Olaoye S. Oyerinde
Research by olaoye s. oyerinde
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Historical Perspectives of Erunmu: Origins, Devastation, Resettlement, and Development of an Owu Town in Yorubaland
The history of Erunmu, an Owu town in present-day Oyo State, Nigeria, has been subject to contested narratives and incomplete documentation. This study provides an authentic account of Erunmu's origins, its devastation during the nineteenth-century Yoruba civil wars, subsequent resettlement, and modern development. To document and analyze the historical perspectives of Erunmu, tracing its foundations from the Owu dynasty, through its destruction in 1825, to its resettlement and contemporary...
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