THE YORUBA COUNTRY (BOWEN 1858)

 

The Yoruba Country (Bowen 1858)


The Yoruba country is bounded on the East by Benin and the Niger, on the west by Dahomey and Mahí, on the north by Barba (Borghoo) and Nufe (Nupe?) and on the south by Bight of Benin. It has 8 independent kingdoms: (i) Iketu (immediately east of Dahomey), (ii) Eko or Lagos (on the sea coast. Lagos is the capital), (iii) Ẹgba (south of Yoruba, east of Ketu, lying both sides of Ogun river; the capital is Abeokuta), (iv) Ijẹbu (south east of Ẹgba), (v) Ijẹsa (on the east of Yoruba; the capital is Ilesa), (vi) Ẹfọn (extends from the north-east of Yoruba eastward to the Ọya or Niger; Ibodo or Kakanda on the Niger is the capital) (vii) Ilọrin (composed of Yoruba, Pulọh Fellata and Hausa), (viii)Yoruba lies immediately north of Ketu, Ẹgba and Ijẹbu. It contains the following towns: Ibadan, Ẹdẹ, Ife, Iwo, Ijaye, Ọyọ or Agọ-Ọja (the capital), Ọgbọmọṣọ, Ọfa, Ikisi, Isaki, Isẹyin, Igana, Sabẹ.

Reference

Bowen, Rev. T.J. (1858), Grammar and Dictionary of the Yoruba Language with an Introductory Description of the Country and People of Yoruba. Washington City: Smithsonian Institution.

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