Yorùbá - History, Identity and the In-Between
Zack Shittu
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S1E5 Trade, Diplomacy, and Rivalry — How Competition Coexisted with Cooperation
In 19th-century Yorubaland, rival kingdoms fought for sixteen years — and traded with each other the entire time. This is the story of how the Kiriji (Ekitiparapo) War reveals a system of rivalry…
S1E4 The Empire Fell. The Culture Didn't. How the Yoruba Survived Without a Center | YHIB S1E4
After the Oyo Empire collapsed, Yoruba kingdoms fought each other for sixty years. There was no center. No empire. No state holding things together. And yet — the culture held.How?Episode 4 of Yorùbá…
Yoruba - How a Name Became an Identity
The word “Yoruba” is everywhere today — in language, diaspora culture, and political identity across three continents — yet in the early 19th century it barely existed as a shared label. Most people…
S1E2 Ibadan: From Refugee Camp to Military State
Yorùbá — History, Identity & the In-BetweenEpisode 2Season 1The Rise of IbadanOut of the ruins of Oyo’s collapse came one of the most extraordinary political experiments in 19th-century West…
S1E1 The Fall of Oyo: How West Africa's Greatest Empire Collapsed
Yorùbá — History, Identity & the In-BetweenEpisode 1Season 1The Fall of OyoThe Oyo Empire was one of West Africa’s most powerful political formations — a cavalry state that dominated the region…
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