Kingdoms of the YorubaCurrey, 1988 - 174 sivua |
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Tulokset 1 - 3 kokonaismäärästä 39
Sivu 29
... miles to the south , and known to the Hausa and Nupe and to its first European visitors as Katunga . Here was the capital of the kingdom and empire of the Oyo , ruled by the Alafin , said to descend from Oranyan , the youngest son ( or ...
... miles to the south , and known to the Hausa and Nupe and to its first European visitors as Katunga . Here was the capital of the kingdom and empire of the Oyo , ruled by the Alafin , said to descend from Oranyan , the youngest son ( or ...
Sivu 31
... miles to the north - east , were the Nupe , who controlled the river crossing at Jebba island . But this situation proved to have advantages . The town lay under a range of low , rocky hills which ran from north to south down the ...
... miles to the north - east , were the Nupe , who controlled the river crossing at Jebba island . But this situation proved to have advantages . The town lay under a range of low , rocky hills which ran from north to south down the ...
Sivu 66
... miles and appears to enclose an area of some 400 square miles around the town of Ijebu Ode . It is still in places twenty feet high , with an outer ditch of twenty to twenty - five feet in depth . Legend describes it as the creation of ...
... miles and appears to enclose an area of some 400 square miles around the town of Ijebu Ode . It is still in places twenty feet high , with an outer ditch of twenty to twenty - five feet in depth . Legend describes it as the creation of ...
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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