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Moremi Ajasoro, Princess of the Yoruba..

(Yoruba: Mọ́remí Àjàsorò) was a figure of high significance in the history of the Yoruba peoples of West Africa. Born a princess, she was a courageous queen whose fame contributed to the victory of the Yoruba people over a neighbouring people.

Moremi was a member by marriage of the royal family of Oduduwa, the Yoruba's fabled founding father.

The Ayaba Moremi lived in the 12th century, hailed from Offa, and was married to Oranmiyan, the heir to the king of Ife and founding father of the Yoruba people, Oduduwa. Ile Ife was a kingdom that was said to have been at war with an adjoining tribe who were known to them as the Forest people. (Ìgbò in the Yoruba language, though the said tribe is believed by scholars to have had no relation to the contemporary Ìgbòs of modern Nigeria). Scores of Ife citizens were being enslaved by these people, and because of this they were generally regarded with disdain by the Yoruba city-states. Although the people of Ile-Ife were furious about these raids, they did not have the means to defend themselves. This is because the invaders were seen as spirits by the people of Ife, appearing as masquerades completely covered in raffia leaves.

Moremi was a very brave and beautiful woman who, in order to deal with the problem facing her people, pledged a great sacrifice to the Spirit of the river Esimirin so that she could discover the strength of her nation's enemies.

She is said to have been taken as a slave by the Igbo and, due to her beauty and Esimirin's help, married their ruler as his anointed queen. After familiarizing herself with the secrets of her new husband's army, she escaped to Ile-Ife and revealed this to the Yorubas, who were then able to subsequently defeat them in battle.

Following the war, she returned to her first husband, King Oramiyan of Ife (and later Oyo), who immediately had her re-instated as his queen. Moremi returned to the Esimirin River to fulfill her pledge. The river demanded she sacrificed her only son, Oluorogbo. The demand was inconceivable and Moremi pleaded with the god for a less terrible offering. But in the end, she kept her promise and paid the price. The offering of Oluorogbo to the river god grieved not only Moremi but the whole kingdom of Ife. The Yoruba people consoled Moremi by offering to be her eternal children a promise kept until today.

The Edi Festival is said to have then been started as a means of celebrating the sacrifice the princess made for the people of Yorubaland. Furthermore, a number of public places are named after her in contemporary Nigeria, such as the female residence halls at the University of Lagos and Obafemi Awolowo University.

In 2017, Oba Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ile Ife, Osun State, erected a statue of Moremi in his palace. The statue is the tallest in Nigeria, displacing the previous holder of that record (a statue in Owerri, the Imo State capital). It is also the fourth tallest in Africa.

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22 Interesting Facts About Abeokuta

Abeokuta was a sovereign nation for 20 years and 11 months before the British amalgamated her with the rest of Nigeria in 1914. She had her laws, Police Force, and Civil Service and was well organized. The Alake was the head of the defunct government known as the Egba United Government (February 1, 1893 - January 1, 1914).

The repressive system of government by leaders of the EUG did not go down well with the Egba people and this led to the Adubi War (1918). I have compiled some facts about this ancient and paramount city that seats as the capital of Ogun State and also the pride of Egbaland.

1. Abeokuta was founded in 1830, with Sodeke as her leader. The initial name of the city was "Oko Adagba" meaning "Adagba's farmstead"; Adagba was an Itoko farmer. Sodeke who led the Egba people to the land met him there.

2. Abeokuta means 'under the rock', signifying the
protection which the Olumo Rock offered the Egbas
during attacks from intruders.

3. Since the discovery of Olumo Rock, no one has fallen from it. Not even once. A City of many Firsts

4. The first church in Nigeria, St. Peter's Anglican
Church, is in Abeokuta.

5. The First Baptist Church in West Africa and the first local government in Nigeria (Abeokuta South) are in Abeokuta.

6. The first University in Nigeria should have been
located in Abeokuta but due to the grudge between
the Alake and Reverend Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti were established at Ibadan as the University of Ibadan in 1948.

7. The first secondary school in Nigeria was sited in
Abeokuta before it was relocated to Lagos as CMS
Grammar School due to unknown reasons.

8. The first hospital in Nigeria, Sacred Heart Hospital, is in Abeokuta. It is still functioning.

9. The first bridge in Nigeria (Sokori Bridge in 1903)
built by a Nigerian (Mr. John Adenekan) without
European supervision is in Abeokuta.

10. The first Newspaper in Nigeria (lwe Irohin) was
founded in Egbaland in 1859.

11. The first president of the Nigeria Union of Teachers and the first woman to drive a car in Nigeria were Egba indigenes. They both married each other. They were also the first male and females admitted to the Abeokuta Grammar School.

12. The first indigenous Chief Justice of Nigeria
(Justice Adetokunbo Ademola) was from Abeokuta. He was the son of the longest-reigning monarch (Alake) in Egbaland.

13. Okukenu Sagbua l, was the first Alake of Egbaland. He was enthroned on August 8, 1854. His descendant, Okukenu Sagbua IV is the current Alake of Egbaland.

14. Alake Gbadebo l, was the first monarch in Nigeria to visit England on a state visit. He spent 20 days at sea-May 5-25, 1904.

15. The first time a white man came to Abeokuta on
On January 4, 1843, everybody (both young and old) left their homes and marketplaces to catch a glimpse of Henry Townsend, the white man.

16. During the American Civil War (1861-1 865) which interrupted the United States' cotton trade to Europe, the Egba people exported cotton to England.

17. One of the most influential women in the history of Egbaland and the first lyalode of Egbaland was Madam Tinubu. Tinubu square in Lagos and Ita lyalode in Abeokuta are named after her. She died in 1887.

18. In 1893, the Egba United Government was
recognized as an independent nation by Britain. She had her laws. Many developments were made until 1914 when she was amalgamated to form Nigeria. The Sokori Bridge was constructed in 1903 and the Abeokuta Grammar School was founded on July 16, 1908.

19. Abeokuta has produced many outstanding persons among the Yoruba people.

20. In 1925, Josiah Jesse Ransome-Kuti (1855-1930), Fela's grandfather, became the first Nigerian to release a record album after he recorded several Yoruba language hymns in gramophone through Zonophone Records.

21. The most enlightened clan among the Yoruba tribe is the Egbas. Her chiefs had been interacting with the Queen of England as far back as 1868 which continued till a century later. English and Egba monarchs did exchange gifts.

22. The only South Westerners ever to rule Nigeria are from Abeokuta (Olusegun Obasanjo and Ernest
Shonekan).

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