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| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by Nobody: 1:10pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
dEastActivist: Isrealite, can you be reasonable for once and not derail this thread? 7 Likes |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by naijalander: 1:12pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
The Occupation of Ijaye and end of Dado contd. Dado was of a more restless spirit and was indifferent to agriculture. Nothing delighted him more than the rattle of musketry, for he was never in his element unless he was at the head of his army directing a battle. He often frightened his people home from farm, mistaking the volleys Dado ordered to be fired for an attack on the town. The other war-chiefs petitioned him again and again not to cause such an alarm, but he usually replied in a haughty manner: " Cowards, were I such as you I could not have brought you here, when yoi" wished to negotiate peace with the aborigines." Casting this at their teeth day by day, his colleagues felt hurt but were afraid of opposing him till one day Kurumi summoned up courage to do so and was backed by the other chiefs, a civil war ensued and Dado was expelled the town. Dado's Later Career. To trace the subsequent career of Dado we have to anticipate some events of history yet to be narrated. Dado was bold and brave as a warrior, but in his disposition, he was irritable and very proud. On his expulsion from Ijaye he went first to Iware, and from thence he crossed the river Ogun going to a small town near Isede called Tobalogbo. He encamped outside the town walls with his few followers, and sent to apprise the Bale of his arrival. His fame as a great warrior having traveled far and wide the Tobalogbo treated him with every mark of respect, supplying him and his followers with provisions, and on the next day he came out with his chiefs to pay his respects to the fallen general.
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| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by tunene66: 1:17pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
I appreciate the work you are doing. One important aspect of the Yoruba race, is that apart from accepting Ife as cultural center, over the years after the fall of the Oyo Empire 'supremacy' has never resided in any particular area any more. In moving forward lets all agree that by virtue of speaking a common language and agreeing on Ife as the cultural center we have a lot to contribute to the peace, progress n prosperity of the Yorubaland in particular n Nigeria at large Kudos 18 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by femolii: 1:28pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
we will librate olorin very soon. 4 Likes |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by naijalander: 1:35pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
Whilst the Bale and chiefs prostrated before this monster in the act of salutation, he ordered them all to be decapitated! He and his men then rushed into the town and captured it. He cared only for the booty and not for making it his residence; he, therefore, passed on to the town of Aborerin near Iberekodo and there he built a house and resided with his family and about 400 men. Subsequently he left Aborerin with his family and belongings and wishing to try the fortunes of war once more, he joined an Ibadan contingent under Osun the chief of the Ibadan cavalry in an expedition in aid of Oniyefun. When Osun fell in battle, and Oniyefun was reduced by the Egbas, he narrowly escaped with a handful of his men, leaving his wives and children at the mercy of the conquerors and escaped to Ijaka. Divine retribution now began to overtake him for his cruelties and for his heartless treachery and cold-blooded murder of Tobalogbo and his chiefs. He lost everything at Oiiiyefun, and from that time he went up and down the country as a " fugitive and vagabond." After some time spent at Ijaka he came to Ibadan ; he accompanied Lakanle the Ibadan commander-in-chief to the Arakanga war (to be related afterwards) ; on their leturn he went to Ilorin and returned again to Ibadan. Fortune was altogether against him He outlived his fame and glory, suffered from penury and want and was reduced to a nonentity. After Lakanle's death, having no one to befriend him at Ibadan again, he went once more to Ijaye. Kurumi was then at the zenith of his glory, with the old animosity against Dado still rankling in his breast. He sent for him one day and as Dado lay prostrate before him Kurumi ordered him to be decapitated! Thus the same measure was meted to him, as he once meted to his hosts of Tobalogbo. The Occupation of Abemo Kurumi of Ijaye was an arbitrary and domineering chief, and moreover tribal jealousies and clan ship were rife among the chiefs who now occupy Ijaye as they were from different provinces and townships brought together here by one common calamity. Kurumi and the Ikoyi chiefs with him were from the Metropolitan province. The notable war-chiefs