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Yoruba

Stories of the Yoruba.

58 stories

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49 Legend · Ondo

The town that lived on top of Idanre Hill for 800 years

Idanre Hill, Ondo →
50 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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