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The Owu sub-ethnicity is a part of the Yoruba people of West Africa. Ago-Owu in Abeokuta is where the Owus are mostly concentrated, however large Owu settlements are found throughout Yorubaland. The Yoruba confederacy of kingdoms extends beyond the boundaries of Nigeria into the Republic of Benin and Togo.[1][2]

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Owu Kingdom

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The Owu sub-ethnicity is a part of the Yoruba people of West Africa. Ago-Owu in Abeokuta is where the Owus are mostly concentrated, however large Owu settlements...

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Olowu of Owu Kingdom

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The Olowu of Owu is the paramount Yoruba king of Owu kingdom. The first Olowu of Owu (son of Oduduwa's daughter) is also one of the original kings in...

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Women of Owu

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history of the population of Owu kingdom after a combined military force of Ife, Oyo and Ijebu invaded the city of Owu for seven years killing all of...

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Adegboyega Dosunmu Amororo II

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II (CON was the traditional ruler of Owu kingdom, Ogun State, Nigeria with the appellations of Olowu of Owu Kingdom. He succeeded Oba Olawale Adisa Odeleye...

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The Trojan Women

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trilogy. Femi Osofisan's 2004 play Women of Owu sets the story in 1821, after the conquest of the Owu kingdom by a coalition of other West African states...

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Ogun State

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investment banker Adegboyega Dosunmu Amororo II, film producer, Olowu of Owu kingdom Adewale Oke Adekola Afolabi Olabimtan Anthony Joshua Babafemi Ogundipe...

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Old Oyo

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areas of greater human occupation. The Oyo-Ile Kingdom during the crest of its power sponsored new kingdoms, located in Oyo, Egbado, Igbomina regions of...

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Scipio Vaughan

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Canada in North America; and the United Kingdom in Europe. Scipio was born as an Omoba in 1784 in the Owu kingdom of Abeokuta in Yorubaland. He was captured...

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David Olumide Aderinokun

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Olumide Aderinokun was installed as a Chief of Owu Kingdom in Abeokuta. He is the Akinruyiwa of Owu Kingdom while his wife, Stephanie is the Yeye Akinruyiwa...

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Ekundayo Opaleye

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Opaleye was made an Owu Erunmu chief (Balogun Erunmu – Erunmu Owu's highest ranking war chieftain) by the Oluroko of Erunmu Owu, Honourable Chief Aremu...

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Adunni Bankole

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Yeye Mokun of Owu kingdom, a city in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, southwestern Nigeria. She was born in March 1959 at Owu kingdom of Abeokuta in...

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Gbalefa Peninsula

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Akindele Gbalefa, the outstanding Owu warrior who led the Owu/Egba war against Ilobi [sv], Ado-Odo and Dahomey. The Owu army contingent fought side by side...

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Gbenga Daniel

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[citation needed] OGA NLA OF YEWALAND [citation needed] AARE AJIBOSIN OF OWU KINGDOM [citation needed] ASOJU OBA OF IJESALAND [citation needed] AEMENRE OF...

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Samuel Adegboyega

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field of The Apostolic Church Nigeria. Born into a royal family from Owu Kingdom in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, Adegboyega attended Methodist High...

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Okun people

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Olota of Ota Ijebu Kingdom Egba Alake Iwo Kingdom Oyo Empire Owu Kingdom Ondo Kingdom Akure Kingdom Oke Ila Ila Yara Ila Kingdom Idoani Confederacy Western...

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Oworo people

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Ìlàjẹ Ìshà (Ìṣà) Mọkọ́lé Ọ̀họ̀rí (Ìjẹ) Okun Òǹkò (Òkè-Ògùn) Ọ̀ghọ̀ Ọ̀wọ́rọ̀ Òwu Ọ̀yọ́ Rẹ́mọ Ùdoko (Oǹdó) Usẹn Yéwa (Ẹ̀gbádò) Related Yoruboid-speaking groups...

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Olowu

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Olowu may refer to the Olowu of Owu Kingdom, paramount Yoruba king of Owu kingdom Olowu is the name of Princess Elizabeth Olowu (born 1939), Nigerian...

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Idoani Confederacy

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Olota of Ota Ijebu Kingdom Egba Alake Iwo Kingdom Oyo Empire Owu Kingdom Ondo Kingdom Akure Kingdom Oke Ila Ila Yara Ila Kingdom Idoani Confederacy Western...

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Velekete Slave Market

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plantations in other lands. In 1805, Scipio Vaughan who was a native of Owu Kingdom in Abeokuta, Nigeria, was captured by European trans-Atlantic slave trade...

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List of kingdoms in Africa throughout history

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(NSM in Nigeria) Alake/Ake (NSM in Nigeria) (List of Alakes of Egbaland) Owu Oke Ona Gbagura Ibadan (?-1893/present AD) (NSM in Nigeria) Akure (?-?, 1818-1854/present...

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Ondo Kingdom

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The Ondo Kingdom is a traditional state that traces its origins back for over 500 years, with its capital in Ode Ondo. Ondo Kingdom was established by...

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Bola Ajibola

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Limited by Guarantee. A prince from Owu, he was born on 22 March 1934, in Owu, near Abeokuta, Colonial Nigeria, to the Owu royal family of Oba Abdul-Salam...

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Obalumo

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same problem of constant fighting with the Nupe that caused the ancient Òwu kingdom, perhaps a contemporary of Ọ̀bà, to relocate further south from their...

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Osemawe of Ondo Kingdom

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demise of Jogunde in 1777. He established the Eku festival in memory of Owu war before his death in 1786. He was succeeded by his first son called Ajisowo...

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Oyo Empire

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not only over most of the other kingdoms in Yorubaland, but also over nearby African states, notably the Fon Kingdom of Dahomey in the modern Republic...

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