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Ife

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ife , city (1991 est. pop. 262,000), SW Nigeria. Located in a farm region, the city is an important center for marketing and shipping cacao. According to tradition, Ife is the oldest Yoruba town (founded c.1300). All Yoruba chiefs trace their descent from the first mythological ruler of Ife, Oduduwa, and they regard the reigning oni (king) of Ife as their ritual superior. Ife was the most powerful Yoruba kingdom until the late 17th cent., when Oyo surpassed it. Terra-cotta and naturalistic bronze sculptures made in the area as early as the 12th cent. are considered among the finest... Read more
Ile-Ife
Ile-Ife Ile-Ife, also known as Ife or Ife-Lodun, is the holy city of the Yoruba people who live in Nigeria in West Africa. Ile-Ife appears in myths as the birthplace of creation and the location where the first humans took form. According to Yoruba... Read more
Ife
Ife, Osun/Nigeria Also called Ile‐Ife. Considered by the Yoruba people to be a holy city, it may be named after Ifa, the god of divination. Read more

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