Ìwé Ìtàn By Omooba, Ile-Ife (2026)

29/10/2025

The Yoruba people have a rich and complex history that spans over a thousand years. They're an ethnic group from West Africa, primarily from present-day southwestern Nigeria and parts of Benin and Togo.

Yoruba history is deeply rooted in their mythology and oral traditions. According to Yoruba mythology, the world was created by Olodumare (the supreme deity) and shaped by Orishas (deities with specific domains). The Yoruba people believe their ancestors were created by Oduduwa, a legendary figure who founded the city of Ile-Ife, considered the cradle of Yoruba civilization.

Historically, the Yoruba people were organized into city-states, each with its own system of government and leadership. The most powerful Yoruba kingdoms included Ekiti, Egba, Ijesha, Ondo, Ibadan, Eko, Awori, Oyo, Ife, and Ijebu. These kingdoms played significant roles in the trans-Saharan trade and were known for their art, culture, and spiritual practices.

The Yoruba people have had a profound impact on the world, influencing cultures in the Americas, particularly in Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti, through the transatlantic slave trade. Their spiritual practices, such as Ifa divination and Orisha worship, have been preserved and adapted in various forms.

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19/09/2025

OGUN IFẸ̀/ÒWU . APÁ KEJÌ

Orílẹ̀ Òwu (Òwu Ìpòlé) ní Ọmọ ogun tó gbóòràn , ẹ̀rù ò báwọn bí Ìjẹ̀bú àti Ifẹ̀ ṣe kórapọ̀ rárá .
Akọgun , Òní , Ìjaọlà , Akínwálé àti àwọn akọni nlá lójú ogun pọ̀ rẹpẹtẹ ní Orílẹ̀ Òwu.

Akọni tí orúkọ rẹ̀ njẹ́ Máyẹ̀ Okùnadé láti Ilé Ifẹ̀ ni olùdarí àti aṣáájú ogun Ifẹ́/Ijẹ̀bú. Àwọn Ọmọ ogun Ọ̀yọ́ náà dara pọ̀ mọ́ wọn. Akọni tó gbajú gbajà tí orúkọ rẹ̀ njẹ́ LÁKANLẸ̀ àti àwọn míràn náà darapọ̀ mọ́ wọn. Ẹbá-Ọ̀dàn (Ìbàdàn) ni wọ́n sì fi ṣe ibùdókọ̀ ogun.

Ìtàn jẹ́ kó yéwa wípé , Orílẹ̀ Òwu rá ọgbà yíká ìlú wọn tí àwọn Ọmọ ogun sì dúró wámú wámú yíká ọgbà náà , kò sì rọrún fún àwọn Ọmọ Ogun tí Máyẹ̀ Okùnadé kó sòdí láti wolè sí inú ìlú .

Odún méje ni wọ́n fi ja ogun ọ̀ún , ní ìgbẹ̀yìn , àì rí ounjẹ jẹ mó ló mú kí ìrẹ̀wẹsì ọkàn bá àwọn Ọmọ ogun Òwu . Àwọn ológun Ifẹ̀/Ìjẹbú rí ààye wọ inú Ìlú òwu tó sì mú kí ogun náà rọ̀run fún wọn ní ìgbẹ̀yìn .

Orí kó Olówu Ọba Akínlàjà Akínjobí yọ nínú ogun yìí , bẹ́ẹ̀ náà ni àwọn tó kú sí ojú ogun pọ̀ rẹpẹtẹ , àwọn tí wọ́n kó lẹ́rú tí wọ́n tà fún àwọn Òyìnbó kò ní òùnkà.

Ogun Òwu/Ifẹ̀ yí mú àyípadà tó pọ̀ bá Ilẹ̀ Oótù àti ètò òṣèlú .
Máyẹ̀ Okúnadé ò padà sí Ifẹ̀ mọ́ , ó dúró sí Ẹ̀bá - Ọ̀dàn ó sì di Baálẹ̀ Àkọ́kọ́.

LÁKANLẸ̀ náà di Olórí àwọn ará Ọ̀yọ́ ní Ẹ̀bá-Ọ̀dàn . Ó sì tún jẹ olùrànlọ́wọ́ àti ọlọ́wọ́ ọ̀tún fún Máyẹ̀ Okùnadé .

