Oranyan

Oranyan

Oranyan Omoluabi, King of the Yoruba, also known as Oranmiyan, was a Yoruba king from the kingdom of Ile-Ife and son to Oduduwa.[1] According to Yoruba history, he founded Oyo at around the year 1170 and one of his children, Eweka I, went on to become the first Oba of the Benin Empire. Following his death, his family erected an obelisk known as the Staff of Oranmiyan at the place where their father died.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Ogumefu, M. I (1929). "The Staff of Oranyan". Yoruba Legends. Internet Sacred Text Archive. pp. 46. http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/yl/yl27.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-21. 



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