- and
total collapse. In 1754, Gaha was
named the
Basorun of Oyo. He was a
descendant of the
famous Basorun Yau Yamba. He was well-loved by his
people because...
-
leadership of the
existing city led by Iba Oluyole, a
descendant of
Basorun Yamba and
Basorun Gaa,
which became today's Ibadan.Oke
Badan Festival and Ose Meji...
-
selection of a new king. From 1570 to 1750,
several Basoruns had
Ibariba or non-Yorùbá
origins such as
Basorun Magaji, Woruda, Biri, Yamba, Jambu, and Gaa. The...
- Eesa, Afin, Laaropo, Eleesi, Sobaloju, Aaje, Alasape, Ooye, Asade, Ile
Basorun, Ile Oba, etc. too
numerous to mention. It is a
great kingdom of the descendants...
-
political decisions with the
prime minister and prin****l
kingmaker (the
Basọrun) and the rest of the
council of
leading nobles known as the Ọyọ Mesi. Traditionally...
-
Earlier in the 18th century, in 1747,
after Dahomey was
added to the empire,
Basorun Gaha of the
House of Yau Yamba, the head of the Oyo Mesi, the most senior...
- took the form of
parrot eggs
delivered in a
covered calabash bowl by the
Basorun the head of
Oyomesi (the lawmakers)
after Judgements from the
Ogbonis which...
- his son, Pasin, a
powerful warrior who
became a
threat and
target to,
Basorun Gaha,
because of his
rising profile. He was
driven into
exile and killed...
-
kingdom and
conferred titles.
Among those was the
Basorun title to
Oluyole of Ibadan, a
descendant of
Basorun Yamba. Oluyole's
father was
Olokuoye and his...
- mild
mannered to a
warlike emperor, and was
similar to his brother. The
Basorun or
prime minister and commander-in-chief
during his
second reign was Salekoudi...
