OSHOGBO

ōshōbˈbō, city (1991 est. pop. 421,000), SW Nigeria, on the Oshun River. Primarily a farming and commercial city, it has cotton gins, a steel-rolling mill, a traditional textiles industry, and cigarette and food-processing factories. The city is also a road and rail 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 Fulani state, thus halting Ilorin's southward advance. An influx of refugees after the battle swelled Oshogbo's population.

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books on: Oshogbo  - 52 results

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Human Organization Research: Field Relations and Techniques
Book by Richard N. Adams, Jack J. Preiss; Dorsey Press, 1960
Subjects: Social Sciences--Research
Thus we see that, by tradition, Oshogbo was a large community characterized by...the community. For over forty years, Oshogbo has been a center of European trading...missionary activity. In present-day Oshogbo, the closely woven, integrated aspects...
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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
...3 4 1. LAGOS 60 1. ISEYIN 46.1 1. Oshogbo 7.8 1. Iwo 1,354 2. ISEYIN 53 2...7 6. MORIN 982 7. OGBOMOSHO 40 7. Oshogbo 28.7 7. Ife 20.2 7. ISEYIN 958 8...Abeokuta 40.8 10. Abeokuta 878 11. Oshogbo 28 11. Abeokuta 6.9 11. MORIN 47...
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Yoruba Hometowns: Community, Identity, and Development in Nigeria
Book by Lillian Trager; Lynne Rienner, 2001
Subjects: Community Development--Nigeria--Ijesa Region, Community Life--Nigeria--Ijesa Region, Ijesa Region (Nigeria)--Social Life And Customs, Philosophy, Yoruba--Nigeria--Ijesa Region, Rural Development--Nigeria--Ijesa Region, Yoruba (African People)--Ethnic Identity, Yoruba (African People)--Kinship
...would live in Ilesa and commute to Oshogbo, only about fifteen miles away. However, the road between Ilesa and Oshogbo was in disrepair. The early assumption...were targeted and forced to move to Oshogbo and that the instability in Osun State...
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Studies in Southern Nigerian History
Book by Boniface I. Obichere; Cass, 1982
Subjects: Nigeria, Southern--History
...Combined Union, see The Rivers Combined Peoples Union Oshogbo, Oshogbo, n.d., p.2. For the Egba Women Union, see...27. The Old Calabar Provincial Union Constitution, Oshogbo, n.d., pp.1-2. 28. Chinua Achebe, No Longer...
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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
...result, 295 Osadebay, Chief Dennis, 262 Oshogbo North constituency, registration sex...449 ; registration and result, 222 Oshogbo South constituency, 354 ; registration...449 ; registration and result, 223 Oshogbo town, 206 Oshun Central constituency...
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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
...festivals-as enacted in the Yoruba town of Oshogbo in 2007 are provided. The ethnographic...rendered at the oshun sacred grove in Oshogbo in 2007. As a prelude to understanding...that I discussed with in Ila-Orangun, Oshogbo, Ikirun and Ibadan were aware of the...
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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
...as enacted in the Yoruba town of Oshogbo in 2007. The ethnographic descriptions...analyze were performed by a group of Oshogbo drummers under the leadership of Sule Ayantunde, a master drummer, in Oshogbo in 2007. As a prelude to my discussion...
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Passion for Life: Georgina Beier's Recent Paintings
Journal article by Chika Okeke; Nka : Journal of Contemporary African Art, 2001
Subjects: Beier, Georgina, Culture, Painting, Visual artists
...is returning to the mural style she had created in the mid-1960s in Oshogbo, Nigeria when she ran the workshops from which most of the major artists associated with "Oshogbo School" emerged. In this mature work, she seems to make a journey...
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Arabic Writing between Global and Local Culture: Scholars and Poets in Yorubaland (Southwestern Nigeria)
Journal article by Razaq D. Abubakre, Stefan Reichmuth; Research in African Literatures, Vol. 28, 1997
Subjects: Africa--History, African Fiction--History And Criticism, African Literature--History And Criticism, African Poetry--History And Criticism, Postcolonialism--Africa
...century. The most prominent figure was a Yoruba prince from Oshogbo, Harun Matanmi (d. 1935) who became the leading scholar...his childhood at the court of his father, the pagan ruler of Oshogbo ( ALA 2:508). 12 Imam Harun is described as one of those...
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The Position and Empowerment of Women in Rural Nigeria: the Gender Implication
Journal article by Kingsley Ufuoma Omoyibo, Etinosa Matthew Egharevba, Olalekan Ezekiel Iyanda; Gender & Behaviour, Vol. 8, 2010
Subjects: Behavior, Cultural differences, Decision making, Equal rights, Equality, Gender equity, Human rights, Males, Political conventions, Politics, Sex discrimination, Society, Women
...important cults in areas such as the Ede, Osun and Obatala, Oshogbo and others, women played instrumental role in the religious...land and fruitful harvest. The same is also said among the Oshogbo people where a woman occupies the position of "Iya Osun...
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magazine articles on: Oshogbo  - 4 results

