Tag: Yoruba History

Isese: Reliving Yoruba History, By Akin Osuntokun

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The power politics that defines Ilorin ensued in the 1820s with the defeat of Are Ona kakanfo Afonja, in the Alimi (the Fulani spiritual consultant to Afonja) insurrection against the political status-quo (personified by the former).The insurrection rapidly resolved in the jihadist incorporation of Ilorin into the Sokoto Caliphate. More than any historical figure, Afonja […]

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The Tragic Cycle Of Yoruba History, By Akin Osuntokun

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“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it” –George Santayana History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce –Karl Marx “The only thing that we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.” –Georg Hegel The citations above have intermittently found resonance in Yoruba history. The perspective they […]

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