from Akese were :—Ayo, Adekambi, Ajadi, Sukoto, Bankole, Lahan, Arunoagba-ni-igbe and Oluwole. These chiefs from the Ep6 districts could not endure the hauteur of Kurumi who was backed up by the Ikoyi chiefs. They hold themselves superior to the Akese chiefs. Ikoyi was indeed the premier provincial city next to the Metropolis, and the Onikoyi the Alafin's vice regent, but these chiefs seem to have forgotten that they were no longer worthy of the honour they now claimed since they have become disloyal to the Crown. However, in order to avoid a civil war from constant friction the above-mentioned Akese chiefs with their men left Ijaye in a body and retired to Abemo, a town 12 miles distant (midway between Ijaye and the present Oyo) under the leadership of chief Ayo. We now have two rival towns, Ijaye occupied by the Ikoyi chiefs, and Abemo by the Akese chiefs,
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| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by tunene66: 1:45pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
In addition I have this comment. My father is from Ogbomosho. He is still alive. He tells me that his great-grandfather originally hailed from Ikoyi Ile, adding that the man n many others were refugees in Ogbomosho as a result of the various tribal wars. My father adds that some of his great-grandfather's siblings went as far as Lagos Island, others went to Ilorin while few returned to Ikoyi My point is many Yoruba people will be very surprised to find out that going back three or four generations their current hometown is not their original place of origin To end a colleague of mine, who hails from Ife South LGA (I would not disclose his town) was surprised when his father told him just last year that actually my colleague's grandfather actually hailed from Ogbomosho So let' we the Yorubas see ourselves as one irrespective of where we r from GOD bless 11 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by vicadex07(m): 1:48pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
4peace: https://oldnaija./2016/09/17/the-egba-dahomey-war-1851-1864/ http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/sesostris-the-great-the-egyptian-hercules/the-egbas-the-owus-and-the-dahomeans-african-history/comment-page-1/ You can aswell create a thread for it as I haven't found time to do so. 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by dEastActivist: 1:59pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
Aigbofa: Egyptian is the thread not about afonja... Afonja is a coward,treachrous backstabber. Or is afonja not a Yoruba? Are his characters not synonymous to Yoruba characters today?? You see the correlation there so why being mischievous unnecessarily? 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by naijalander: 2:03pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
The thread is about the Yoruba Revolutionary Wars against Oyo constitutional monarchy. Afonja just happens to be a player in this, there have been rebellions before Afonja. dEastActivist: 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by dEastActivist: 2:08pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
janellemonae: Lol in father Christmas voice (ho ho ho)  Why red herring?? Afonjas where backstabbers to themselves that's where am coming from.. Why do Yorubas betray themselves..? Lol.. Igbos are backstabbers is just like saying that doves are rascals, try harder next time... Present and now, we all know who wants to betray APC but has his wings broken into pieces... We all know those who are ready to sell jabagan for the highest bidder... We all know those who betrayed the south just to please their masters... Can you point out in history or present where the Igbos action have betrayed peoples understanding to giving event? And stop being paranoid 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by proxillin(m): 2:14pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
dEastActivist: [Igbos have no history. So no one including you know what they were up to. 2 Likes |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by naijalander: 2:15pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
3. How Ibadan Finally Became a Yoruba Town The Fall of Maye The marauders who settled at Ibadan after the fall of Oorun and all the Gbagura towns (as we have mentioned above) comprised the Ife, Ijebu, Qyo, and Egba chiefs with their men. Chief Maye an Ife was the acknowledged head of them all. He was a proud, haughty, and irritable man, overbearing to all; Lakanle the Oyo leader (as above mentioned) was the only man who could speak when Maye was in a rage. The Ifes generally regarded the Oyos of the settlement as slaves because they were homeless refugees; they treated them little better than they would dogs. Maye handled them with an iron hand, and denied them every security either of their goods or of their lives ; they were oppressed and beaten with impunity. The Oyos, groaning under this yoke of bondage sought every opportunity for lifting up their heads, but the very name of Maye inspired such a dread