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Eso Ikoyi (also appearing as Esho Ikoyi) is an aristocratic attribute amongst the Yoruba people which denotes an eminent warrior. It has been used as everything from a chieftaincy title to a part of praise poetry.

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Eso Ikoyi

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Eso Ikoyi (also appearing as Esho Ikoyi) is an aristocratic attribute amongst the Yoruba people which denotes an eminent warrior. It has been used as...

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Emi Omo Eso

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Emi Omo Eso is the name ascribed to the moral code of the Eso Ikoyi warrior caste of the Yorubas of West Africa. Its literal translation is I am the child...

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Knight

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Baghatur Boyar Cataphract Condottieri Conquistador Eagle warrior Equites Eso Ikoyi Furusiyya Housecarl Hwarang Janissaries Juramentado Kshatriya Kheshig...

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Oyo Mesi

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Earth goddess. In matters of war, the Oyo Mesi were also supported by the Eso Ikoyi warrior caste, who they indirectly commanded on the battlefield by way...

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Warrior caste

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Spartiate, the warrior-citizen body of ancient Sparta Samurai caste in Japan Eso Ikoyi, war chiefs amongst the Yoruba people Jaguar warriors, an Aztec military...

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Abeokuta

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Yoruba land. According to The History of the Yorubas by Samuel Johnson, Eso Ikoyi chiefs in the retinue of the first Alake of the Egba joined him in founding...

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Warrior

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Dacians Dahomey Amazons Dani people Dog soldier Druzhina Eagle warrior Eso Ikoyi Eight Banners Fianna Gabiniani Gallowglass Gargareans Ghazi Gladiator...

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Nigerian Chieftaincy

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Awujale of Ijebu Eze Eze Nri Obi of Onitsha Igwe of Nnewi Waziri Hakimi Eso Ikoyi Ogboni Nze na Ozo Ichie Social class in Nigeria Nigerian heraldry Nigerian...

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Chivalry

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children first Ayyaran Futuwwa Bushido Chinese knight-errant Emi Omo Eso Eso Ikoyi Furusiyya Junzi Maharlika Pashtunwali Samurai Timawa Johan Huizinga...

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Egba Ake

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elsewhere. According to The History of the Yorubas by Samuel Johnson, Eso Ikoyi chiefs in the retinue of the first Alake of the Egba joined him in founding...

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Orompoto

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specialized order of cavalry officers within her army that were subject to the Eso Ikoyi. The first of its kind, the cavalry was a force to be reckoned with in...

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Egba Gbagura

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elsewhere. According to The History of the Yorubas by Samuel Johnson, Eso Ikoyi chiefs in the retinue of the first Alake of the Egbas joined him in founding...

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Legends of Africa

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gained from trade and its possession of a powerful cavalry known as the Eso Ikoyi. The Oyo Empire was the most politically important state in the region...

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Okukenu

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thereafter, even though it had originally been a military rank as an Eso Ikoyi title. Following the death of the Egba paramount chief Shodeke in 1845...

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Oyo Empire

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semi-standing army of specialist cavalry soldiers called the Eso, the Esho or, formally, the Eso of Ikoyi. These were 70 junior war chiefs who were nominated by...

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List of villages in Osun State

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Alapinni; Olukoyi-Oja Osun; Olode Orioke; A U D Ikoyi Isokan Osa Ikoyi (Oloke) St. David's Pry. School, Ikoyi; Ikoyi Town Hall; Maternity Centre; Timi Compound;...

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List of villages in Ekiti State

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Ijesa-Isu 370102 Adebayo; Adewumi Camp; Agere; Ajileye; Apadie; Ariyo Camp; Ikoyi-Ile; Ire; Omu-Aran Ikole Ikole 370101 Aba Alagbado; Aba Alakelu; Aba Alawe;...

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List of rulers of Ife

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Ile-Ifẹ : the cradle of the Yoruba : with Oduduwa as their progenitor. Ikoyi, Lagos : Ayojide Enterprises. p. 19. http://ilfng.org/The-source.html, trustees=...

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Okun people

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Ife, Egbe, Iyara, Iyamoye, Odoape, Ekinrin-Adde, Kabba, Isanlu, Obajana, Ikoyi, Agbaja. Okun people speak varied Yoruba dialects such as Ikiri, Owé, Ìyàgbà...

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Cavalry

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influenced a number of sub-Saharan African polities in the medieval era. The Esos of Ikoyi, military aristocrats of the Yoruba peoples, were a notable manifestation...

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List of banks in Africa

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Finance BankMFB Ikenne Micro Finance BankMFB Ikire Micro Finance BankMFB Ikoyi-Osun Micro Finance BankMFB Ilaro Poly Micro Finance BankMFB Ilisan Micro...

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National Security Organization

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moved into its permanent headquarters office space at 15, Awolowo road, Ikoyi, Lagos. This address also later served as the first headquarters of the...

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