Tag: Ogun state people
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Ijebu people are Yoruba speaking tribe whose home is in the north-east of Lagos around the Magbon River. The Ijebu were known before the annexation of their territory by the British as proud, isolated and determined. Pre-colonial Ijebu had absolute faith in their religion and so their reaction was cool towards the warnings from colonial…
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Egba people: According to titleholder of the land and author, F.I Sotunde, it is undocumented how the people of Egba came to inhabit the geographical area known as the Egba forest. What is relatively known for sure is that the political turmoil following the fall of the Oyo Empire indirectly led to their migration to…