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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. |