THE GREAT OYO EMPIRE: HISTORICAL AND MYTHICAL FACTS

[@spirithawk2418]

Nice to hear from Africans about our ancestors in West Africa. Watching from USA. My DNA result was 87 percentage Nigerian... Very proud to have that blood from many in the region

[@OlaoluwaOshin]

Hi

[@jean17v3]

Oyo, our ancestors Empire. I'm ewe from Togo, very happy to watch today ❤❤❤❤❤

[@mauricemilesmartinez3743]

I am author of the books: The Great Wall of Africa: The Empire of Benin’s 10,000 Mile Long Wall, The Real Wakandas of Africa and The Real Vibranium of Africa (by Maurice Miles Martinez). In the Great Wall of Africa, I discuss the Benin Bronzes and current issues around returning them from Museums. Most people are unaware that African people built a wall before transatlantic slavery in the Benin empire that is one of the most massive structures in the world. At 10,000 miles long, the Great Wall of Africa contains more material than all of the buildings in New York City’s Manhattan. If cut into 1 meter high blocks, it would wrap around the equator more than 65 times! It is arguably the planet’s greatest man-made structure. Yet, it has been ignored by historians. In my book The Great Wall of Africa: The Empire of Benin’s 10,000 Mile Long Wall, I explore the dimensions of the wall, the history of the Benin Empire’s Kings (Obas) and the stolen Benin Bronzes. These treasures that sit in the world’s museums amount to more than $14 Billion. Most people who read this book are left wondering why they never heard about the Great Wall of Africa in their history classes. The world needs more videos on this topic that explain that the stolen Benin bronzes need to be fully returned (not just a few of them). Maurice Miles Martinez

[@spindoggytheexplorer2915]

Antique shop up the street from me in Massachusetts has about 5 authentic Benin Bronze statues, each between $300-$500. He got them from a Professors collection when he passed away. I would love to purchase them and donate them to a museum in Benin but I’m just not wealthy like that. Considered buying them and sitting on them until I can afford to though.

[@sojiadamo5212]

Interesting appreciation from you Maurice, please do search and research Sungbo's Eredo. Much to appreciate here also.

[@therebeccaspears7731]

@@spindoggytheexplorer2915What’s the location of the antique shop?

[@spindoggytheexplorer2915]

@@therebeccaspears7731 Historical Antiques and Coins, it’s in Sandwich Massachusetts, on route 6A. They had a couple even bigger pieces for like $900. If you google it and click the photos tab, you can actually see one of the larger more expensive busts on photo number 9.

[@therebeccaspears7731]

@@spindoggytheexplorer2915 Thank you!

[@SohoJoe202]

I’m Yoruba, Bamileke with Fulbe and Mandinka admixture. A direct paternal descendant of the Ramesseside kings and the Cordoba Caliphate. Shalom -T Walston from D.C.

[@tomiwafootball]

you have arab ancestry from cordoba?

[@sojiadamo5212]

The Yoruba as so called today are vastly and variedly travelled in the ancients. Many of those who were in Spain travelled down with the Moors indeed as Moors. During the sacking of Granada, the Spanish inquisition, and the findings of the Americas subsequently Those who knew themselves as Yoruba travelled down to West Africa where they knew where their people were. It's quite an amazing history to me. And there's so much more!!

[@tomiwafootball]

@@sojiadamo5212 thats not what happened bro 😭😭😭

[@sojiadamo5212]

@@tomiwafootball say therefore what happened as your one sentence is already invalid as an argument if you have nothing to add. If not please fuck off!

[@jasonpompey6731]

you're incorrect. This is historically documented. Many Black americans come from this stalk @@tomiwafootball

[@dadajulius6489]

Nice historical information.

