Author: tope_litcaf
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Agboluaje was the second Alaafin to reign during Basorun Gaha’s dictatorship. Unlike his immediate predecessor he was agreeable to his patron, Gaha and was allowed a relatively long reign. Agboluaje lacked ambition, but the Territory of Oyo Empire, now in its widest stretch, had its integrity maintained. It has been said that no Alaafin, having…
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Agbaje War was the social disturbance that led to the assassination of Okikilu who was the last Alake in the Egba forest before the people’s mass migration to Abeokuta. The fracas had originated from the Alake’s envy of the small court at Kosofe market which was fast becoming stronger than his own royal court of…
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Iyayun was the Reagent to the throne of Oyo after the demise of the fifth Alafin, Aganju. Iyayun was the daughter of the Onisambo, whose name was also Aganju. She was forcefully taken into Alafin’s custody during the war in which her father was captured. The war had started due to Iyayun’s father’s intransigence towards…
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Aganju was the fifth Alaafin of Oyo, and son of Ajaka. His ascension to the throne was devoid of dramas, which would have probably been the case if he had a cousin from Sango, his uncle. Ajaka designed the palace innovatively as king, and he domesticated some wild animals. It is said that he tamed reptiles…
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The African Spurred Tortoise, Geochelone sulcata, called Ìjàpá in Yoruba and celebrated in many of its folktales as a wise animal, is found in the north of Nigeria and other Sahel regions. They adapt to arid environments through a few means; their thick skin which limit moisture loss, very little discharge of urine, and burrow…
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Inagural Sermon is term used for sermon on 21 December 1902 by Mojola Agbebi, the poet and Baptist leader, in which his belief in Ethiopianism was outlined. The sermon was delivered at the celebration of the first anniversary of the African Church in Lagos. In his sermon, Agbebi drew from Apostle Paul’s assessment of the essentials…
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African Wild Dog, scientific name, Lycaon pictus, means painted or ornate wolf. It is called Ajá in Yoruba and used metaphorically in the culture to denote promiscuity, uncritical followership and ill table manner. The fur of L. pictus is short, with little or no underfur, and the blackish skin is sometimes visible where fur is sparse.…
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Ethiopianism was a philosophy of several early Christians in Africa, foremost among who was James Johnson, who required his brethren, in the words of Jacob Kehinde Coker, founder of one of the breakaway groups, to worship God as Africans, independently, both in spirit and in truth, applying Christianity to African customs, not repugnant to Christ’s…
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Mojola Agbebi is the native name of the poet and advocate of Ethiopianism, who was born April 10, 1860 as David Brown Vincent in Ilesha. Mojola repudiated his European name in 1894, the year he was ordained as a Baptist minister in Liberia. He frequently used his pulpit to deliver anticolonial sermons, which was also…