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Stories of the Yoruba.
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Legend · Ondo
The town that lived on top of Idanre Hill for 800 years
Idanre Hill, Ondo →
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Place name · Lagos
The palace on the pepper farm
Iga Idunganran, Lagos Island →
51
Lost history · Ogun
Sagamu was never one town
Sagamu's thirteen towns →
52
Lost history · Lagos
The house that sold Lagos its water
Water House, Kakawa Street →
53
Lost history · Osun
The heads that turned up under a house in Ife
The Wunmonije heads of Ile-Ife →
54
People · Osun
The drummer who walked into a paint workshop
Muraina Oyelami of Iragbiji →
55
Lost history · Lagos
The king of Lagos who ran a rival state from Epe
Kosoko's exile in Epe →
56
Legend · Ogun
The crown that stayed hidden for 21 years
The hidden crown of Owu →
57
Custom · Ogun
Tea-chest tin, cassava paste and a king's jubilee
Adire, the indigo cloth of Abeokuta →
58
People · Ekiti
The steamroller driver who walked into Efon's forbidden forest
Babalola and the forbidden forest of Efon →
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