SÓDẸKẸ́ - Ogun Òwu/Ifẹ̀ yí náà ló sọ arákùnrin kan tí orúkọ rẹ̀ njẹ́ Ṣóḍekẹ́ di olókìkí àti aṣíwájú rere . Lára àwọn Ọmọ Òwu tí wọ́n sá lójú ogun . Wọ́n sá lọ sí Abẹ́kuta tí Ṣódẹkẹ́ sì gbàwọn tọwọ́ tẹsẹ̀ , èyí ló bí ìdásílẹ̀ Òwu Abẹ́òkúta tó sì tún mú kí Ẹ̀gbá gbòòrò si .

Agbára Òṣélù kúrò l'ọ́wọ́ àwọn Ọba Aládé . Ó di ti àwọn jagunjagun.
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Ikúnrúnmí npaṣẹ Ìjàyè , Sódẹkẹ́ ndárí Ẹ̀gbá , Máyè Okùnadé npàṣe Ìbàdàn.
Orúkọ Baṣọ̀run Ogúnmọ́lá nàá tàn , orúkọ Ògèdengbé agbógungbórò papàá náà sì bú yọ bí ọjọ́ .

Ọ̀yọ́ ti wó , Òwú run , Máyẹ̀ Okúnadé ti gbé agbára ogun rẹ̀ kúrò ní Ilé Ifẹ̀ lọ sí Ìlú Ìbàdàn. Ìbàdàn tó jẹ́ ibùdó ogun ti di Ìlú fún àwọn Alágbára .
Agbára sọ̀ kalẹ̀ sí Ìlú Ìbàdàn , ibẹ̀ sí ni abúlé tó fi ọkàn balẹ̀ jù láti gbé nítorí kò sí ogun tó lè wọ Ìbàdàn . Ìdí níyì tí Ìbàdàn tètè kún tó sì tún gbòòrò ju gbogbo ìlú tó kù lọ ní ilẹ̀ Yorùbá .

Lẹ́yìn Abẹ́kuta tí àwọn Ọmọ Òwu lọ tẹ́dò sí látàrí ogun . Ogun yìí tún padà dàbí Ilé Ọba tó jó ẹwà ló bù si . Lára Òwu titun tó tun ṣẹ yọ lẹ́yìn ogun rèé .

Òwu Ìwó - Ìwó náà gba àwọn Ọmọ Òwu tọwọ́ tẹsẹ̀ . Wọ́n fún wọn ní ilẹ̀ tí wọ́n pa àgọ́ sí , ibẹ̀ ni wọ́n npè ní Àgọ́ òwu lẹ́gbèẹ́ Ìkirè lónìí . Wón sì mú Àgọ́ náà pa pọ̀ mọ́ Orílẹ̀ Òwu tí ogun ti lé wọn tẹ́lẹ̀ . Abẹ́ Ìwó sì ni Àgọ́ Òwu wà dọ̀la .

Òwu ÌBÀDÀN - Òwu Ògbéré tó wà ní ìtosí agodi ní Ìlú Ìbàdàn

ÒWU ÌJẸ̀BÚ - Owu Ìjẹ́bú ni Adé tí wọ́n gbé sá kúrò ni Òwu Ìpòlé wà títí di Ọ̀la .

Lẹ́yìn àwọn Òwu tuntun yìí , a tún le rí àwọn Ọmọ Òwu ni Kúta tí Akímdélé Anlùgbà dá sílẹ̣̀ lẹ́yìn tó bínú kúrò ní ÒWU ÌPÒLÉ nítorí ìjà oyè láàrin òun àti àwọn Ọmọ Baba rẹ̀ ní nkan bíi Ọdún 1510. Àwọn ará Òwu Ìpólè kan náà sá wá sí Òwu kúta nígbà ogun Òwu/Ifẹ̀ .

Kókó iṣẹ́ ìwádìí tí mo ṣe lórí ogun Ifẹ/Owu ni wípé , kí àwa Ọmọdé òní le kọ́ ọgbọ́n nínú àwọn àṣìṣe tí àwọn Baba nlá wa ti ṣe sẹ́yìn ká lè fi ìfẹ́ àti Ìsọka so ara wa pọ̀ bí òṣùṣù ọwọ̀ .

Ilẹ Oótù ò ní bájẹ́ ooo

19/09/2025

OGUN IFẸ̀ ÀTI ÒWU . APÁ KÌNNÍ

Orílẹ̀ Òwu wà lára àwọn Ìlú tó ní agbára ogun jíjà ní ilẹ̀ Oótù . Ìdí sì ni wípé , Ọkùnrin Ogun ni Ajíbọ́sìn Asunkúngbadé tó tẹ Orílẹ̀ Òwu dó. Kò sí ẹni tó le fi ọwọ́ pa idà Ajíbọ́sìn lójú nígbà ayé rẹ̀ .

