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Stories of the Yoruba.
65 stories
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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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