Ofinran was a 16th-century king of the Oyo Empire in West Africa[1][2] who succeeded Onigbogi as Alaafin after the latter had left for exile in Borgu with a few other Yorubas from Oyo. Ofinran was then made king in a foreign land and joined his host in expeditions around the Niger River and the two communities co-existed.
| Ofinran | |
|---|---|
| Alaafin Of Oyo | |
| Reign | 16th century |
| Predecessor | Onigbogi |
| Born | Nigeria |
| Died | Nigeria |
| Burial | |
However, the favorable treatment of the Oyos in Borgu was short-lived. Hostilities soon emerged and Ofinran and his men decided to leave for a town called Kusu. In the process of their ill luck of being driven away from their original homes, they may have believed their problems was due to the unfavorable disposition they originally had towards the Ifá deity.
While in Kusu they embraced the Ifá divinity and called for a man named Alado to initiate the Alafin and his subjects in order to wade away any ill wind related to their original rejection of Ifá. Also, according to Oyo fables, it was during this period that the Egungun festivities also emerged in Yoruba land. It was thought that the Egungun priest followed the Yorubas from Borgu into Kusu.
References
edit- ^ Aribidesi Adisa Usman; J.E. Hedges (2001). State-periphery relations and sociopolitical development in Igbominaland, North-Central Yoruba, Nigeria: oral-ethnohistorical and archaeological perspectives. Vol. 993. British Archaeological Reports (BAR Series): International series, University of Michigan. ISBN 978-1-841-7119-42.
- ^ Afodunrinbi, Folorunsho; Babayemi, S. O. (1991). Topics on Oyo history. Lichfield Nigeria. ISBN 9789783049857.
- ^ Johnson, Samuel; Johnson, Obadiah (1960) [1921]. The History of the Yorubas, From the Earliest of Times to the Beginning of the British Protectorate. p. 159.
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