in all, that no plan could be acted upon. The bards sang of him as the greatest general of the day, a man who commanded an amount of dread and respect, unsurpassed by any, etc. But, like Napoleon after Moscow, " From the highest to the lowest, there is but one step;" so it was with Maye. His fall was sudden and cornplete. Two neighbours were quarrelling over a piece of ground used in common as a dunghill, one was an Own man, Amejiogbe by name, one of Maye's soldiers, the other an Oyo man; both of them private soldiers. But as Oyos were treated like dogs, when Maye came out, he asked no questions about the case, but sided with the Owu man and simply drew his sword and cut off the head of the Oyo man. Instantly a hue and cry was raised, and an alarm given that Maye was putting all Oyos to death ! The Oyos became desperate, and all flew to arms. Maye was taken aback with surprise to see them making a dead set at him. They refused to hear his plea for self defense, and would not allow him to re-enter his house; he was beset on every side and driven out of the town. He escaped on foot by the way of the present Abeokuta gate and crossed the river Onk followed by some of the Ife chiefs e.g. Aponju-olosun, Aregbe Deriokun, etc. After this, the Oyo chiefs began to feel ill at ease, and were the first to offer him terms of reconciliation. They knew his fame and valour and were trembling for the possible consequences. In the afternoon an embassy was sent to him with a humble apology and petition saying " Our Father should return home, our Father should not spend the night in the bush." He answered the messengers roughly and swore by the gods that he would surely destroy the town and that before long.
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| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by naijalander: 2:21pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
The next day higher grades of ambassadors were sent to sue for peace, and with them large baskets of provisions for himself and his followers because "Father must be hungry since yesterday." These were not even allowed to approach his camp, and some of the Oyos who accompanied him as personal friends sent privately to apprise their country-men that it was of no use their waiting for an answer, the great chief would neither listen to them nor even grant them an interview and it was in vain to hope that he would agree to return to Ibadan. The ambassadors had to return home to report their ill success but they left behind all the provisions they took with them in hopes that his followers would take them away after they had gone. The chiefs were much disappointed at this turn of affairs and blamed themselves for their rashness and instructed the ambassadors not to wait for further orders but that by early dawn they should proceed once more and offer their humble submission and say that they would agree to any fine he would be pleased to impose upon them as a condition of his returning home. In the meantime a meeting was convened to consider what further steps should be taken ; they decided to levy a tax upon all the people in order to raise money for the fine. But the messengers soon returned with a distressing report :—" The master's camp, has been broken up, the food they carried the previous day was left untouched, for hawks, crows, and vultures to feed upon, nor could anyone tell his route or destination!" It was surmised that he probably went to join the Egbas at Abeokuta to raise an army to fight them: but a few days after, a farmer reported that he saw a broad path leading to Idomapa in the south. Maye then was the guest of Oluwole of Idomapa, but the people of Erumu invited him to Erumu, offering him their support and friendship because his calamity was caused by his espousing the cause of an Owu man. We have seen above, that Erumu was the chief vassal state of Owu and that to this place the Olowu and his people escaped when the city of Owu was taken. They were determined to avenge Maye's wrongs, and with such a distinguished commander on their side, they hoped to be able to annihilate these Oyo marauders, the principal agents in the destruction of their capital city. Before they were prepared to lay siege to Ibadan, the Erumu people and their guests began at once to make predatory incursions into the Ibadan farms, kidnapping also the caravans with corn and other foodstuffs from Ikire so as to cut off their food supplies and distress them by starvation before reducing them by war at the ensuing dry season. This state of things continued nearly a whole year and during that time vast preparations were made to crush Ibadan by an overwhelming force. An alliance was formed with the Ife towns of Ikire, Apomu, Ipetumodu and other towns in their neighborhood, and a large army was raised against Ibadan. The Egbas also were invited as allies, as all have their grievances to avenge on the new occupants of Ibadan. Two famous commanders Degesin and Ogini led the Egba contingents ; they marched through the Ibadan farms in the south to join the main army at Idomapa.
