HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF IGBOMINA DYNASTY

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF IGBOMINA DYNASTY AS TO UNTWIST THE KNOT OF CONFUSION OVER THE CONNECTION BETWEEN IBOLO AND IGBOMINA...THIS BEGS THE QUESTION-IS IGBOMINA SUB-GROUPS OF IBOLO KINGDOD?

Igbomina tribe
The Ìgbómìnà (also
colloquially Igbonna or
Ogbonna) are a tribe of
the Yoruba people
occupying the north-
central portion of the
Yoruba region of
southwestern Nigeria.

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They speak a dialect also
called Ìgbómìnà or
Igbonna, classified among
the Central Yoruba of the
three major Yoruba
dialectical areas. The
Ìgbómìnà spread across
what is now northern Osun
State and eastern Kwara
State. Peripheral areas of
the dialectical region have
some similarities to the
adjoining Ekiti, Ijesha and
Oyo dialects.
Traditional trades &
occupations
Female figure from
Oke-Onigbin, Shango
shrine
The Ìgbómìnà are
renowned for their
agricultural and hunting
prowess, as well as their
woodcarving, leather art,
and the famous Elewe
masquerade. It is an
Egungun representing the
ancestors during special
festivals.
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Geographical Spread
Ìgbómìnàland consist of
three local government
areas (LGAs) of Kwara
State: Irepodun, Ifelodun,
and Isin LGAs, as well as
two local government
areas of Osun State:
Ifedayo and Ila LGAs. The
major Ìgbómìnà cities in
Osun State are Oke-Ila
Orangun, Ora, and Ila
Orangun, while the major
Ìgbómìnà cities in Kwara
State which has most of
the Ìgbómìnà land and
population include Òbà,
Ajasse Ipo, Eleju of Eju-
land, Eku-Mesesan-Oro
(Ijomu-Oro, Iddo-Oro,
Okerimi-Oro, Afin-Oro,
Okeola-Oro, Ibode-Oro,
Otun-Oro, Iludun-0ro,
Agbeola-Oro), Oke-
Onigbin, Isanlu Isin, Ijara-
Isin, Omu-Aran, Aran-Orin,
Rore, Esiẹ, Omupo, Ipetu-
Igbomina, Igbaja, Oke-
Ode, Owu-Isin, Oro-Ago,
Arandun, Shaare, Oke-Aba,
Owode Ofaro, Idofian,
Odo-eku, Oko, Olaa, Idofin,
Ideera, Iwo-owu,
Agbonda, Agbeku,
Olayinka, Alakuko-Irorun,
Edidi, Ijan-Otun, Oke-Oyan,
Omido, Okeya, Afin-Ileere,
Babanlomo, Agbamu, Ijan,
Owa-Kajola, Alabe, Pamo-
Isin, Egii-Owu, Owa-Onire,
Durosoto, Koko-Afin,
Maloko,Oke-Oyan, Oreke
Mabu, Babanla, Olomi Oja,
Omirinrin, Faje, Ajengbe,
Alasoro, Eyin Afo, Idofin
Igbana, Idofin Aga, Ekudu,
Manasara, Oko Adigun,
Kudu- Isin, Oke oyi,
Alegongo, Sabaja, Oponda,
Oree, Agunjin, Apado,
Eleyin, and Yaru.
Ìgbómìnàland is adjoined
on the west and
northwest by major
neighbours such as the
Oyo-Yoruba region, on the
south and southwest by
the Ijesha-Yoruba region,
on the south and
southeast by the Ekiti-
Yoruba region, on the east
by the Yagba-Yoruba
region, and on the north
by the non-Yoruba Nupe
region south of the Niger
River. Other minor
neighbours of the
Ìgbómìnà are the Ibolo
sub-group of the cities of
Offa, Oyan and Okuku in
the west.
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Archaeological Chronology
& Ancient History
Over 800 carved stones,
mostly representing
human figures, have been
found around Esie in
western Igbomina, Ijara
and Ofaro villages. It is not
known who created the
sculptures, but they
appear to have been
created around 1100. A.D.
 
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Archaeological and
linguistic evidence suggest
that the Ìgbómìnà people
may have predated the
surrounding peoples
except perhaps the Nupe
and the Yagba.
Ìgbómìnàland definitely
predated the Oduduwa
era as evidenced by oral
traditions of royal and
non-royal migrations from
Oduduwa’s Ile-Ife which
met existing dynasties in
place but displaced,
subsumed or subjugated
them. It appears that
aside from more recent
conflicts in the last two
centuries, the Oyo, Ijesha,
and the Ekiti may have in
more ancient times,
pressured the Ìgbómìnà,
captured territory in the
plains and restricted them
into the more rugged and
lower-quality land of the
Yoruba hills. The
Ìgbómìnà, on the other
hand, appear to have
pressured the Nupe and
the Yagba and taken
territory away from them
in places, but also losing
territory to them in other
places.
 
Major upheavals, conflicts
and wars as well as
epidemics have resulted in
major ancient dispersals
and migrations such as the
Òbà diasporas
documented in the oral
history, oral poetry and
lineage praise songs of
several Ìgbómìnà clans.
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Recent history
The Ilorin Provincial
Gazetteer (1918) dates
the settlement of Igbaja,
one of the Igbomina
towns, as late 17th or
early 18th century, while
the Igbaja District
Gazetteer (1933–35) puts
it about 1750 AD. By 1800,
the Alafin (supreme ruler
of Yoruba) had
consolidated his power
over the Igbomina and
placed an Ajele (Governor)
in Ilorin to safeguard his
interests. The Sudan
Interior Mission came to
Oro Ago in 1911, to
Agunjin before 1918, and
to Oke Oyan, Igbaja, and
Oke Aba in the 1920s.
Starting in the 1930s,
primary and secondary
schools were established,
resulting in changes to the
traditional ways of life.
 
ANSWER:IGBOMINA
IS NOT PART OF IBOLO AND THEY HAVE THEIR DIALECTICAL IDENTITY.ONLY VERY FEW SUB-UNITS OF IGBOMINA ARE CONNECTED TO IBOLO WHICH WE ARE NOT AT LIBERTY TO MENTION.
 
WE STAND TO BE CORRECTED IF THEIR IS ANY OVER-EMPHASIS IN THIS ARTICLE.
GOD BLESS OFFA
GOD BLESS IBOLO KINGDOM
GOD BLESS VOO
GOD BLESS KWARA STATE AND
GOD BLESS NIGERIA AT LARGE