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Title:Ife-Western Yoruba Dynastic Links Re-examined
Author:Adediran, Biodun
Year:1984
Periodical:Afrika Zamani: revue d'histoire africaine
Issue:14-15
Period:June
Pages:83-95
Language:English
Geographic terms:Benin
Nigeria
Subjects:history
Ife polity
Yoruba polities
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
History and Exploration
Abstract:There is a fundamental assumption among scholars of state-formation in Yorubaland that the dynasties of principal Yoruba kingdoms were derived from a common ancestor, Oduduwa, the first king of Ile-Ife, the town traditionally accepted as the cradle of Yoruba civilisation. At times a distinction is made between 'primary' kingdoms founded directly from Ile-Ife by children of Oduduwa, and 'secondary' ones founded later from some of the 'primary' kingdoms. Thus five Ife princes - Obarada, Oninano, Onipopo (Olupopo), Onisabe (Oluaabe) and Alaketu - are said to have migrated into the area of western Yorubaland (present-day Republic of Benin) as a result of the 'primary' wave of migrations from Ile-Ife, and established separate kingdoms. Using these as examples, the author examines some claims of dynastic links with Ile-Ife. - Notes.
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