[@eclarida]

Thank you, I am a black American and from MTDNA testing learned that my direct maternal line is of Fulani origin and they had lived in Nigeria. Spoke with a Fulani scholar who explained that there were a lot of Fulani who lived amongst the Yoruba and told me to check my DNA further and I would learn that my ancestors were also Yoruba and most likely lived in the Oyo Empire before they were captured and brought to the US. He sent me some scholarly articles which explained the history and the relationship of the Fulani blending in with other groups. Well when my autosomal DNA came back to me, it pinpointed my ancestors were from the Oyo Empire. So since my MTDNA is Fulani, a Yoruba man had married or had children with a Fulani woman and that is my ancestral history of the Oyo Empire for me. I would hopefully make my way to go back to my ancestors land.

[@ericedudzi6267]

I will, visit Oyo ,Fon, people to know more about my Ancestory as an Ewe its very deep for and gives me goosebumps...

[@futurepositivenow8744]

Nice production! The story you tell is smooth and natural. The editing and sound mix support the information provided. If anything, it should be longer. I'm glad to subscribe and I look forward to more of your fine productions. Eku'se!

[@AfriasporaFilms]

Can someone please explain the pyramidal structures we see at 13:07 mark?

[@TIENxSHINHAN]

I think it was just the way they built the roofs of the buildings

[@reDemon_43]

Hola no lo tiene subtitulado al español?

[@Shege3706]

They didn’t spread to the americas by choice but by force under the Atlantic slave trade

[@oladojaodunsi7614]

What was found at Iwo-Eleru tells us that Yoruba had been earlier than the time of Oduduwa that could be referred to as an earlier version of Awolowo time that is still influencing the Yoruba. Archaeology had shown us through discoveries that Yoruba had been in existence on this geo-political location for more than 50,000 years. Alaafia

[@kaomalihm284]

its abit shame to OYO people in this era promoting propaganda about oduduwa came from mecca in the name of islamic and supremacy ,,, how many oduduwa children have white completion like mecca people ....

[@Yorubaddie]

Right !!!!

[@lf1496]

He came from SUDAN. He was from the Nile Valley

[@kaomalihm284]

@@lf1496 Nonsense...

[@simbokwesi8332]

He came from Palestine by way of Igbo land. Just remixing old myths.

[@AIupclose]

@KAOMALIH M , You can see how you're embarrassing yourself in public space showing everyone your ignorance. When you have not travelled or done research how can you know that the original and earliest people on earth are dark (Black) skinned. Go and read about history of (KEMET) Go and find out how the (JAWARA TRIBE ) got to a distant land of India from African about 60,000 years ago. Even the biblical Moses was not White because his mother was Ethiopian (Black)....The oldest human fossil discovered in England (Europe) is BLACK skin..go and verify. I'm not here to educate you because I have better thing to do with my time. You can continue to wallow in your ignorance.

[@Omarok10]

from meka?

[@malcomshaw5962]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🎬

[@ADE-of-LAGOS]

Which Mecca did Odua came from? Is it the Mecca inside Nigeria or another Mecca in Arabia. Is that the fake narrative Europeans have planted in our people's head. They can't even tell the difference between the Oduduwa in Yoruba creation story who was a divinity, and the other Oduduwa who was human and adopted the name of the divinity, Oduduwa. It's painful listening to this. The origin of Oduduwa is right inside Nigeria. That's what they have used modern day religions to hide from you. Ile-Ife is a better place to go get info on Yoruba origin. Oyo Empire is still quite recent, just couple of hundreds of years.

[@p.c2750]

the history is accurate if you remove the oduduwa-oranya-mecca-God myth.

[@gabrielonibudo5566]

@heepaa5183 Mecca did not exist then. Ooduwa came from Jerusalem.

