Ifẹ people

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The Ifẹ people are a Yoruba subgroup in southwestern Nigeria renowned for their ancient city of Ile-Ife, considered a spiritual and historical center of Yoruba civilization.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ife people 1
Ifẹ people canonical 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Yoruba subgroup
ethnic group
archaeologicalSiteAt Ile-Ife
associatedDeity Obatalá
surface form: Obatala

Oduduwa
Orunmila
associatedWith Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture
surface form: Ife bronze heads

Ife terracotta sculptures
capitalOfKingdom Ile-Ife
considered custodians of Yoruba origin traditions
country Nigeria
culturalCenter Ile-Ife
culturalHeritage Ifa divination practices
naturalistic brass and copper sculpture tradition
sacred groves and shrines
culturalInfluenceOn other Yoruba subgroups
ethnicGroupOf Yoruba people
ethnogenesisLinkedTo ancient city-state of Ile-Ife
hasDemonym Ile-Ife
surface form: Ife

Ifè
surface form: Ifẹ
historicalSignificance development of Yoruba art
early urbanization in West Africa
knownFor highly naturalistic royal portraiture in metal
influence on later Yoruba kingdoms such as Oyo and Benin (cultural and artistic)
language Yoruba
surface form: Yoruba language
locatedIn Osun State NERFINISHED
mythologicalStatusOfCity cradle of Yoruba civilization
place where the world was created in Yoruba cosmology
partOf Yorubaland
primaryCity Ile-Ife
region Western Nigeria
surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
religion Christianity
Islam
Yoruba religion
speakDialectOf Yoruba language
traditionalEconomy agriculture
craft production
traditionalReligionCenter Ile-Ife
traditionalRulerTitle Ooni of Ife
urbanCenterDevelopedBy Ile-Ife
surface form: Ile-Ife city-state
useScript Latin alphabet for modern writing

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Osun State ethnicGroup Ifẹ people
Ijesa people sharesBorderWith Ifẹ people
this entity surface form: Ife people