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The people of Erunmu (founded by the older brother of an earlier Olowu from the Amororo Ruling House) were always loyal to the cause of Owu Kingdom. During the Owu war, the Olowu was carried on his back (to disguise his escape) from Orile Owu (Owu Ipole) to Orile Erunmu, guarded by a combined team of his royal guards and Oba Erunmu's royal guards.
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 Yorubaland. The Owu Kingdom is ruled by princes selected from six ruling houses: Amororo , Otileta , Ayoloye , Akinjobi , Akinoso and Lagbedu .
Women of Owu is a 2006 drama written by Femi Osofisan and published through University Press PLC. [1] Adapted from Euripides' The Trojan Women, the book uses the combination of choruses, songs and dance to depict the 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 its male inhabitants and ...
Agbowa-Ikosi started from a place known today as Egunbesawo. The town is divided into several districts (Itun); Aledo, Oriwu, Agbowa, Kosomi (no water) and Ehindi.Each district is governed by their chief-head known as Olori Itun and generally by a single head of the town known as the Olu-Ilu, which was transformed into Baleeship and later to Kingship.
Owu tribal marks consist of six incisions on each side of the cheeks and peculiar to the indigenes of Owu, a historical city in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, Nigeria. The Owu tribal mark was inscribed on the cheeks of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo , who was a former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria .
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Obalufon II revived the expansionist policies initiated by his predecessors in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, which had previously expanded the Ifè Empire to include Owu, Owo, Edo, as well as significant portions of Ekiti and Igbomina territories, all falling under the sphere of Ife's influence.
The Olowo of Owo is the paramount Yoruba king of Owo, a city in Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria, which served as the capital of Yoruba between 1400 and 1600 AD. [1] [2] Ojugbelu Arere, the first Olowo of Owo, was a direct descendant of Oduduwa, known as the father of the Yorubas.