[@Novikestory]

​@@gabrielonibudo5566this is incorrect we are from mecca

[@gabrielonibudo5566]

@@Novikestory Mecca did not exist. It is a modern Arabic invention. Yorubas are from JERUSALEM

[@Novikestory]

@@gabrielonibudo5566 wtf no we came from mecca because he's an idol worshipper.mecca exist that time stop this lies we are from mecca

[@bunmiadeyinka8152]

Mecca is out of our history. Oduduwa didn't come Mecca

[@bunmiadeyinka8152]

@JJ your history was wrong Oduduwa was born in Ile-Ife. I don't know where your got your history

[@bunmiadeyinka8152]

@JJ JJ I don't know your real name I would have loved to tell you about yourself, mind you before Oduduwa was born, 97 kings had been crowned in Ile-Ife. Oduduwa was not from heaven he was born and bread in Ile-Ife he was descendants of Oramfe. Pls let me know where you came from so I can tell you who u are. Pls your state, tribe and your town if you are real

[@bunmiadeyinka8152]

@JJ yes our ancestors were called Elus and they were 400 from descended from heaven. If u want me to tell your about Yoruba creature firsts tell me your tribe Igbo, Ijaw, Gogobiri, Bantu, Ibaruba, Hausa pls name your tribe so I can tell u more about what u don't know

[@bunmiadeyinka8152]

@JJ meaning of J J? I said where do yo come from? Your State, Town and your tribe so I can tell what u dont know

[@bunmiadeyinka8152]

@JJ don't you see my name a Yoruba, Lagos and Ijebu tell me your s am not disappear

[@yemi-dprince7993]

Let's turn the oral history into one or two global magnum opuses, thus erasing disunity or a pretty kettle of fish. In that wise, the future generation would read and reason whether Divinity-Philosopher Oduduwa came from Mecca, Egypt or from the abode of Creator-Philosopher Olodumare. Ase. E seun pupo.

[@davidsallam6003]

Oduduwa did not come from Mecca. Some Yoruba muslims came up with that false theory because their fascination with Saudi Arabia, especially Mecca city and the Islamic religion as whole. Oduduwa, the Yoruba progenitor came from somewhere, met people ( Aborigines) already living in Ife and he was made king over them. The vast majority of Yoruba people are muslims, so I doubt wether that stupid Mecca theory will disappeared anytime soon.😢😢😢

[@HolmesMolly]

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[@bunmiadeyinka8152]

Pls 🙏 separate the history about Oduduwa and Oyo emperme

[@VincentAnnabelle-l4l]

Perez Barbara Jones Anthony Hernandez Joseph

[@bunmiadeyinka8152]

Aare-onakakanfo wasn't established before Oduduwa, lies 🤣😂😂🤣 lies lies lies lies lies 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ezechinedu2075]

My LORD YOUR LORD OUR LORD I AM WHAT I AM EZEIGWE CHRISTOPHER NZUBECHUKWU INDEPENDENT OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BIAFRA SEPTEMBER 28 NATIONWIDE STRIKE THANKS LORD HEAVENLY FATHER

[@lolaadesina5362]

Feral

[@FredAndrea-z3p]

Johnson Susan Hall Kimberly Garcia David

[@WattRosemary-i1t]

Perez Jason Miller Michael Smith Deborah

[@DarrellHolmes-q3u]

Martinez Shirley Wilson Sandra Harris Christopher

[@Yoruba4U]

No one fell from the sky. That is a folklore, spread by the Obas and their entourages. Oduduwa is Ekaladerhan from Benin.

[@randyfordres787]

Hall Nancy Perez Sarah Moore Charles

[@AudreyMalia]

Hall Brian Lewis Charles Martin Betty

[@JennaPeters-n2x]

Thompson Karen Martinez Jeffrey Martin Anthony

[@sheriffajibolaadebayo-onis2255]

Sad, Oduduwa never originated from Mecca. The old man knew little about our origin. Stop interviewing these people.

[@tayibasegbengagold5979]

This is a false narrative... Oduduwa didn't come from mecca and yoruba, igbo, hausa and fulani are not the same... This fables

[@ItsUppity]

the horse sleeps not slips, lol

[@adamasimolowo8285]

Where is the proof that Yoruba and Hausa/Fulani are one? I'm not understanding that portion.

