Alaafin, or The custodian of the Palace in the Yoruba language, is the title of the king of the medieval Oyo empire and present-day Oyo town of West Africa...

(meaning 'king' or 'ruler' in the Yoruba language) with the title of "Alaafin of Oyo" (Alaafin means 'owner of the palace' in Yoruba). He left all his treasures...

In Ọ̀yọ empire, the oba is referred to as the Aláàfin, meaning owner of the palace. List of Alaafins of Oyo Oyo Empire Yoruba states List of rulers of...

2022) was the Alaafin, or traditional ruler, of the Yoruba town of Oyo and rightful heir to the throne of its historic empire. Alaafin Adeyemi III was...

King Olodan, who after refusing to pay the heavy tributes demanded by the Alaafin, is savagely beaten and dragged to the palace. The tributes, consisting...

Johnson as Alaafin Abiodun Bimbo Manuel as Ashipa Nifemi Lawal as Young Ga'a Gbenga Titiloye as Alaafin Agboluaje Kunle Coker as Alaafin Labisi Muyiwa...

Amuniwaiye, Alaafin (1746) Onisile, Alaafin (1746–1754) Labisi, Alaafin (1754) Awonbioju, Alaafin (1754) Agboluaje, Alaafin (1754) Majeogbe, Alaafin (1754–1770)...

Abiodun (reigned c. 1770–1789) was an 18th-century alaafin, or king, of the Oyo people in what is now Nigeria. Coming to the throne shortly after the...

refer to their various rulers, though other titles such as Ooni, Alake, Alaafin, Awujale, Olomu, Akarigbo, Orangun, Olu'wo, Eleko, Soun, Olumushin and...

originally from Oyo but moved to Lagos. He was a great-grandson of the Alaafin Abiodun of Oyo. He attended C.M.S. Grammar School, a missionary school...

senior line of Yoruba chiefs, led a popular revolt against a despotic Alaafin, Labisi, who was viewed by the Oyo Mesi as being manipulated by his provincial...

grandfather's throne. According to Yoruba history, he founded Oyo as its first Alaafin in the year 1300 after he had left Benin where he had put an end to the...

Aláàfin Olúodò was an Aláàfin of Ọ̀yọ́ who died shortly after being crowned. He ruled the Oyo kingdom in the early 17th century and was preceded by Ọbalókun...

Its inhabitants are mostly of the Yoruba people, and its ruler is the Alaafin of Oyo. Due to the dominant position that the Oyo empire had in medieval...

hardship among the people.[citation needed] Alaafin was so impressed by Ogunlola's prowess that he, the Alaafin, requested Ogunlola to stay in the capital...

deposed or was responsible for the death of 4 of these Alaafins before being subdued by Alaafin Abiodun (who ruled c. 1774–1789) via trickery and betrayal...

staying with him until 1994. She was crowned "Queen of Waka Music" by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi in 1992. Waka is an Islamic-influenced, traditional...

Ira, in present day Kwara state, Nigeria, where she was a wife of the Alaafin of Oyo, Shango. In Yorùbá, the name Ọya is believed to derive from the...

– Abipa, Alaafin (c.1600–?) Obalokun, Alaafin (17th century) Oluodo, Alaafin (17th century) Ajagbo, Alaafin (17th century) Odarawu, Alaafin (17th century)...

of Lagos in 1999 On Monday, January 13, 2020, he was installed by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi as the first Mayegun of Yorubaland. Merit Award...

speaking, Shango is a royal ancestor of the Yoruba as he was the third Alaafin of the Oyo Kingdom prior to his posthumous deification. Shango has numerous...

listed her as one of the "biggest five" persons in Oyo State, alongside the Alaafin of Oyo and Lamidi Adedibu, a fellow Ibadan chief. "Iyalode Of Ibadan Is...

Siyanbola Ladigbolu was Alaafin of Oyo from January 1911 to 1944. He was the Alaafin of Oyo when Northern and Southern protectorates of Nigeria were amalgamated...

– Oranyan, Alaafin (c.1300–?) Ajaka, Alaafin (14th century) Shango, Alaafin (14th century) Ajaka, Alaafin (14th century) Aganju, Alaafin (?–c.1400) Kingdom/Sultanate...

horizontal lines, six lines per cheek. It is often referred to as "Abaja Alaafin Mefa Mefa". This tribal mark is unique to the indigenes of Oyo, Nigeria...

made up of the most powerful noblemen in imperial Oyo. No emperor, or Alaafin of Oyo, was capable of being enthroned in the capital without the prior...

the businesswoman who runs a ceramics workshop / factory Taiwo Hassan as Alaafin Ademuyiwa Ropo Ewenla as Asohun Oba for Ojumo town Faithia Balogun as Ojumo...

Orompoto (also spelled Oronpoto) was an Alaafin of the Yoruba Oyo Empire. The empire of which she ruled is located in what is modern day western and north-central...

model of government was adapted by the Oyo Empire, whose obas, called the Alaafins of Oyo, controlled many other Yoruba and non-Yoruba city-states and kingdoms...

itself from the former capital to the north, 'Old Oyo' (Ọ̀yọ́-Ilé). The Alaafin of Oyo continues to serve a ceremonial role in the city. Oyo State is noted...