Tommy Harr :
what you're saying let me correct you, ogiso iwodo wasn't a strong King rather he was manipulated by his wife who didn't bear him a child , his eldest son was named prince ozoduwa, which the evil queen hate and wanted him killed but by the mercy of the chiefs he was sent on exile, because the chiefs knew the woman was evil and powerful in charm's and spiritual things, so after the death of Ogiso iwodo, followed by the Queen, the Chiefs have to look for another King because the kingdom was becoming something else there was no ruler so the Chiefs and others remember that their prince was not dead but on exile after some discussion they decide to look for their prince , who was later discovered by the people who taught he was a god in human form because he was living on an mountain at that time so according to history the Yoruba where the one that saw him there after taking him in because of his powers and wisdom they decided that he was a god in human form so he started leading them into battles which he always come back victoriously and also started expanding the land as Time goes on according to ancient knowledge or (African mightyology) the strongest wisest and brave are always crowned or crown the King, so that was how he was crowned the King then he started his family there so after many years of Benin crisis, the chiefs of Benin were still looking for him then he was now traced back to Ile ife where he has changed his name from ozoduwa to oduduwa, then the story about the Benin crisis well narrated to him by the Chiefs of Benin, how he need to come back home to take back the throne of his ancestor but due to old age, oduduwa declined, but rather he said according to Benin tradition that the first eldest son always take the throne or always sit on the throne of their father, so he now said his eldest son Oramiyan would go back to take back the throne of the ancestor, so this was exactly how the Benin and Yoruba were linked, it was through royalty or kinship it was not through the people
2025-11-30 14:19:42