[@seismicvertigo345]

That man is annoying really, next time they should interview someone else. Too much stockholm syndrome has entered his head

[@kathrinaoloyede4660]

Thank you. Mo ti e si gbo ti Hausa die, ewo ni ti Fulani. Ko ri bee rara! Lailai!

[@t.i.o.l.u]

An empire is not necessarily homogeneous

[@femibabs1310]

@@kathrinaoloyede4660 Maybe Hausa but definitely not Fulani you can even tell by the features of fulani that they are foreigners

[@Faceofffoody]

Fulani colonies Oyo people

[@GidiLad]

Oduduwa didn't come from Mecca, he came from the East according to most credible historians. He didn't fall from the sky either. The Benin Empire which is about 1000 years before the existence of Oduduwa says he's an exiled Benin prince. This is the most credible version because Benin came back for Oduduwa to rule when there was a power vacuum, but he sent his youngest son Oranmiyan in his place. Oranmiyan couldn't rule the people due to unfamiliarity with the culture, so he left to form the Oyo Empire leaving a child behind, Oba Eweka I, whose descendants have been the Oba of Benin till date.

[@lolaadesina5362]

Your head is fried. Read a book. Your Benin prince existed at least 500 years after the existence of Oodua. Stick to Italy and prostitution that you're good at

[@davidsallam6003]

Wrong. Oduduwa was not a prince from Benin. That's something cooked up by the late Oba Eredua to kinds of give the Benin people some millage over their Yoruba neighbor. Oduduwa neither came from Mecca like those confused chiefs are saying, the idea that he came from Mecca seems to have started after many people in the Yoruba gradually converted to Islam after the fall of Oyo empire. Oduduwa, was said to have come from somewhere in the East of Africa, and that location could be Nubians territory around the horn of Africa, in the North - East part of the continent. And when he arrived at a place which is now present Ife, people were already there.

[@GidiLad]

@@davidsallam6003 There was a benin kingdom before the concept of 'yariba'. Go and learn history, Oduduwa didn't fall from the sky, he came from the east. What is east of ife? Benin kingdom. Which one is Nubians? Why didn't he come with any of their culture? And why did the Benin kingdom come back for him when there was a power vacuum? We even know the years Oduduwa ruled today because of benin history

[@GidiLad]

@@davidsallam6003 According to Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu; “The Aworis and Binis are known to be the first settlers of the Eko land. The Aworis are speakers of a distinct dialect close to that of Yoruba language with a rich Bini mixture. Traditionally, Aworis were found in Ile-ife; they were known to be the Binis, who followed their self-exiled prince, the first son of the Ogiso (now called Oba) of Benin Kingdom, whose stepmother was after his head. “The exiled Benin Prince Izoduwa, known to Yoruba as Ooduwa (Oduduwa), was made ruler of the Ife people due to his powers and followers from the great Benin Kingdom. “Izoduwa (Ooduwa) was made the first king of Ile-Ife in 1230 AD. His followers from his father’s Kingdom in Benin are today’s Awori people, who settled in Eko now called Lagos.

[@davidsallam6003]

@@GidiLad Go swallow your rubbish with your fellow Benin people or few stupid bastard Yoruba people on this platform, who despite being Yorubas, has been helping spreading your false Benin history propaganda. Stop wasting your time, thinking you can force that garbage on my throat, I ain't got your time!

[@Oloke_royal]

This is the most useless and fakest story ever told about Oduduwa and the Yoruba empire ... Oduduwa is not from any mecca but an exile prince from Benin...

[@LadyMJustice]

Oh yeah

[@akintundeoluwatobi5583]

Oduduwa is not an exile prince from Benin neither is he from Mecca. You Edo pple need to stop twisting Yoruba history. He was a Yoruba man and his son founded the Benin kingdom.

[@oyewoleabiodun3897]

Oduduwa is a myth.Oramiyan is the first Oba of benin from which the kings of benin till date descended from.Check the visit of the present oba of benin to ooni of ife, where the Ooni of ife went down memory lane to state how related they are by blood, that is why no king in Edo state have the title oba except benin who descended from Oranmiyan.He was a king in ife, benin and Oyo.Check the visit I mentioned above.