Kódà lẹ́yìn tí Ajíbọ́sìn pa ipò dá , kò sí ìlú náà tó le kọ Iyán Òwu kéré tó bá jẹ́ ti ká jagun . Bí Ọ̀yọ́ ṣe gbóná gbóòrùn tó , wọ́n kìí gbéná wojú Orílẹ̀ Òwu .

Láti nkan bíi 1760 ni Òwú ti nṣe alákoso àti olùdarí Ọjà Apòmù , Ẹrùnmu àti àwọn abúlé kéreje míràn tó wà ní ìkápá wọn .

Nígbà tí yóo fi di 18c, ìṣubú Ọ̀yọ́ jẹ́ kí Ọjà Apòmù di Ọjà nlá tí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ọlọ́jà káàkiri ìletò , ọ̀nà jíjìn àti ẹṣẹ̀ kùkú ti ńṣe kárà kátà wọn . Bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ni òwò ẹrú gbòòrò ní Ọjà Apòmù .

Inú àwọn Olóṣèlú Ilé Ifẹ̀ kò dún sí bí Orílẹ̀ Òwu ṣe ndarí Ọjà Apòmù yí . Ọọ̀ni Akínmóyèró ló wà lórí àpèrè nígbà náà .

Oọ̀ni Akínmóyèró ránṣẹ́ sí Olówu Ọba Amọ́roro kó fi ìsàkóso Ọjà Apòmù sílẹ̀ fún àwọn aráa Apòmù kí wọ́n ó máa ṣe ètò Ọjà wọn nitorí orí ilẹ̀ Apòmù ló wà . Ọọ̀ni sì tún sọ wípé wọn ò gbọdọ̀ ṣe Òwò ẹrú mọ́ ní Ọjà Apòmù .

Olówu Amóroro yarí , ó sọ fún Ọọ̀ni wípé kò le pa àṣẹ fún òun, Amọ́roro ní kí Ọọ̀ni fi Ọwọ́ mú Ilé Ifẹ̀ àti àwọn agbègbè tí Ifẹ̀ náà nṣe alákoso lé lorí kó ma yọ ẹnu sí ọ̀rọ̀ Orílẹ̀ Òwu.

Ọ̀rọ̀ yí mú kí Ifẹ̀ àti Òwu kọ̀yín sí ara wọn tó sì di ikú ndẹ dẹ̀dẹ̀ , dẹ̀dẹ̀ náà ndẹ ikú .

Ìgbà tó di Ọdún 1820 , Ọba Amọ́roro wàjà , Ọba Akínlàjà Akínjọbí sì jẹ Olówu. Àsìkò Akínlàjà ni rúkè rúsdò bẹ̀rẹ̀ tó sì padà di ogun tó sọ Orílẹ̀ Òwu di ahoro .

Ìṣẹ̀lẹ̀ tó mú ogun wá ṣẹlẹ̀ nínú ọjà Apòmù . Babálọ́jà tó jẹ Ọmọ orílẹ̀ Òwu tí orúkọ rẹ̀ njẹ́ Olúgbàbí Awólànà ló ní kí àwọn ẹ̀ṣọ́ lé àwọn ọlọ́jà tí wọ́n wá láti Ilé Ifẹ́ kúrò ní Ọjà nírorí ọ̀rọ̀ tí Ọọ̀ni sọ l'ọ́jọ́ sí.

Ọ̀rọ̀ yí di gbọ́nmi sìí omi ò to , ẹ̀mí arákùnrin tó jẹ́ Ọmọ Ifẹ̀ bọ́ , Ọmọbìnrin kan náà tó wá láti Ìjẹ̀bú tí ìtàn sọ wípé ó wà nínú oyún fi ikú ṣe Ìfà jẹ .

Ìròyín kan Ọọ̀ni Akínmóyèró lára . Ó fa èégbọn imú so. Èèwọ̀ ni ní Ilẹ̀ Yorùbá kí ẹnikẹ́ni yọ idà sí Ọmọlúfẹ̀ tàbí páa ní ìfọnná fọnṣu . Oònì ní Òwu jẹ èèwọ , wọ́n ti pe ogun wọ́n sì gbọdọ̀ rí ̇gun .
Ifẹ̀ ti nwá ìṣubú Orílẹ̀ Òwu tipẹ́ , àmọ́ Ọmọ ogun Ifẹ̀ ò le kojú Orílẹ̀ Òwu kí wọn ó má jẹ Iyán wọn n'íṣu .