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| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by obiageIi(f): 2:22pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
LordAdam7:But this is exactly what lead to the fall of almost every great Kingdom. It's a human thing 7 Likes |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by dEastActivist: 2:23pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
proxillin: I know my history very well... I am a descendant of ERi son of Gad... And other socio-Religio-political historical occurrence that occurred can be shared on request or via link sharing.  What do you think will happen when I ask you, the olugbo of ugbo, the ooni of ife, and the oba of Benin on the history of Yoruba in a setting?? 4 Likes |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by dEastActivist: 2:27pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
obiageIi: Which kingdom? Don't just lie on the bed and start churning out baseless unverifiable facts. Treachery, backstabbing and betrayal has always been part of a specific ethnic group throughout their history and present as I have currently witnessed. 2 Likes |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by naijalander: 2:28pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
The Gbanamu War. The Ibadan chiefs met this overwhelming force with courage and determination bat the odds were against them; at every battle in spite of all they could do, they lost ground and the assailants advanced to within a mile or a mile and a half of the town. The Ibadans in their extremity were obliged to ask help from Kurumi of Ijaye who readily responded to their call. They were all one people whom a common calamity compelled to these parts, and they had to make a new home and defend it. Kurumi arrived at Ibadan on a Friday, but as Fridays were considered inauspicious days the Ibadan chiefs suggested that the fight should be postponed till the next day. Kurumi replied, "It is true Fridays are inauspicious, but it is only so to aggressors, not to defenders of hearth and home." The last decisive battle then was fought on that day. It was a bloody day. Equal courage and valor were displayed on both sides, but in the end, though outnumbered by far, the superior military skill of Kurumi and the Ibadans won the day. For the Ibadans it was a life and death struggle, and because it was mostly a hand to hand fight in which swordsmen proved themselves a match for those with firearms the battle was named " Gba'namu " (grasping fire). Rushing upon their assailants sword in hand and grasping the barrel of the gun, the Ibadans averted the fatal discharge of the weapon while using their swords and cutlasses with effect. Thus the Ife, Owu, and Egba allies were completely routed. Several of their leaders were made prisoners and put to death. Maye the great commander was taken prisoner by a common soldier, and as he was being led to the town all the war-chiefs refused to see his face. It is a common belief amongst warriors in this country that any war-chief, who ordered a brother war-chief, his equal in arms, to execution, will surely meet with the same fate at no distant date. Therefore, although the whole of the chiefs desired his execution yet no one was bold enough to show his face and order it, and take upon himself the responsibility for what all desired. Both the captor and the captive fully understood the import of the phrase " Let him not see my face." It meant his death warrant. Maye therefore cried out : " E m.a da a se, E fi oju mi kan alagbk ! E ma da a se, E fi oju mi kan Lakanle. (Do not take the responsibiUty, bring me before a chief ; do not take the responsibility, bring me before Lakanle) . But all in vain, his fate had been sealed by the chiefs declining to see him, and so the great Maye was beheaded by a common soldier. Degesin and Ogini the Egba commanders also shared his fate. Chief Kurumi claimed the honour of the victory and hence his bards sang to his praise "Opa Maye, o pa Ogini, O pa Degesin, O fi oko ti Ife laiyk " (he slew Maye, he slew Ogini and Degesin and thrust his spear into the bi easts of the Ifes). By this victory the remnant of the Oyo refugees was saved.