[@bobbybayo5755]

Name the yoruba king dat have oba

[@Oloke_royal]

@@akintundeoluwatobi5583 Ahahaha you don't know ..but I tell you,even the founder of Ife states that if the Oni og Ife is to visit The Oba of Benin ,Oni of Ife is to kill 2 black cows ,but if Oba of Benin is to Visit the Oni of Ife, Oni of Ife is to kill 7 Black cows ..Now who do you think is the founder of Ife ? Lol let me tell you the yorubas are hiding the truth from the source

[@lachasagbadeproverbs4123]

This lie lie sha.. Mecca ko Mecca ni. We are not familiar with nonsense Fulani oooo Go to Ile ife . Oduduwa family house is there till now it still exist .we are not related to Mecca ooooo😮😮😮😮. Pls don't spoil history for us

[@bunmiadeyinka8152]

Lies 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 lies lies lies lies

[@seismicvertigo345]

Yorubas are not one with anyone above Kaduna. You better remember your history please. Do we even look like those people you mentioned

[@sojiadamo5212]

Silly unread you. It is in our history that we spent a good 59-100years with the Kanur, it is in our history that we were in Merowe in Sudan for ages. Our language is so similar to both the ancient Egyptian and Hebrew. Pride alone won't tell you the truth about us, intellect and research might help more.... please grow up as it's not just because you said!

[@seismicvertigo345]

@@sojiadamo5212 lol. type all that bs at someone else

[@sojiadamo5212]

@@seismicvertigo345 you're quite correct as I understand you love your ignorance. Good bye

[@EvwienureEjowokeoghene-uh5iq]

People are loosing it in this country

[@bunmiadeyinka8152]

This history is fake history. Where is yoruba compound in Mecca

[@Faceofffoody]

Who made Oyo an empire Oyo was never an empire

[@akintundeoluwatobi5583]

Jealousy.

[@ADE-of-LAGOS]

It was an Empire. Is that giving you headache?

[@EvwienureEjowokeoghene-uh5iq]

Source

[@nosaokuns]

Yoruba and fake history. Hausa and Fulani are Yoruba now? Omo na wa.. Benin is a Yoruba land na wa? Una strong ohh. Just because people in Brazil worship Ifa does not make them Yoruba. Most Yoruba today are either Christians or Muslims are they Arabs or Hebrews? Religions and ethnicity are two different things my people. They are more Angolans and Congolese in Brazil please stop this propaganda. Half of Oyo was conquered by the Fulani and that’s why a lot of Yoruba stole Benin land when they moved to Eko and now calling it their land

[@ADE-of-LAGOS]

You Benin people. One just have to laugh at all these false narratives. How big is Lagos self. Funny, my own ancestor was among the first to settle in Isheri-Olofin part of Lagos, all the way from Ile-Ife. It's also possible other people already occupied another part of Lagos, especially Eko. But that word "Olofin" connect Isheri-Olofin directly with Ile-Ife. Please throw away "bad belle" and spend time in doing research. How big is the Yoruba ethnic group and how big is Benin. Nonetheless, both are connected. You do not know history as far back as 4000 yrs. Or do you. Those with knowledge of that deep past will not come arguing over shallow issues. Yorubas and people of Benin are related. Ditto.

[@nosaokuns]

@@ADE-of-LAGOS show me one proof that the Yorubas ever owned Lagos and I’ll keep quiet. The British were the ones that took Lagos from its original owners and made it part of Nigeria and because it’s in the western region Yorubas just started claiming it as their own. It’s funny how you people act as if you know history and think that you know better than the kings and white cap chiefs of Eko. So, we should all ignore the monarchy who are the custodians of Eko and forget all the maps and documents that shows that Benin founded Eko, but we should listen to you internet historians. Una de kolo. Rubbish!

