In 1821–26, the armies of both Ijebu and the Ife attacked and devastated Owu Ipole. The Owus abandoned their heavily fortified city and escaped southwestward in groups toward Ibadan in about 1826. From these outskirts, they marched on and across Ogun River and finally arrived at Oke Ata near Abeokuta where Sodeke, the Egba paramount chief ...

2025年3月15日 · Owu, formerly known as Orile-Owu, an old forest kingdom, is thought to have been the earliest town outside of Ile-Ife, the Yoruba people’s traditional homeland. The idea that this ancient kingdom served as the foundation for all other Owu communities has given rise to many controversies.

2022年10月5日 · Omu town is situated on the coastal plain of Ogun State, South West, Nigeria. Precisely, it is on Kilometer 83 on the Ejinrin Ijebu lbaclan Federal Trunk "B" Road. It is one of the four towns constituting the Ijebu-Southern District Council Area in the Old "Western State of …

Owu-Ijebu is located in southwestern Nigeria in Ogun State, which has a population of almost 4 million. The region is predominantly rural and its economy is based on mining and agriculture. Although the pace of life here is much slower and less competitive than in Nigeria’s big cities, unemployment and poverty levels continue to affect the ...

2018年8月7日 · There are about 37 towns in Osun, Oyo, Ogun, Lagos and Kwara States who share one origin in Orile-Owu (Osun State). In other words, all the Owu towns are children from one household but...

2014年8月11日 · Owu people (Orile-Owu or Owu-Ipole) are agriculturalist, ancient warriors and Yoruboid-speaking people that forms a sub-set of the larger Yoruba ethnic group of West Africa, particularly Nigeria. Owu people are particularly residents of Abeokuta in Ogun state.

2025年1月18日 · Ijebus, armed with the European weapons, attacked the Owu people, with Ife’s help, and defeated the Owus, destroying their community. The Ijebus was attacked the second time, causing havoc on the Owu’s army. The third time, the Ijebus attacked the Owu people with help from the Ifes.

Oduduwa (Oodua) was the first ruler of a unified Ife Kingdom and the acclaimed progenitor and patriarch of various independent royal dynasties in Yoruba land, and is today venerated as “the hero, the warrior, the leader and father of the Yoruba people”. Obatala was the …

Owu is an ethnic Yoruba subgroup popularly known as one of the four arms of the Egba by virtue of its historical association with the latter especially since 1834 when they arrived in Abeokuta after a devastating war.

Oduduwa (Oodua) was the first ruler of a unified Ife Kingdom and the acclaimed progenitor and patriarch of various independent royal dynasties in Yoruba land, and is today venerated as “the hero, the warrior, the leader and father of the Yoruba people”. Obatala was the …