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| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by Olu317(m): 2:31pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
naijalander:You know nothing about History. If Afonja wasn't a great physical and spiritual warrior,how come his name is forever in the mindsets of ILORIN YORUBAs and the rest of Yoruba Race even the Abdusallam whose mother was Yoruba which is not even important . Little do you know.Do you know how Emir Momoh died? Ilorin was recreated by the British Empire in 1895/1896 after the British defeated the Ilorin Army commanders who were the Baloguns who made the Emir their puppet. Irrespective of Afonja rebellion,he remained unshaken even unto death. That was A GREAT WARRIOR. 5 Likes |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by scholes0(m): 2:31pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
Interesting historical accounts. 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by naijalander: 2:39pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
Commentary: After the break up in the monarchical government, power became rested in the hands of powerful nobles (Baales, Baloguns, Basoruns, etc). The power vacuum left by the fall of the old capital was filled by various warring factions of the royal families. Remember, political power was derived through heredity, the revolution, caused by the rise in mono theism wrestled power away from these families and established a military aristocracy where power came to be derived from the military. City states became republics with upper chiefs (Baales, Ilaris and senior army officers) alone having the power to choose their leaders. The foremost representatives of the old order settled in Ibadan, Ijaye, Ilorin, Abeokuta, Ota, etc. The founding of these cities are the foundation of modern Yoruba history. Asking for the help of the most powerful warship (Kurunmi) is expected. Perhaps if the leaders of the rebellion (Afonja, Dado & co) were men of good spirit, it could have birthed an even stronger well organized country. naijalander: |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by Olu317(m): 2:42pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
dEastActivist:I have learnt that about some of you claiming Eri, son of Gad . I am a full fledged Yoruba. And my question is, how far have you gone to proof your ancestral link to Gad either, culturally or by path of migration? 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by naijalander: 2:47pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
Can I just say that saying Igbos are descendants of Gad is a bit far fetched. But to avoid conflict, I'll refrain from further comment. Olu317: 2 Likes |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by naijalander: 2:52pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
Further Commentary: Islam has never gone through the separation of Church and state and so it makes sense to assume that the entry of Islam into main stream Yoruba society would arouse a civil war. For all we know, it could be main cause of the civil war. Ilorin could have been trying to wage a jihad against other Yoruba states to spread Islam. Note that from Kurumi on wards, most Yoruba leaders were Muslims. Latosa of Ibadan was a practicing Muslim! A conflict is Islamic philosophy and Yoruba philosophy may have been a major initiator of the rebellion. Much like today, even neutral chiefs would have taken advantage of the upheaval. |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by dEastActivist: 2:55pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
Olu317:You need link? |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by Olu317(m): 2:56pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
dEastActivist:nope,write it out as others do.Proof it with your research |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by naijalander: 2:59pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
The Erumu War The victors followed up their victory and encamped against Erumu. Reinforcements came for them from Iwo, Ede, Apomu and other places; the Oyo refugees in those parts joining their brethren at the siege of Erumu so that the doomed town was hemmed in on every side : indeed they had to fight from within their walls. As the besiegers could neither force the gates nor scale or beat down the walls, they were content to reduce the town by famine. The most disgusting creatures were used for food, and even greedily devoured in order to sustain life ! It passed into a proverb: "When the price of a frog came to 120 cowries then Erumu was taken." The siege of Erumu recalled that of Oke Suna in the fight between Solagberu and Abudusalami. The following anecdotes illustrative of the horrors of the siege of Erumu were told by eye-witnesses :— Corn planted within the walls of the town wanted but a few weeks for ripening when the famished inhabitants could no longer wait for a full corn, everyone helping himself not only to the immature corn but also the corn-stalks. It was so much relished that one of them was heard to say that he did not know before that corn stalks were so delicious and that henceforth he would ever be using it as an article of food. Another reported the case of a good-looking and well-to-do young woman, a snuff seller, at Erumu. Before the war broke out, her beauty and style always attracted young men to her side in the shed where she was grinding and retailing snuff. Her stall was so clean and so well-polished that they required no mats to sit upon, they would just squat on the ground about her. This well-to-do woman was so famished that she died of starvation at her stall in the open thoroughfare, and of all her admirers not one was found to do her the honor of a burial! Again, another eye-witness among the besiegers related that whilst bathing in a stream which flowed through the town to the camp, he often saw myriads of maggots which he could not account for as if the water bred them, but when Erumu was taken he saw hundreds of putrefying bodies in the stream within the town and this accounted for the maggots he saw in such abundance lower down as the stream flowed by the camp. On the town being taken the Oluroko (or king) of Erumu and the king of Idomapa were caught and slain. Also the Olowu was now caught who (as was related above) escaped thither when the city of Owu was destroyed. Now, he was a provincial King of great importance, a real crowned head, and his case caused the victors some embarrassment. No pure Yoruba would venture to lay hands on a king even if worthy of death; in such an event the king would simply be told that he was rejected and, noblesse oblige, he would commit suicide by poison.