[@EvwienureEjowokeoghene-uh5iq]

Olofin is a made up name just like oduduwa, Lagos mainland was originally occupy by people from Benin republic, even the British governor in Lagos colony refer to mainland people as Dahomies

[@Novikestory]

​@@EvwienureEjowokeoghene-uh5iqyou are a liar you are just jealous if Yoruba history fact and logic will always win

[@Novikestory]

Yoruba people are enslaved to Brazil yes they are 100% yoruba,they worship ifa even oni of ife went to Brazil you can't tell us our history while we are civilizing you guys are still in the bush naked.

[@bunmiadeyinka8152]

Hausa,Igbo are from Ile-Ife not Fulani

[@ADE-of-LAGOS]

I am 100% sure of the Igbo. Not yet with Hausa, though there is evidence of a relation between the three tribes. But one has to look other ancient book to confirm this.

[@MKRex]

Igbos have nothing to do with the Yoruba. Nothing. The Hausas and Fulani are more related to the Yoruba, than any other communities. Let's stop the bull shit.

[@bunmiadeyinka8152]

@@MKRex where do you come from? U compulsory attached yourselves to Israelites without tracing. I are Igbo not Ibo trace your back is not bull shit

[@MKRex]

@@bunmiadeyinka8152 The Yorubas are not related to Isrealites either, that is a stupid lie by Igbos to copy the Yoruba Eastern origins narrative. It is also a lie, told by people who believe by Associating themselves to Isrealites, that would make them seem more special than they actually are. The Yoruba do not need to chase such clout. Secondly, evidence of Yoruba ancestors migrating from the East, can be shown by prevalence of the blue eye color, which originated from the Black Sea Region. Igbos do not have such a gene, but it can be found amongst Nilolithic ethnic groups, from Sudan, to North Nigeria and around the Nile. Igbos originate from the Congo Basin, they are related to Bantus from Central Africa. Their language, culture, appearance are not Yoruboid. Until 1914 when Nigeria was created, the Yorubas and Igbos had no significant interactions and barely knew of eachother's existence. There is no scientific, archaeological or historical evidence to suggest any relationship, between the two ethnic groups.

[@ADE-of-LAGOS]

​@@MKRexYou know nothing. Zero!

[@jeylamix6695]

How do we curb all this wanna be historians writing distorted history? Eyin wo le jo wa lati Mecca?

[@olusojimarsh8539]

If you have any facts that say differently, why not present it?

[@dianasohn2515]

I’m looking for the truth of when they sold other black ppl. Why is everyone sugar coating it

[@haatpraat2993]

Many Africans do not like to admit their ancestors engaged with white racists to capture and sell fellow Africans into slavery in the Americas in exchange for guns, alcohol and cheap trinkets. This is because it is really as bad and as awful as it sounds.

[@waleabdulhamid4522]

was it only oyo that sold other black people?? tell me your tribe and I shall tell you your history... we were culprit and we were victims of slavery.... the fact that oyo empire remains the greatest empire below the Niger river is unquestionable.. and the greatest empire to have existed in Nigeria bar sokoto caliphate and arguably kanem-bornu empire.

[@haatpraat2993]

@@waleabdulhamid4522 Most west African societies at that time engaged in capturing and selling each other. The Oyo used to sell other Africans, then once they got weak other Africans used to sell the Oyo. The whole set up and set of moral values within west Africa at that time was not just wrong, it was plain evil because they jumped into bed with evil.

[@haatpraat2993]

@@waleabdulhamid4522 I do not have a 'tribe'. I am not a tribal person.

[@AfriasporaFilms]

Yeah, I know right, like when the Saxons sold the Celts. Or like when the Romans sold the Saxons. Or like when the Greeks sold anyone white from anywhere north of Greece into slavery. Or like when the Turks sold Slavs. In fact the word “slave” comes from Slavic people because so many of them were sold as slaves by white people who looked just like them. Go figure. 🤷🏾‍♂️