ILESHA

ēlāˈshä, city (1991 est. pop. 334,000), SW Nigeria. Formerly a caravan trade center, Ilesha is today an agricultural and commercial city. Cacao, kola nuts, palm oil, and yams are shipped from there. There is a sawmill, and alluvial gold is found. Ilesha was the capital of the Yoruba Ilesha kingdom of the Oyo empire. After Oyo's collapse in the early 19th cent., Ilesha became subject to Ibadan. It was taken by the British in 1893.

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books on: Ilesha  - 47 results

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The Diaries of Lord Lugard - Vol. 4
Book by Margery Perham; Northwestern University Press, 1959
Subjects: Africa, East, Kenya--Description And Travel, Nigeria--History, Uganda--Description And Travel, Uganda--History
...influence why should I not see the King of Ilesha?--I could get no other reply however...matter. The information about Lesa or Ilesha which I acquired at Perere was that Neeshi...approximate estimate was not far out. Ilesha is two days from Kishi and 2 from Igboho...
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Africa: Social Problems of Change and Conflict
Book by Pierre L. Van Den Berghe; Chandler Publishing, 1965
Subjects: Africa--Social Conditions
...MORIN 982 7. OGBOMOSHO 40 7. Oshogbo 28.7 7. Ife 20.2 7. ISEYIN 958 8. Ilesha 39 8. Ibadan 21.6 8. Ilesha 27.1 8. Ede 922 9. Ibadan 37 9. Ilesha 18.7 9. Madan 40.4 9. Ilesha 900 10. Ife 31 10. ILORIN 14.3 10. Abeokuta...
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The Nigerian Federal Election of 1959: Politics and Administration in a Developing Political System
Book by K. W. J. Post; Oxford University Press, 1963
Subjects: Elections--Nigeria, Nigeria--Politics And Government
...117 -18 Ile-Ife, see Ife town Ilesha Division, 37 , 102 ; NCNC in, 140 -1; swing to Action Group, 361 Ilesha Rural constituency, result in, 207...distribution, 447 ; registration, 209 Ilesha town, 206 , 321 n.5, 361 Ilesha...
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A Short History of Benin
Book by Jacob Egharevba; Ibadan University Press, 1960
Subjects: Benin City (Nigeria)--History
...conquering any big town. Atakunmarha the wa of Ilesha was dethroned and banished by his subjects...him warmly, and sent for the elders of Ilesha in order that he might enquire into the...Udezi leopard killer . His fame reached Ilesha, and his father, the wa, sent presents...
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Signifying Animals: Human Meaning in the Natural World
Book by Roy Willis; Routledge, 1994
Subjects: Animals--Folklore, Animals--Symbolic Aspects, Hunting And Gathering Societies
...homogeneous group like the Yoruba. I take the Ilesha Ibegun festival as an example. The people of Ilesha (a subsection of the Yoruba) observe the...the palace of the chief of the Ijeshas, at Ilesha. A priest appointed for the ceremony holds...
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journal articles on: Ilesha  - 9 results

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Rhythms of the Gods: Music, Spirituality and Social Engagement in Yoruba Culture
Journal article by Bode Omojola; The Journal of Pan African Studies (Online), Vol. 3, 2010
...undulating topography of its course. The recurring word "Ijesha" is historically significant. It refers to the people of Ilesha town, a place generally regarded as the ancestral home of Oshogbo people. In this drummed chant, the drummer functions as...
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The Clergy, Culture, and Political Conflicts in Nigeria
Journal article by Wale Adebanwi; African Studies Review, Vol. 53, 2010
Subjects: Christianity, Colleges & universities, Field study, Meetings, Political advertising, Political leadership, Political parties, Politics, Religion
...retired Bishop of Akure Diocese of the Church of Nigerian (Anglican Communion) and Bishop Ayo Ladigbolu, then the Bishop of Ilesha Diocese of the Methodist Church of Nigeria-to join him for an urgent meeting with President Olusegun Obasanjo at his Ota Farm...
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Elite Slaves in Ilorin in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries*
Journal article by Ann O'Hear; The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 39, 2006
Subjects: Armed forces, Slavery, Social classes
...through the intercession of his sister, who was a wife of Emir Abdusalami. She feared for his safety due to a war raging between Ilesha and Ibadan, and asked permission from the then emir (Abdusalami was not yet emir, according to this account) to bring her...
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Rhythms of the Gods: Music and Spirituality in Yoruba Culture
Journal article by Bode Omojola; The Journal of Pan African Studies (Online), Vol. 3, 2010
...and its people. Oshogbo people trace their ancestral origins to the Ijesha people, a Yoruba sub-ethnic group who live in Ilesha, a town just about 30 kilometers from Oshogbo. In this drummed chant, the drummer functions as the voice of other devotees...
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Causes of Inequalities in Educational Development among Nationalities in Nigeria
Journal article by Raymond O. A Aluede, Lawrence I. Aguele, Oyaziwo Aluede; Educational Research Quarterly, Vol. 26, 2003
Subjects: Conflicts of interest, Education, Inequality, Multiculturalism & pluralism, Nigeria, Progress
...1946. The Ibo Union established Ibo National College, Aba in 1948; Ijesha Improvement Union established Ijesha High School, Ilesha in 1934; and later Ijebu-Ijesha High School in 1955 (Kosemani, 1993). Other ethnic groups followed the examples of the...
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I Don't Want Anything Fake
Magazine article by Baffour Ankomah; New African, October 2006
Subjects: Kumuyi, William Folorunso--Interviews, Ministers (Clergy)--Interviews
...of them--in the southwest--is called Osun State. And in Osun State, there is a major town called Ilesha. A few kilometres from Ilesha is Erin-Ijesha. That is where I was born on 6 June 1941. Baffour Who, and what, were your parents...


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newspaper articles on: Ilesha  - 1 result

 
 
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Sam Oginni Did Not Follow the Typical Road toward Owning an Automobile Dealershi
Newspaper article by By Arlene Miles; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 22, 2010
...through the ranks, Oginni spent the initial part of his career working in the retail business for J.C. Penney Co. Born in Ilesha, Nigeria, Oginni came to the United States in 1975 on the invitation of an American couple he had met the previous year in...


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encyclopedia articles on: Ilesha  - 3 results

 
 
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Ilesha
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ILESHA ela sha, city (1991 est. pop. 334...Nigeria. Formerly a caravan trade center, Ilesha is today an agricultural and commercial...a sawmill, and alluvial gold is found. Ilesha was the capital of the Yoruba Ilesha kingdom...
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Oshogbo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...junction, and has an airport. Oshogbo was probably founded in the 17th cent. as a town in the Yoruba kingdom of Ijesha (see Ilesha ). In 1839 it was the site of a decisive battle in which Ibadan , a Yoruba city-state, defeated Ilorin , an expansionist...
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Nigeria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...located. In addition to Abuja and Lagos, other major cities include Aba , Abeokuta , Ado , Benin , Enugu , Ibadan , Ife , Ilesha , Ilorin , Iwo , Kaduna , Kano , Maiduguri , Mushin , Ogbomosho , Onitsha , Oshogbo , Port Harcourt , and Zaria . Nigeria is...


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