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Ibadan
(Encyclopedia)Ibadan ēbäˈdän, ēbädäNˈ [key], city (1991 est. pop. 1,263,000), SW Nigeria. The second largest city in Nigeria, it is a major commercial center. Manufactures include metal products, furniture,...Oshogbo
(Encyclopedia)Oshogbo ōshōbˈbō [key], 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 ind...Akure
(Encyclopedia)Akure äko͞oˈrā [key], town (1991 est. pop. 143,000), S Nigeria. Timber is cut nearby and processed in Akure, which is also a cacao marketing center. Akure was a small independent Yoruba kingdom un...Ado
(Encyclopedia)Ado äˈdō [key], city (1987 est. pop. 287,000), SW Nigeria. Located in a region where rice, corn, cassava, and yams are grown. Traditionally an important cotton-weaving town, Ado also manufactures b...Ilesha
(Encyclopedia)Ilesha ēlāˈshä [key], 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 ship...Akintola, Samuel Ladoke
(Encyclopedia)Akintola, Samuel Ladoke, 1910–66, Nigerian politician, b. Ogbomosho, SW Nigeria. A Yoruba, he held the title of Oloye Aare Ona Kakanfo XIII of the Yoruba. After studying law and public administratio...Tutuola, Amos
(Encyclopedia)Tutuola, Amos, 1920–97, Nigerian novelist, noted for his idiosyncratic use of Yoruba legend and fantasy in tales written in vernacular African English. His first novel, The Palm-Wine Drunkard (1952)...Ilorin
(Encyclopedia)Ilorin ēlôˈrēn [key], city, SW Nigeria. It is an industrial city and the market (especial...Awolowo, Obafemi
(Encyclopedia)Awolowo, Obafemi ôbäfāˈmē äwōlōˈwō [key], 1909–87, Nigerian statesman, a Yoruba chief, commonly known as “Awo.” In politics from 1940, he was one of the founders (1943) of the Nigerian...Olatunji, Babatunde
(Encyclopedia)Olatunji, Babatunde, 1927–2003, Nigerian drummer, b. Ajido. Educated in the United States, he graduated from Atlanta's Morehouse College in 1954 and studied at New York Univ. A Yoruba, steeped in tr...Browse by Subject
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