This paper focuses on Iwo, an ancient Yoruba city that traces its roots to Ile-Ife and one of the cities that received, accommodated, and integrated refugees from various parts of Yorubaland during the 19th century. It investigates the concessions made by members of the Iwo ruling class to accommodate the influx of military and civilian populations from various parts of the disintegrating Old Oyo Empire. The paper utilizes published works on urbanization in Africa and oral traditions collected by the author between 1978 and 2018. Although limited in quantity and significance, Western missionary travelogues and archival information are also consulted. In addition to explaining changes in the layout of the city and its outlying townships and ...
Issues of origin, migration and settlement occupy a central place in the history of any human societ...
This article attempts to explain the traditional origin of Igbon, Iresa and Ikoyi, ancient kingdoms ...
The nature and pattern of relations between Yagba people and Ilorin could best be understood and app...
Abèokuta, a provincial capital in the Yoruba Country. The Yoruba Country, Nigeria, has a very high...
In 1956, the defunct western region government launched the Yoruba Historical Research Scheme. The m...
The Yoruba nation encompasses all peoples of Yoruba ethnic origin found mainly in Nigeria and also i...
In the study of Nigerian civil war, a great deal of emphasis seems to have been placed on the major ...
This research explores the nexus between the Second World War (World War II) and the episode of comm...
A historical perspective on the city and war in West Africa. The case of Nigeria Long before modern...
Using a combination of oral traditions and written sources, this work reconstructs the history of Ow...
Despite the long time of separation, dating about six thousand years ago, the Ijo (central, western ...
The paper describes the history of settlement of West African migrants in the Eastern Region of Geda...
This paper is a historical exposition of the Ijo people of Delta State in the South-South and Niger-...
There exist commendable great strides in the studies of the Igbo especially since the end of the Nig...
This study investigates how Yoruba migrants make meaning of Yoruba Indigenous knowledges in the Afri...
Issues of origin, migration and settlement occupy a central place in the history of any human societ...
This article attempts to explain the traditional origin of Igbon, Iresa and Ikoyi, ancient kingdoms ...
The nature and pattern of relations between Yagba people and Ilorin could best be understood and app...
Abèokuta, a provincial capital in the Yoruba Country. The Yoruba Country, Nigeria, has a very high...
In 1956, the defunct western region government launched the Yoruba Historical Research Scheme. The m...
The Yoruba nation encompasses all peoples of Yoruba ethnic origin found mainly in Nigeria and also i...
In the study of Nigerian civil war, a great deal of emphasis seems to have been placed on the major ...
This research explores the nexus between the Second World War (World War II) and the episode of comm...
A historical perspective on the city and war in West Africa. The case of Nigeria Long before modern...
Using a combination of oral traditions and written sources, this work reconstructs the history of Ow...
Despite the long time of separation, dating about six thousand years ago, the Ijo (central, western ...
The paper describes the history of settlement of West African migrants in the Eastern Region of Geda...
This paper is a historical exposition of the Ijo people of Delta State in the South-South and Niger-...
There exist commendable great strides in the studies of the Igbo especially since the end of the Nig...
This study investigates how Yoruba migrants make meaning of Yoruba Indigenous knowledges in the Afri...
Issues of origin, migration and settlement occupy a central place in the history of any human societ...
This article attempts to explain the traditional origin of Igbon, Iresa and Ikoyi, ancient kingdoms ...
The nature and pattern of relations between Yagba people and Ilorin could best be understood and app...