slim75d:
na so e suppose be na, when shark enter wata other fishes they show respect.
Unlike the tribe that doesn't have a big king or even show respect for their little kings

slim75d:
na so e suppose enter wata suck dïck show respect for their little kings

RPirez:


MADDD 9ja pple everywhere. The stats no dey lie for real. >90% of Nigerians indeed have mental issues.

A nation where >90% of her citizens live in abject poverty and we have these ones that literally do nothing, get monthly allocation from the governments, lavish the money on Oloshos etc...

Yet, we have fools defending them. Just imagine the level of retrogression for God's sake. Monarchs in developed worlds make sure their citizens get the best NOT here in Nigeria.

Africa is is 2million years behind the rest of the world.

Awon Olofo Oloriburuku!

donsheddy1:
This guy's bleaching is on another level. It's common amongst their people though and sucking dïck .

slim75d:
na so e suppose be na, when shark enter wata other fishes they show respect.
Unlike the tribe that doesn't have a big king or even show respect for their little kings

daddytime:
Does the Alaafin have Vitiligo?

abobote:
I thought oni is the father of all kings in yoruba land

RPirez:
Foolish BASTARDS!!! What positive impact exactly has the Alaafin on Yoruba and his own people other than marrying his grand-daughters and wasting public resources on them while the average Nigerian suffers. Yet, you see the foolish Yoruba pple adulating and celebrating such mediocrity!

These are one of the major reasons Africa is behind. These guys should all be executed and you'll see how progression would be experienced.

RPirez:
Foolish BASTARDS!!! What positive impact exactly has the Alaafin on Yoruba and his own people other than marrying his grand-daughters and wasting public resources on them while the average Nigerian suffers. Yet, you see the foolish Yoruba pple adulating and celebrating such mediocrity!

These are one of the major reasons Africa is behind. These guys should all be executed and you'll see how progression would be experienced.

RPirez:
Foolish BASTARDS!!! What positive impact exactly has the Alaafin on Yoruba and his own people other than marrying his grand-daughters and wasting public resources on them while the average Nigerian suffers. Yet, you see the foolish Yoruba pple adulating and celebrating such mediocrity!

These are one of the major reasons Africa is behind. These guys should all be executed and you'll see how progression would be experienced.

grandlexuz:
Who is that sitting on the ground in the picture?

Treasure17:
The one sitting on the floor though.

robinfemi:
Who be OGA among them

aktolly54:
By ranking, I think position of ONI OF IFE is more of rank than position of ALAAFIN but due to age, the oni of ife just decide to respect the old age of baba

malcom1X:
It's the Ooni of Ife I see Bowing to the Alaafin here.

Sarrki wetin you dey see?

Jazzman01:

malcom1X:
It's the Ooni of Ife I see Bowing to the Alaafin
here.

Sarrki wetin you dey see?

ANON333:
But the ooni is only a priest - the alaafin's subject. Time goes and things change.

Ajeyo:
Alaafin is the head of all Yoruba Obas.

Ooni is not even an Oba,its a matter that we Yorubas dont like going into.

Ajeyo:
No,Alaafin is the King and Ooni is a priest(nanny so to say)of the Alaafin.

ubola:
Please just asking to know. Whose traditional office is higher among the two, Alafin or Ooni. I know one of them should be greater than the other.

TAO11:
(1) The Archaic Era — The Pre-Pavement Era:
The centuries of Ife’s history from ??BC through 350BC to 800AD and then up to c.1000AD.

During this period, each of the different settlements in the Ife bowl managed its affairs as an autonomous kingdom.

However, the kings of the Ife settlements worked out a lose confederacy in which one of them presided as a chairman of the alliance on a rotational basis.

Obatala (king of one of the settlements, viz. Ideta, aka Iranje) is well remembered in the traditions as the last chairman of this alliance of kings in the Ife bowl.


(2) The Early Pavement Era:
The centuries of Ife’s history from 1000AD to 1200AD.

From the start of this era, the system of government in the Ife bowl began to change and change forever.

Of all the actors at the start of this era, the greatest is (according to all the traditions) a man by the name of Oduduwa — a contemporary of Obatala, et al.

The political organization of Ife was transformed from a mere lose confederacy of different kings into one unitary single kingdom under one king.

This singular kingdom of Ife prospered quickly and by c.1100 (some 100 years down the line) was ripe & set for imperial status.

The Ife empire (from c.1100) stretched, at the peak of its power, from today’s “Southern Togo” on its west to the Niger River on its east.

By the year 1200AD, emissaries/princes from Ife have established a number of provincial kingdoms amidst other Yoruba groups (and sometimes non-Yorubas) in the region.

The Oyo kingdom was established by one such prince from Ife at about this date, 1200AD. His name known from the traditions as Oranmiyan, and he is said to be one of the youngest grandsons of Oduduwa.


(3) The Late Pavement Era:
The centuries of Ife’s history from 1200AD to 1400AD.

Oyo kingdom, “one of the earliest-founded provincial capitals in the Ife empire” was founded 1200AD by an Ife prince Oranmiyan. He became its first king and was succeeded by his sons.

Not so long after the end of this era ( i.e. in c1450), the balance of wealth and power began to tip away from Ife, and its imperial status (started in c.1100) waned.

Its provinces become more and more independent of itself; and its political, commercial and military power began to shift elsewhere — but not its hallowedness.


(4) The Post Pavement Era:
The centuries of Ife’s history from 1400AD to 1600AD.

During this era, Ife declined commercially & militarily. Its imperial status fell, and the balance of wealth and political power tipped to the Oyo kingdom which then succeeded Ife as the new sherif in town by virtue of its imperial status starting from c.1580.

In Summary:
IFe is Yoruba’s civilization cradle, its holiest city and, its first empire.

A king of Ife is, as such, the head of Yoruba kings and head of the holiest Yoruba city.

Cheers.

Christistruth00:
Tao11 did I ever tell you I was an indigene of Modakeke?

There is nothing Holy about Ile Ife it is a den of Idolatry

Almost every day of the Year is dedicated to Worshiping one Idol or the other

When the Christian Missionaries first turned up at Ile Ife the Ooni Politely told them not to try anything there and sent them to Modakeke where they built the Church they were not allowed to build in Ife

If you stray into Ile Ife at the Wrong hour of the night it could cost you your head and if you are Modakeke it will definitely cost you your head.

In the day time they Sacrifice Goats to their Idols and in the night People go missing

When my Sister was Working and living in Staff Quarters of the Ife General Hospital she told anyone who cared to ask for her Hometown that she was an Indigene of Abeokuta even when told that her Surname was definitely a Modakeke one she would insist she was Abeokuta for the sake of self Preservation

It is true that Ooni and Ile Ife were the Instruments God Almighty used to birth the Yoruba race but Just say all Yorubas acknowledge Ooni as the Father of Yorubas and respect Ile Ife as the Cradle of the Yoruba race and that would do , kindly drop the part about holiness apart from that the rest of the History is spot on.

TAO11:

Which city in the world do you consider holy & sacred, and why?

Please answer ONLY these questions I’ve asked. Don’t stress about answering what I didn’t ask.

Thanks.