Nígbàbtí Ọọ̀ni Akínmóyèró gbọ́ wípé àwọn ará Òwu pa aláboyun tó wá ná ọjà láti ìjẹ̀bú náà . Ó ránṣẹ sí awùjàlẹ Ìjẹ̀bú Ọba Afigbájoyè Agbóògùnsà (1820-1850) wípé kí àwọn jọ pa ọwọ́ pọ̀ bá Òwu wí .

Inú Ọba Afigbájoyè Agbóògùnsà dùn sí ìfọwọsowọ́pọ̀ Ilẹ̀ Ìjẹ̀bú àti Ilé Ifẹ̀ yí . Awùjàlẹ Ìjẹ̀bú ránsẹ́ sí gbogbo jagunjagun ilẹ̀ Ijẹ̀bú pátá pátá . Ọọ̀ni náà pe àwọn jagunjagun láti àwọn Ìlú míràn , Orílẹ̀ Òwu náà gbójúlé ọgbà wọn àti ọmọ ogun tó múná dóko .

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12/09/2025

Nítorí wípé Àarẹ Ọ̀nàkakaǹfò Àfọ̀njá lòdì sí fifi ọwọ́ agbára gbá ọmọlàkejì lójú , kíkó ogun tí kò ní ìtumọ̀ ja Ọmọ Ìyá Ẹni àti ayé ìjẹkújẹ tí àwọn Aláàfin àti Ọ̀yọ́mèsì njẹ ló ṣe okùnfà bí wọ́n ṣe nwá ikú rẹ̀ ní Ọ̀yọ́ .

Ṣùgbọ́n àṣìṣe Àfọ̀njá ni wípé ó bínú kọjáa bóti yẹ . Ọmọ alè Ènìyàn níi rínú tí kìí bí , Ọmọ àlè Ènìyàn náà sì ní wọ́n nbẹ̀ tí kìí gbà .

Lẹ́yìn tí Aólẹ̀ kú tán , Ọ̀yọ́ fi Adébọ̀ jẹ Aláàfin tuntun .Aláàfin Adébọ̀ fẹ́ ìbáṣepọ̀ pẹ́lù Àfọ̀njá kí ìrẹ́pọ̀ lè wáyé pẹ̀lú Ọ̀yọ́ padà .
Ó ránṣẹ́ sí Àfọ̀njá , ṣùgbọ́n Àfọ̀njá ò gba ìpè fún ìrẹ́pọ̀ yí rárá nítorí kò fẹ́ bá Ọ̀yọ́ ṣe mọ́ . Àfọ̀njá tún fi èpè ránṣẹ̀ sí Aláàfin Adébọ̀ wípé kó ní lo oṣùpá mẹ́ta lórí oyè .

Àádóje ọjọ́ (130 days) péré ni Aláàfin Adébọ̀ lò lórí oyè . Òkú Aláàfin Adébọ̀ ni wọ́n bá nínú iyẹ̀wù tí wọn ò sí mọ ikú tó paá

Ọ̀yọ́ tún yan Aláàfin mìrán tí orúkọ rẹ̀ njẹ́ Màkúá . Oṣù méjì péré ni òun lò tó fi wàjà.

Àwọn Ọ̀yọ́mèsì bá ní kí Baṣòrun Àṣàmú máa ṣe adelé kí wọn ó fi wá ọ̀nà àbáyọ sí ìṣòro tó wà nílẹ̀ yí . Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Àfọ̀njá sí nlérí wípé bí gbogbo Ọba tí wọn bá njẹ ní Ọ̀yọ́ ó ṣe máa kú nùu torí àwọn ará ọ̀yọ́ pa Baba baba òun Pàsín , wọ́n sì tún fẹ́ pa òun náà .

Lẹ́yìn tí wọ́n ṣe ètùtù tán ni wọ́n fi Aláàfin Májẹ̀ótú jẹ . Arúgbó ni Ọba yìí . Àsìkò yí ni Aldulsalam àti àwọn Fulani pa Àfọ̀njá tí Ìlọrin sì kúrò ní abẹ́ Ọ̀yọ́ pátapátá tó di ộkan lára ìlú tó wà ní abẹ́ Ìjọba ti Sokoto ní òkè ọya .

