After the fall of Old Oyo, a century of conflict reshaped Yorubaland. Learn about the Owu, Ijaye and Kiriji wars, the rise of Ibadan and how the fighting ended....
A guide to the major Yoruba kingdoms and city-states, from Ile-Ife and Oyo to Ijebu, Egba, Ibadan and the Ekiti kingdoms, and what made each one important....
The Oyo Empire was the largest and most powerful Yoruba state in West Africa. Learn how Oyo-Ile rose, how the Alaafin ruled, and why the empire fell in the 1830s....