Ilesa
Ilesa is the royal centre of Ijesha, a Yoruba kingdom between the larger powers of Oyo and Benin. Its ruler is known as the Owa Obokun. Ijesha tradition connects his ancestry to Ile-Ife and tells of Ajibogun Obokun, whose journey to the sea supplied a story of origin for the royal line. The town probably arose as a kingdom in the early sixteenth century, and its rulers gathered authority over the surrounding Ijesha communities.
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References
- www.cambridge.org/core/journals/history-in-africa/article/abs/kings-titles-and-quarters-a-conjectural-history-of-ilesha-i-the-traditions-reviewed/B86D7313665EBCB4A25332D40B78752C
- thinkyorubafirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/The-YORUBA-A-New-History-Akinwumi-Ogundiran_.pdf
- www.osunstate.gov.ng/about/major-towns/ilesa/