Ikú Àfọ̀njá ati gbígba Ìlọrín mú kí àwọn Fulani ròó lọ́kàn wípé ó yẹ kí àwọn lè gba Ọ̀yọ́ náà . Ìdí níyì tí wọ́n ṣe ránṣẹ́ sí àwọn Jagunjagun wọn káàkiri ìwọ̀ oorùn adúláwọ̀ láti kó ogun ja ìlú Ọ̀yọ́ kí wọn ó sì gbàá bí wọn ṣe gba Ìlọrin .

Èyí ló mú ogun elédùé wá ni ọdún 1833 tó sì parí ni ọdún 1835 tí Fulàní sì tú Ọ̀yọ́ lásìkò Aláàfin Olúewu.

Ní ọdún 1837, àwọn Ọmọ ogun Ọ̀yọ́ tó kù àti káàkiri Ilẹ̀ Yorùbá kóra jọpọ̀ ní Ẹ̀bá Ọ̀dàn (Ìbàdán) . Kò gbà wọ́n ju Ọdún méjì péré lọ tí wọn fi lé Fulani dànù ní Ilẹ̀ Ọ̀yọ́ tí wọ́n sì fi Àtìbà jẹ Aláàfin .

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02/09/2025

Ìwé Ìtàn: The Root and the Branch (Ilé-Ifẹ̀ & Ọ̀yọ́)

Once upon a time, there was a great tree.
Its root was Ilé-Ifẹ̀, deep in the earth, holding the spirit of the beginning.
Its branches were Ọ̀yọ́, stretching wide, covering the land with shade.

The branches grew tall, and the birds of the sky made their nests upon them.
The wind sang through their leaves, and people said:
“Ah! This is the mightiest tree of the forest!”

But one day, the branches asked the root:
“Between you and me, who is greater?
For I cover the earth, while you are buried and unseen.”

The root replied:
“My child, without me, you would wither.
Your greatness is in your height, but my greatness is in your survival.
Cut me off, and you fall.
But if you vanish, I still remain in the dark earth, waiting to sprout again.”

So it was known:
The root is ancestral greatness,
The branch is imperial greatness.
When the branch is lost, the root still stands.
But without the root, there is no tree at all.

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Moral:
Oyo’s empire made it mighty, but Ife’s root makes it eternal.
Greatness by achievement may fade; greatness by origin endures forever.
The Empire is gone but our Source Stands

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02/09/2025

Ìwé Ìtàn: ÌTÀN ÌBÀDÀN

Once upon a time, when wars and troubles scattered the children of Oyo people and some Yorubaland, there lived a great warrior named Lagelu. He was not born in Oyo, nor in Ijebu, but in the ancient city of Ilé-Ifẹ̀, the cradle of the Yorùbá.

Lagelu, a warlord and military leader from Ife (Ile-Ife), is widely credited with founding Ibadan in the 16th century.

Lagelu was wise and strong. After many battles, he looked for a safe place where people could gather. He climbed the hills, saw the wide grassland below, and said:

“Here, between the forest and the plain, my people shall live.”

So he founded a camp called Ẹ̀bá Òdàn — “by the grassland.”

Many warriors came: from Ifẹ, from Oyo, from Ijebu, even from Egba. They joined Lagelu, and together they made the place grow.

But as time passed, the Oyo warriors, fleeing from the fall of their empire, came in large numbers. With their strength, they became the leaders, yet they honored Lagelu as the founder.

Thus was born Ìbàdàn, the city of warriors, where power belonged not to kings but to the brave.

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👉 Moral: Unity makes a people strong. Though Ibadan was founded by one man from Ilé-Ifẹ̀, it grew great because many came together.

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Ìwé Ìtàn
The Betrayal of Tìmì Agbàlé Olófà Iná

Bí ẹni bá fi àṣírí ṣe ògùn, àṣírí ni yóò tú.
(He who turns secrets into medicine will be destroyed by the spilling of secrets.)

Ṣàngó, Aláàfin Tella-Òkò, the king with fire in his mouth,
the one who made his palace tremble with thunder,
looked upon his warriors with fear.

Gbonka, the lion of Ìwóyè,
whose footsteps made the earth shake.

Tìmì Agbàlé Olófà Iná,
whose arrows burned like lightning in the dark night.

Ṣàngó said: “These men are too great.
If I sleep, will they not overthrow me?
If I turn my back, will they not seize my crown?”

So he whispered poison into Tìmì’s ear:
“Strike Gbonka for me,
prove your loyalty,
and I shall reward you with gold.”

But Tìmì, child of honor, said:
“The fire in my arrows does not strike a friend.
The warrior’s path is not paved with betrayal.”

