- late Oba
Lamidi Adeyemi III, the 45th
Alaafin, who died on Friday, 22
April 2022. The
style used for
Alaafins is
Imperial Majesty.
Rulers of the Yoruba...
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successive Alaafins to
commit ritual suicide after they had been
presented with the
symbolic parrot's eggs.
Between June and
October 1754 alone, two
Alaafins had...
- In Ọ̀yọ empire, the oba is
referred to as the
Aláàfin,
meaning owner of the palace. List of
Alaafins of Oyo Oyo
Empire Yoruba states List of
rulers of...
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deposed or was
responsible for the
death of 4 of
these Alaafins before being subdued by
Alaafin Abiodun (who
ruled c. 1774–1789) via
trickery and betrayal...
- 2022) was the
Alaafin, or
traditional ruler, of the
Yoruba town of Oyo and
rightful heir to the
throne of its
historic empire.
Alaafin Adeyemi III was...
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vengeance after witnessing the
brutal killing of his
close friend by the
Alaafin of Oyo and his ally, Songodeyi. The film is
loosely based on the historic...
-
Abiodun (reigned c. 1770–1789) was an 18th-century
alaafin, or king, of the Oyo
people in what is now Nigeria.
Coming to the
throne shortly after the...
- Its
inhabitants are
mostly of the
Yoruba people, and its
ruler is the
Alaafin of Oyo. Due to the
dominant position that the Oyo
empire had in medieval...
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originally from Oyo but
moved to Lagos. He was a great-grandson of the
Alaafin Abiodun of Oyo. He
attended C.M.S.
Grammar School, a
missionary school...
-
legendary founder of the Oyo
Empire and the
Benin Kingdom.
Whenever a new
Alaafin was to be crowned, he was
expected to go
perform acts of
reverence at the...
