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The Oyo Empire was the most politically important state in the region from the mid-17th to the late 18th century, holding sway not only over most of the other kingdoms in Yorubaland, but also over nearby African states, notably the Fon Kingdom of Dahomey in the contemporary republic of Benin to the west.
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Specifically, within the medieval Oyo Empire of present day southwestern Nigeria and Benin, separate guilds developed for professional dancers, mask carvers, and musicians associated with egungun ancestral masquerade performances often regarded as the predecessor to the traveling Alarinjo theatre.
In 1730, under king Agaja, Dahomey was conquered by the Oyo Empire, and Dahomey had to pay tribute.
Oyo Empire and surrounding states, c. 1625.
The name comes from a Hausa word to refer to the Oyo Empire.
The Oyo Empire rose in the 16th century.
Sub-Saharan Africa has also had dozens of empires that pre-date the European colonial era, for example the Ethiopian Empire, Oyo Empire, Asante Union, Luba Empire, Lunda Empire and Mutapa Empire.
These expeditions were typically carried out by African kingdoms, such as the Oyo empire ( Yoruba ), the Ashanti Empire, the kingdom of Dahomey, and the Aro Confederacy.
Another reason for surplus supply of enslaved people was major warfare conducted by expanding states such as the kingdom of Dahomey, the Oyo Empire and Asante Empire.
These victories brought Dahomey into conflict with European trade fleets and the Oyo Empire.
Between 1726 and 1740 there was regular warfare between Dahomey and the Oyo Empire, which had significant superiority with its calvary.
Agaja agreed to terms of tribute, including both money and slaves, to the Oyo Empire in exchange for some autonomy and continued monopoly over the slave trade in Dahomey.
Domestic tension and continued threats from the Oyo Empire were prominent parts of the last years of Agaja's reign.
This resulted in the lifting of a royal monopoly on the slave trade in 1737 and an invasion of Dahomey by the Oyo Empire in 1739.
Historically, Shango brought prosperity to the Oyo Empire during his reign.
* Law, Robin: The Oyo Empire c. 1600 – c. 1836, Oxford 1977.
These include the Yoruba city of Ife ( noted for its naturalistic art ) and the Oyo Empire, the Benin Empire of the Edo people centered in Benin city, the Igbo Kingdom of Nri which produced advanced bronze art at Igbo Ukwu, and the Akan who are noted for their intricate architecture.
Other civilizations in Africa advanced during this period ; the Oyo Empire went through its golden age, as did the Benin Empire.
* The Oyo Empire or Kingdom, a former West-African empire that covered parts of modern-day Nigeria and Benin
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Nevertheless, Agadja was unable to defeat the neighbouring kingdom of Oyo, Dahomey's chief rival in the slave trade.
The Oyo state had been conquered in 1550 by the kingdom of Nupe, which was in possession of cavalry, an important tactical advantage.
The alafin ( king ) of Oyo was sent into exile.
The Ife model of government was adapted at Oyo, where a member of its ruling dynasty controlled several smaller city-states.
Their capital city was situated about 100 km north of present-day Oyo.
Unlike the forest-bound Yoruba kingdoms, Oyo was in the savanna and drew its military strength from its cavalry forces, which established hegemony over the adjacent Nupe and the Borgu kingdoms and thereby developed trade routes farther to the north.
Porto-Novo was once a tributary of the Yoruba kingdom of Oyo and there continues to be a sizable Yoruba community in Porto Novo today.
Shango is historically a royal ancestor of the Yoruba as he was the third king of the Oyo Kingdom prior to his posthumous deification.
Following Oduduwa, Oranyan and Ajaka, Shango ( or Jakuta ) was the third Alafin ( king ) of Oyo.
Regarded as being founder of the Oyo Kingdom, some accounts state he was also the third ruler of Ife.
A member of the Mbochi tribe, Sassou Nguesso was born in Edou in the Oyo district in the north of the country.
In the 1980s, she remained one of the nation's best-selling artists, creating her own unique variety of music called waka ; she was so closely associated with the genre that a royal figure, the Alaafin of Oyo, Obalamidi Adeyemi, crowned her the " Queen of Waka Music " in 1992.
Sade was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
There was little or no communication between it and Oyo and Ilorin which were only thirty miles to the north and south.
An Egungun masquerade performance at the palace of HRM The Alafin, Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria, this being video footage that was filmed in August, 1999: Egungun Energized to Dance
The town formerly part of Oyo state was later separated and became one of the major townships in Osun State, Nigeria.
He was to establish a settlement to protect the Oyo caravan route to Benin, a purpose similar to that of other Nigerian towns.
It was then surpassed by the Oyo Empire as the dominant Yoruba military and political power between 1700 CE and 1900 CE.
One of the lessons of the internecine Yoruba wars was the opening of Yorubaland to Fulani hegemony whose major interest was the imposition of sultanistic despotism on Old Oyo Ile and present-day Ilorin.
The most visible consequence of this was the adding of almost one-fifth of Yorubaland from Offa to Old Oyo to Kabba to the then Northern Nigeria of Lord Frederick Lugard and the subsequent subjugation of this portion of Yorubaland under the control of Fulani feudalism.
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Oyo never encompassed all Yoruba-speaking people, but it was the most populous kingdom in Yoruba history.
And most interestingly, there are checks and balances on the power of the Alafin and the Oyo Mesi and thus no one is arrogated absolute power.
The Oyo Empire was the only Yoruba state to adopt cavalry ; it did so because most of its territory was in the northern savannah.
Clapperton also noticed a shortage of horses, even though the Oyo were renowned as a great cavalry force, this might have something to do with the fact that most of the empire's soldiers and hence cavalry were stationed at Ilorin under the command of Afonja and later on Alimi's successors.
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