A Story of Invincibility: Ogun Ojalu Ogbomoso
Ogbomoso, Home of the brave is a Yoruba town situated close to Ilorin, another Yoruba town that was presided over by Afonja, the Aare Ona Kakanfo (generalissimo) of Yorubaland in the early nineteenth century. Ilorin was taken over by a Fulani scholar of Islam that was...
Orompotoniyun Ajiun: The Brave Female Alaafin Of Oyo
The 10th Alaafin of Oyo was a female “king” who reigned Oyo in the imperial era, Alaafin Orompotoniyun Ajiun (usually referred to as Orompoto), was Alaafin of Oyo from 1554-1562. Her father was the 7th Alaafin of Oyo, Alaafin Onigbogi. When Alaafin Onigbogi was on the...
THE ORIGIN OF “IYAWO”: THE YORUBA WORD FOR WIFE
The Origin Of ‘Iyawo’….The Yoruba Word For Wife!!! It is unknown to many speakers of the Yorùbá language that the original Yorùbá word for wife is ‘aya’ and not the commonly used ‘Iyawo’. Back in the early years of the Yorùbá people, the word “ Iyawo “did not have a...