The current Ooni, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, Ooni of Ife, (born October 17, 1974) is a Nigerian accountant and the 51st Ooni of Ife. He succeeded the late Oba Okunade Sijuwade(Olubuse II) who was the 50th ooni of Ife, and who had died on July 28, 2015.

2019年3月26日 · Located in today's Nigeria along the Guinea coast of southern West Africa, Ife controlled the rainforest to the west of the River Niger delta. Ife was founded c. 500 CE by the Yoruba people - a Kwa-speaking people of southwest Nigeria and Benin - but did not flourish until the early part of the 2nd millennium CE.

The Ife Empire was one of the oldest trading empires in West Africa and an early partner in the trans-Saharan trade. One of Ife's earliest trade routes was up the Niger to Gao, the route became active as early as the ninth century. [8]

2014年9月14日 · Ife people are ancient, originally spiritual, highly advanced artistic and agriculturalist Yoruboid-speaking people that forms the sub-group of the larger Yoruba people of West Africa, particularly in Nigeria and the Republic of Benin. The Ife people are "primus inter pares" when it comes the origin and spirituality of Yoruba.

2018年6月27日 · Ile-Ife, also known as Ife, Ife-Lodun, or the Kingdom of Ife, is world famous for its clay ceramic, or terracotta heads, and copper-alloy and bronze ornaments. But few people know of the...

Ife (pronounced ee-feh) is today regarded as the spiritual heartland of the Yoruba people living in Nigeria, the Republic of Benin, and their many descendants around the world. It is rightly regarded as the birthplace of some of the highest achievements of African art and culture, combining technical accomplishment with strong aesthetic appeal.

The Ife people, native to present-day Nigeria, founded the ancient Yoruba city of Ife around the 11th century AD. Renowned for their terracotta and bronze sculptures, the city became a major spiritual and artistic centre. Ife legends play a foundational role in Yoruba cosmology.

2025年2月3日 · Ife is where all people originated, as per the Yoruba perspective. As a result, it has special religious and political significance. Ife is still a significant place of worship for the Yoruba people today. In several of its shrines and groves, ceremonies to important gods are still frequently carried out.

The people of Ife are spiritual, highly advanced, artistic, and agriculturist. They were the first Yoruba from whom all other Yoruba groups emerged and spread to other places.

2022年7月18日 · Ife was the capital and main religious centre of the Yoruba kingdom of Ife. It was established in 500 CE by the Yorubas in southwestern Nigeria and Benin. The Ife culture has some connections with the Igbo-Ukwu culture which peaked in the 9th Century CE on the other end of the River Niger.