Kingdoms of the YorubaCurrey, 1988 - 174 sivua |
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Tulokset 1 - 3 kokonaismäärästä 28
Sivu 52
... lagoon was also used ) . Like many Yoruba towns , Owo was a centre of brass - casting and of sculpture in wood , terracotta , and ivory . Here again the influence of Benin is evident , and Owo art has been described as ' intermediate ...
... lagoon was also used ) . Like many Yoruba towns , Owo was a centre of brass - casting and of sculpture in wood , terracotta , and ivory . Here again the influence of Benin is evident , and Owo art has been described as ' intermediate ...
Sivu 63
... lagoon were less encouraging than for other parts of West Africa and also because of the difficulty of access - Ciudad do Jubu continued to be marked on their maps in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , and there is a belief in ...
... lagoon were less encouraging than for other parts of West Africa and also because of the difficulty of access - Ciudad do Jubu continued to be marked on their maps in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , and there is a belief in ...
Sivu 72
... lagoon ; from the west it is protected by the Yewa estuary and on other sides by swamp and forest . The town seems to have been founded in about 1736 by a Dutch trader and populated mainly by Egun refugees driven eastwards by the Fon ...
... lagoon ; from the west it is protected by the Yewa estuary and on other sides by swamp and forest . The town seems to have been founded in about 1736 by a Dutch trader and populated mainly by Egun refugees driven eastwards by the Fon ...
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The Yoruba and their Homeland | 4 |
The Primacy of Ife | 13 |
The Rise of Oyo | 29 |
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Abeokuta Abiodun Afonja Ajayi and Smith ajele Akinjogbin Akure Alafin Alake army Atiba Awori Awujale Badagry Bashorun Benin Bini Biobaku Borgu British bronzes capital cavalry centre chiefs claim Clapperton coast crown Dahomeans Dahomey described dynasty early Egba Egbado Egharevba eighteenth century Ekiti established European forest Fulani Gaha Gbagura Hausa historian Ibadan Igbo Igboho Igbomina Ijaye Ijebu Ode Ijesha Ilorin important Johnson Kakamfo Ketu king kingship known lagoon Lagos land Lander later legend London miles military missionaries Modakeke Morton-Williams neighbours Niger Nigeria nineteenth century northern Nupe Oduduwa Ogun Old Oyo Ondo Oranyan origin Oyo kingdom Oyo's palace Parrinder passim political Porto Novo probably provinces reign River royal rule ruler seems Shabe slaves Snelgrave suggests terracotta territory throne tion town trade tradition tribute walls warriors West Africa Willett Yoruba kingdoms Yorubaland