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| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by ipledge10(m): 3:04pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
Olu317:is Afonja a title or name? |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by naijalander: 3:06pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
The Erumu War contd. The Olowu, although now a prisoner of war, was regarded with so much reverence that none of the chiefs would dare order his execution, and yet they could not keep him nor would they let him go. His death was compassed in a diplomatic manner. The conquerors pretended to be sending him to the Ooni of Ife, who alone may be regarded as his peer in this part of the country, and he was to be accompanied by one of his own slaves as a personal attendant and by some messengers to the Ooni as his escort. But the slave, who was supplied with a loaded gun as his master's bodyguard, had been privately instructed that at a given signal from the escort he was to shoot his master dead, and that he would be granted his freedom and loaded with riches as well. Thus they proceeded on their way until they came to the bank of the river Osun when the signal was given and the slave shot his master dead on the spot ! These "messengers" now set up a hue and cry of horror and surprise: " What?! You slave! How dare you kill your royal master ? Death is even too good for you." And in order to exonerate themselves of all complicity in the matter, they set upon the poor slave attacking him on all sides and clubbed him to death saying " The murder of the king must be avenged." They then dammed up the river in its course and dug the king's grave deep in the bed of it, and there they buried the corpse whilst uttering this disclaimer : " O King, we have no hands in your cruel murder. The onus of it rests with your slave and we have avenged you by putting him to death, and he is to be your attendant in the other world." They then allowed the river to flow on in its channel over the grave. Burying the king in the bed of the river was regarded as an expiation made for his murder, because they were conscious of guilt although they attributed the act to the slave. With such reverence and sanctity was the person of a king regarded. The divine right of kings is an article of belief among the Yorubas. Such was the end of the last king of the famous city of Owu, the title is continued by a representative of the family at Abeokuta.
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| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by naijalander: 3:07pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
It is a name. His original title being Baale of Ilorin, inherited from his great grandfather Laderin. Laderin begat Pasin, Pasin begat Alagbin, Alagbin begat Afonja. ipledge10: |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by LordAdam7: 3:23pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
obiageIi: If that were so, there wouldn't be no USA, Mexico, Britain, Canada, Germany, France, Russia, India, Pakistan... Each of these powers I mentioned came to a cross-road at some point where they had a major foe that threatened their very existence, and they came together to disband that foe (even with their intra-rivalries). So no, this is not just about the fall of the Oyo empire, this is about an educated people hampered by the treachery of a significant proportion of them. If it wasn't for the topography, the Fulani would have overran the Yorubas (supported of course by greedy, self-centered Yoruba chiefs). That's the line I'm drawing. It is one thing to have rivalry between each other (every tribe has intra rivalry), it is a whole other thing for powerful people with a large followership (not just a few Judases) to allow a common enemy to kill their own blood. Only I can slap my brother. If someone else outside the family slaps him, na police cell straight. I hope u get my point. -Lord 2 Likes |
| Re: Yoruba Revolutionary War Chronicles. By Samuel Johnson by AkinPhysicist: 3:26pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
 Can't wait to read this awesome piece of history |
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