And when Gbonka heard of Ṣàngó’s plot,
his heart turned to stone,
his eyes turned to thunder.

The two warriors saw the king’s trick,
and they withdrew their loyalty.
No longer did they guard his palace,
no longer did they shield his crown.

So when Ṣàngó stood alone,
his medicine turned against him,
his fire burned his own house,
his power swallowed him whole.

Ìbànújẹ kò pa Ṣàngó,
àìní ìtẹ́lọ́rùn ló pa á.
(It was not sorrow that killed Ṣàngó,
but the hunger of insecurity.)

And Tìmì Agbàlé Olófà Iná returned to Èdè,
his honor unbroken,
his name carried by the fire of his arrows.

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Moral:
• Power without trust collapses.
• Betrayal poisons the hand that gives it.
• True warriors do not fight with deceit—they fight with honor.

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Ìwé Ìtàn: ÌTÀN ÌBÀDÀN (Ní Èdè Yorùbá)

Ní ìgbà ìlú Ọ̀yọ́ tì ṣubú, àwọn ará Ọ̀yọ́ ati àwọn Yorùbá kan bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í kálẹ̀kálẹ̀ kiri. Ní Ilé-Ifẹ̀, ibi tí gbogbo Yorùbá ti wá, ọmọkùnrin alágbára kan wà, orúkọ rẹ̀ ni Lagẹ̀lú.

Nígbàtí ó jẹ́ olórí ogun ní Ilé-Ifẹ̀, Lagẹ̀lú jẹ́ akíkanjú ológun. Ó ní ọgbọ́n, ó sì ní sùúrù. Ní ọjọ́ kan, ó gun òkè, ó wo agbègbè tó wà láàrín igbó àti pápá, ó ní:

“Èyí ni ibi tí a máa dá ilú wa. A ó pè é ní Ẹ̀bá Òdàn.”

Nítorí pé ilé yìí wà lẹ́gbẹ̀ẹ́ igbó àti pápá.

Ní kùtùkùtù, àwọn akíkanjú láti Ifẹ̀, Ọ̀yọ́, Ìjẹ̀bú, àti Ẹ̀gbá bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í dé láti darapọ̀ mọ́ Lagẹ̀lú. Ilú náà ń pọ̀ sí i, ńlá ńlá ló ń di.

Ṣùgbọ́n bí Ọ̀yọ́ Ilé ṣe wó lulẹ̀ nítorí ogun Fúlàní, ọ̀pọ̀ àwọn ológun Ọ̀yọ́ dé Ìbàdàn. Ní kánkán ni wọ́n gba agbára, wọ́n sì mú ìlú náà dà bí ilé ológun. Ṣùgbọ́n gbogbo wọn gbà pé Lagẹ̀lú ló dá Ìbàdàn sílẹ̀.

Ní bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Ìbàdàn, ìlú akíkanjú, ti dá. Kì í ṣe ìlú ọba, ṣùgbọ́n ìlú ìjà àti ọkùnrin tí wọ́n ní akíkanjú.

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👉 Ìtọ́́ni (Moral): Bí òmìnira kò bá wà, ìgbàgbọ́ àti ìṣọ̀kan ni ń mú ilé di àgbà. Ìbàdàn jẹ́ alágbára nítorí gbogbo ọmọ Yorùbá darapọ̀ sí i.

Ìwé Ìtàn latí owo Omo’oba

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✨ Ìtàn àti Àsà Yorùbá ✨
Ẹ kú àbọ̀ sí ayé tí a fi ń tún àṣà àti ìtàn Yorùbá ṣe.
Níbi tí a ti ń dágbàsókè ìmọ̀ ìbílẹ̀, pẹ̀lú àlọ, òríkì, ewì, òwe, àti itan àtijọ́ Yorùbá,
àwa ń sọ̀rọ̀ ìran wa, kí ìran tó ń bọ̀ lè mọ ohun tí a gbé kalẹ̀.

📜 Preserving the beauty, wisdom & poetry of the Yorùbá heritage.
🎶 A home for Òríkì, Ewì, Àlọ Àpagbè, Ìtàn Ìbílẹ̀ & Ìtàn Àtijọ́.
📖 Curated with passion by Ọmọ’òba Philip Adebowale Soneye.
🌿 “Àṣà ni ìdílé, ìtàn ni ìmọ̀lúwàbí, èdè ni ẹ̀rí.”
💫 Celebrating our roots, telling our stories, keeping Yorùbá alive.

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