OJO ABURUMAKU: DOUBLED AS “BAALE OF OGBOMOSO” AND “AARE ONA KAKANFO” OF YORUBALAND
Ojo Olannipa “Aburumaku” after the death of Baale Odunaro in 1865 became the 14th Baale (king) of Ogbomoso and at the same time the 11th Aare Onakakanfo (Generalissimo or Field Marshal) of Yorubaland. Thus, Ojo Aburumaku became the third Aare Ona Kakanfo produced by...
THE INVASION OF OFFA: A JUSTICE FOR TREACHERY
THE INVASION OF OFFA A JUSTICE FOR TREACHERY Balogun Abubakar Karara, The Balogun of Ilorin and one of the most powerful warriors of his time stationed his army close to Offa after the Kiriji treaty. Many of the Yoruba warlords suspected he intended to invade and sack...
WHEN THEY CALL YOU “OMOLUABI” IN YORUBALAND
WHEN THEY CALL YOU “OMOLUABI” IN YORUBALAND WRITTEN BY JOHNSON OKÙNADÉ Omoluabi (Omolúàbí) is a philosophical and cultural concept that’s native to the Yorùbá people. It’s used to describe a person of good and virtuous nature, it’s an...