Kings, Titles, and Quarters: A Conjectural History of Ilesha. I. The Traditions Reviewed

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Title:	Kings, Titles, and Quarters: A Conjectural History of Ilesha. I. The Traditions Reviewed
Author:	Peel, J.D.Y.
Year:	1979
Periodical:	History in Africa
Volume:	6
Pages:	109-153
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Nigeria
Subjects:	history Ijesa polity genealogy Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) History and Exploration
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/3171743
Abstract:	Ilesha, the capital of Ijesha, one of the larger Yoruba kingdoms, was founded probably in the early sixteenth century roughly midway between the larger regional centres of Oyo and Benin. Prior to a substantive historical account of the evolution of Ilesha'a socio-political structure over almost three centuries up to the third quarter of the nineteenth century (Part 2), there are two essential preliminary tasks (dealt with in Part 1): to construct a chronological framework for the evidence of institutional growth, and to assess the complex source materials. It is convenient to do the latter as a corollary of the former. The source materials represent a complex diversity and include both chieftaincy titles, kinglists, the royal genealogy and other lineages, the quarters of the town, and subordinate settlements, as well as locally published histories coexisting with current oral tradition. Map, notes, tab.