Igodomigodo is the original name of the Benin Empire used by its own inhabitants (nowadays known as the Edo people of Nigeria).
According to Edo oral history, Igodomigodo[1] was the name given to the kingdom by Igodo, the first ogiso (King), who founded the first dynasty of what would later be known as the Benin Empire (which existed from around 1180 until 1897 in the area of the present-day Federal Republic of Nigeria (and not in the area of the unrelated, current Republic of Benin).
The ogiso era was replaced by the oba era, and the name of the kingdom was changed from Igodomigodo to Edo by Oba Eweka I (meaning: greatly annoyed or out of patience), later changed to Eweka.[2]
Replacing the era of the ogiso, the oba dynasty was founded by Eweka I, the first Oba (and child of Oranmiyan). Eweka I renamed his empire Edo, and since then its people have been called Edo people (or ovbi-ẹdo, "child[ren] of Edo").
The current Oba, Ewuare II, is the 40th Oba and 89th ruler of the dynasty started by Igodo of Igodomigodo.
Igodomigodo is the original name of the Benin Empire used by its own inhabitants (nowadays known as the Edo people of Nigeria). According to Edo oral...
to by the people of the Igodomigodo kingdom as king of the sky. This is a list of the independent Ogisos (Kings) of Igodomigodo, which was to become the...
hinterland of West Africa". It grew out of the previous Edo Kingdom of Igodomigodo around the 11th century AD, and lasted until it was annexed by the British...
poet (close friend of Julius Caesar) Wikimedia Commons has media related to 40 BC. "IGODOMIGODO: Meaning and Story Behind Igodomigodo". August 26, 2019....
and was the primary language of the Benin Empire and its predecessor, Igodomigodo for thousands of years. Edo language is the majority language spoken...
to be confused with the country. The Kingdom of Ugu originated out of Igodomigodo in Nigeria. "Sometime in the thirteenth century A.D., a period that was...
make a new home in a place that will be closer to their former home "Igodomigodo". They crossed the Urie-Apele river with an Ughovwe (wooden raft) and...
also produced expressive terracotta sculptures. There is also record of Igodomigodo, a small kingdom founded in 40 BC which would later go on to form the...
ISBN 0-8061-2794-5 Haskell, H. J.: This was Cicero (1964), p. 293 "IGODOMIGODO: Meaning and Story Behind Igodomigodo". August 26, 2019. Kenney, Edward John. "Ovid". Encyclopaedia...
Empire Ile-Ifẹ Empire 1200–1410 AD Jolof Linguere Empire 1350–1549 AD Igodomigodo Ubinu Kingdom 40 BC –1100 AD Kaabu Kansala Empire 1537–1867 AD Kanem...
the country received a new name: Ile-Ibinu (from its former name of Igodomigodo), which would later be corrupted to "Benin". Once the Obatálá-Odùduwà...
known as the Ogiso (meaning King of the sky) dynasty who called the land Igodomigodo. Igodo, the first Ogiso, wielded much influence and gained popularity...
the sky" or "rulers of heaven") who ruled from a mythical city called Igodomigodo. The Ogiso dynasty lasted for about 31 generations until the last Ogiso...
prince from Ile-Ife, and Erimwinde, a princess from the Edo kingdom of Igodomigodo, inherited the ivory carving skills from his father. Eweka I subsequently...
migrated with his wife, Ozoro, in the 7th century from the shores of Igodomigodo or ancient Benin Kingdom to Isokoland in the Niger Delta Region. This...
the Benin Empire were ruled by the Ogiso dynasty who called their land Igodomigodo. The rulers were called Ogiso. Igodo (analogous to "Gbam gbam Igodo"...
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