 
 
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Nigeria
Magazine article by Yinka Craig, Sonala Olumhense, Remi Oyo, Tanoloju, Pat Utomi; Ebony, Vol. 45, February 1990
Subjects: Babangida, Ibrahim--Interviews, Falae, Olu--Interviews, Momoh, Tony--Interviews, Nigeria--Politics and government, Nobel laureates--Interviews, Soyinka, Wole--Interviews
...convey a sense of social consciousness. Oshogbo still blossoms with satirical masque on...Elizabeth II, has ever posed for. Bohemian Oshogbo artists such as Jimoh Buraimoh and Twin...Kwara State. There are rolling mills in Oshogbo, Jos and Katsina scattered across Nigeria...
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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
...only in my own little home. In Osun State where I come from, I once held a crusade and conference in the state capital, Oshogbo. The people came in their thousands. And there were miracles, many miracles! The people and the state governor really welcomed...
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Black Theatre Loses Four Giants: Cultural Warrior Tunde Allen Samuel
Magazine article by Barbara Ann; Black Masks, Vol. 15, December 31, 2001
Subjects: Death & dying, Entertainment, Fine arts, Life, Lifetime, Mortality, Personal profiles, Theater
...Secret of Soul." Tundes travels, with his NBT family, to Africa were most profound. There he visited sacred groves in Oshogbo, Nigeria and performed in the Second World Black and African Festival of Culture and Arts in 1977. This journey strengthened...
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Steel-An Industrial White Elephant?
Magazine article by Dominic Dhliwayo; African Business, February 1997
Subjects: Nigeria, Raw steel, Steel industry--Economic aspects, Steel minimills--Economic aspects
...success was achieved, however. Delta Steel began production in 1982 and three inland section mills built at Jos, Katsina and Oshogbo are operational. The more complex wire rod and strip product operations at Ajaokuta are said to have been completed but are...


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newspaper articles on: Oshogbo  - 1 result

 
 
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What Future for Museum Art in Washington?
Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, December 30, 2000
Subjects: Daumier, Honore
...India at the turn of the century. The National Museum of African Art showed creations of the remarkable and little-known Oshogbo artists of the 1960s. * * * A different kind of major event happened in January. Lawrence M. Small, former president of...


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encyclopedia articles on: Oshogbo  - 3 results

 
 
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Oshogbo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OSHOGBO oshob bo, city (1991 est. pop. 421,000), SW Nigeria, on the Oshun...factories. The city is also a road and rail junction, and has an airport. Oshogbo was probably founded in the 17th cent. as a town in the Yoruba kingdom...
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Ibadan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...into the most powerful Yoruba city-state. In 1840, Ibadan forces defeated Fulani invaders from the north at the battle of Oshogbo , thus protecting S Yorubaland from attack. The city came under British protection in 1893, and was the capital of Nigerias...
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Nigeria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Abeokuta , Ado , Benin , Enugu , Ibadan , Ife , Ilesha , Ilorin , Iwo , Kaduna , Kano , Maiduguri , Mushin , Ogbomosho , Onitsha , Oshogbo , Port Harcourt , and Zaria . Nigeria is easily the most populous nation in Africa and one of the fastest growing on earth...


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