth and embarass yourself!

Am sure you never heard about the "akwaette" fabric in the 17 and 18centuries! You like claiming things you didnt invent, including the "Ife king head" sculpture which you copied from the "Nri head" which was made in about 4cen. before ife kingdom developed!
I will advice you yiba-aras to shut up and continue to chest beat without mentioning Igbos to get your full credits!

Weak minded "dark monkeys"(yoriba) !!!

Look how your people were in the 30s, when my people have been making history for thousands of years . Obalata god of white clothes predate Christianity by thousands of years. You people were not different from primitive forest congoloid tribes, no dressing culture .Read history and stop being delusional if not for AWOLOWO you people will still be running around naked ,he massively clothed you people out of pity.Take a look at your grand daddy

You need to read history NRI PRIEST.I guess no need for you to read any history because your people never evolve enough to make one. we see you people as animals, Your people had to be ruled directly by the whites because of your bestial nature and lawlessness , What the heck are you talking about ?Nupe and Hausa. Hausa was used as slaves for long time by yorubas before the coming of the fulanis traders who later carried the banner of islam Jihad, prior to that They've been peacefully islamizing the people and making friends with the chiefs . Nupe invaded oyo at point in history but they were later checked under the reign of Ajiboyede, the Oyo defeated the Nupe and reclaimed Oyo Ile Back.

Oyo had been trading with the Fulanis for centuries before they took advantage of division of the empire by a greedy general to capture ilorin when the empire was at its brink of disintegration ,there was civil war between Yorubas nation.Oyo fought back and recaptured ilorin the Fulanis had to send back for reinforcement from sokoto but Oyo could not maintain its ground because of polities and jealousy amongst it's Camp warlords and chiefs and the effect islam had had on the people.

The Ibadan Wars: Fulanis Defeated in Oshogbo. First, Ibadan was founded in 1828 -1835 by brave and tested soldiers. During the same period, roaming Oyo soldiers occupied Ijaiye under Dado and Kurunmi Alaafin Atiba founded New Oyo (Ago-Oja) in 1837 These leaders saw their mission as continuing the war of resistance against the Fulani until the last were completely driven out of Yorubaland.. Oluyole of Ibadan was so successful that the Fulani army was defeated in 1840 in Oshogbo thereby recovering some of the lost Yoruba towns. It was morale boosting. The victory encouraged the Ekitis to invite the Ibadan to help them drive out the Fulanis from Ilorin who had been threatening Osi, Otun, Aisegba, Ikole and Itaji. Ibadan had grown to become the strongest political force in Yorubaland. In those 25 years, virtually all the Oyo speaking areas, the Ife Kingdom, the Ijesha Kingdom, the whole of Ekiti, Akoko and Yagbe, came under what has been called The Ibadan Empire from which the Fulani invaders had been driven out".

One_Naira: Even a thread that should have just been about Yoruba, Yoruba just had to drag in Igbo into it.
Una are obsessed chei.

Hmm, na wa oo!!!.
Una have time, I think every Igbo should let the Yoruba bigots wallow in their ignorance na my own take on this.

You people should try to be a scholar not a heckler.Learn about your own history first before you start judging others,.You ibo are delusional, you are desperately striving to be what you are not,that can only happen in you peoples dreams,not in reality, you can't change history you can only create one,'is not too late to start but not this way. first you need purge yourselves of your hatred towards your own race and greed .You are who you are,"Gorilla will never be a polar Bear" ,you want to be White ,you want to be Jew you want to be different from African race.Damn! you people don't have the cranial capacity for that,if you want that i guess you need to evolve ,YOU NEED EVOLUTION because you people were backward .Do you know up to 50s your people were barely clothed, majority were either naked or clothed in raffia thatches only your elders have a souvenir of vex-singlet and little piece of rapper to cover their lower part and living in 4feet mud hut .All your elites then passed through western region, they could all speak Yoruba fluently, Live with it ,you contributed nothing to civilization ,you hate us and you still continue to live in our land and adopt our mode of dressing .you people are too simple, fucking peon. We condone your shit, live with you in piece because we are humans.

WE BLACKS HAVE LOST THE SENSE OF WHO WE REALLY ARE,.WE'VE BEEN CONSTANTLY FED WITH NEGATIVE /FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT WHO WE REALLY ARE. EVERYTHING ABOUT OUR HISTORY TO WAY OF LIFE HAS BEEN DEMONIZED,WE NOW SEE NO GOOD IN WHAT WE ARE ,WE LOATH OUR EXISTENCE ,MOST BLACKS GO TO BED EVERY NIGHT WITH SELF HATRED AND WISH THEY WERE SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THEY ARE ,THAT IS THE REASON WE REVERE ANYTHING THAT IS OF THE WHITE RACE AND DISDAIN ANYTHING FROM OURS." MENTAL SLAVERY".