Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has berated British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for distorting Yoruba history. The monarch, reacting to BBC’s documentary in a statement yesterday, said ...
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Ife not origin of Yoruba race, says Oluwo
The Oluwo of Iwo in Osun State, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has disputed the claim that Ile-Ife is the origin of the Yoruba race. The royal father said the culture of the race is not in the ancient town ...
The royal father revealed that Ghanians had traced their lineage to Aga-Ako in Ile-Ife and that Ethiopians are sons and daughters of Oramiya in Okerewe. Ooni disclosed this on Saturday during the ...
The palace of the Ooni of Ife on Tuesday slammed the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, over his claim that Ile-Ife is not the origin of the Yoruba people. Reacting to the comments, the Ooni’s ...
Apparently miffed by what it described as calculated efforts to rewrite the history of the famed Yoruba heritage, a group under the aegis of Think Yoruba First Ogo Adulawo Socio-Cultural Association ...
The origins of the Yoruba remain unresolved. Historians of the Yoruba in postcolonial Nigeria categorically reject all possibility of external influences, partly in reaction to cultural diffusionists ...
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