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Yoruba

Stories of the Yoruba.

65 stories

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49 People · Lagos

Oshodi Tapa, the Nupe boy who became a Lagos war chief

Balogun Oshodi Tapa of Lagos →
50 People · Oyo

Basorun Gaa, the kingmaker who outlived four kings of Oyo

Basorun Gaa of Old Oyo →
51 People · Lagos

Agege bread and the Jamaican baker of Ebute Metta

The Jamaican behind Agege bread →
52 Lost history · Osun

Kiriji, the sixteen-year war named after the sound of guns

The Kiriji War at Imesi-Ile →
53 Legend · Ekiti

Omu-Ekiti, the kingdom of sixteen gates and the fish nobody can photograph

Omu-Ekiti and its sixteen gates →
54 Lost history · Ogun

Imagbon 1892, the three-hour battle that opened Ijebu

The Ijebu war of 1892 →
55 Legend · Ekiti

The king who gave up Ife, built Efon, and went back

Efon-Alaaye's founder →
56 Legend · Osun

The waterfall that had a village on its roof

Olumirin Falls, Erin-Ijesa →
57 Place name · Lagos

The palace on the pepper farm

Iga Idunganran, Lagos Island →
58 Lost history · Ogun

Sagamu was never one town

Sagamu's thirteen towns →
59 Lost history · Lagos

The house that sold Lagos its water

Water House, Kakawa Street →
60 Lost history · Osun

The heads that turned up under a house in Ife

The Wunmonije heads of Ile-Ife →
61 People · Osun

The drummer who walked into a paint workshop

Muraina Oyelami of Iragbiji →
62 Lost history · Lagos

The king of Lagos who ran a rival state from Epe

Kosoko's exile in Epe →
63 Legend · Ogun

The crown that stayed hidden for 21 years

The hidden crown of Owu →
64 Custom · Ogun

Tea-chest tin, cassava paste and a king's jubilee

Adire, the indigo cloth of Abeokuta →
65 People · Ekiti

The steamroller driver who walked into Efon's forbidden forest

Babalola and the forbidden forest of Efon →
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