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30 local governments · 8 stories
Local government…
Aiyedaade
Aiyedire
Atakunmosa East
Atakunmosa West
Boluwaduro
Boripe · 1
Ede North
Ede South
Egbedore
Ejigbo · 1
Ife Central · 2
Ife East
Ife North
Ife South
Ifedayo
Ifelodun
Ila
Ilesa East · 1
Ilesa West
Irepodun
Irewole
Isokan
Iwo
Obokun
Odo-Otin
Ola-Oluwa
Olorunda
Oriade · 1
Orolu
Osogbo · 1
8 stories
01
Legend · Osun
The queen who let herself be captured
Moremi Ajasoro →
02
People · Osun
The Austrian woman who saved a sacred forest
Susanne Wenger, Osogbo →
03
People · Osun
The warrior they could not keep
Ogedengbe of Ilesa →
04
Custom · Osun
Ejigbo, the town that fights once a year so it can have rain
The Ogiyan festival of Ejigbo →
05
Lost history · Osun
Kiriji, the sixteen-year war named after the sound of guns
The Kiriji War at Imesi-Ile →
06
Legend · Osun
The waterfall that had a village on its roof
Olumirin Falls, Erin-Ijesa →
07
Lost history · Osun
The heads that turned up under a house in Ife
The Wunmonije heads of Ile-Ife →
08
People · Osun
The drummer who walked into a paint workshop
Muraina Oyelami of Iragbiji →