Ijeshaland

E306169

Yoruba sub-region traditional kingdom

Ijeshaland is a culturally rich Yoruba sub-region in southwestern Nigeria, traditionally inhabited by the Ijesha people and known for its distinct language dialect, festivals, and historical heritage.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Ijesaland	8
Ijeshaland canonical	4
Yorubaland	3
Ijesha land	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Yoruba sub-region ⓘ traditional kingdom ⓘ
colonialHistory	incorporated into British Nigeria ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
culturalPractice	age-grade associations ⓘ chieftaincy institutions ⓘ extended family compounds ⓘ
economicActivity	artisanal gold mining ⓘ cocoa farming ⓘ kolanut cultivation ⓘ trading ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Ijesa people ⓘ surface form: Ijesha people
ethnicReligion	Yoruba religion ⓘ surface form: Yoruba traditional religion
ethnolinguisticGroup	Yoruba people ⓘ
festival	Egungun masquerade festival ⓘ Ijesu festival ⓘ Oro festival ⓘ
geographicalFeature	tropical rainforest vegetation ⓘ undulating hills ⓘ
historicalEvent	Ijesha participation in Yoruba inter-ethnic wars ⓘ involvement in Kiriji War ⓘ
knownFor	distinct Yoruba dialect ⓘ historical resistance to external domination ⓘ rich Yoruba cultural heritage ⓘ traditional festivals ⓘ
languageDialect	Ijesha Yoruba dialect ⓘ
languageFamily	Yoruba ⓘ surface form: Yoruba language
locatedIn	Osun State NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
majorReligion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ
majorTown	Erin Ijesa ⓘ Ifewara ⓘ Ijebu Ijesa ⓘ Ilesa ⓘ Iperindo ⓘ Ipetu Ijesa ⓘ Iwara ⓘ
nearbyAttraction	Olumirin Waterfalls ⓘ surface form: Erin Ijesa Waterfalls
peopleDemonym	Ijesha ⓘ
preColonialStatus	independent Yoruba polity ⓘ
region	Yorubaland ⓘ
religiousSyncretism	blend of Christianity and traditional beliefs ⓘ
traditionalCapital	Ilesa ⓘ
traditionalRulerTitle	Owa Obokun of Ijesaland ⓘ
traditionalTitle	Owa ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Ijesha → hasCulturalRegion → Ijeshaland ⓘ

Thomas Peters → placeOfBirth → Ijeshaland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorubaland

Oduduwa → veneratedIn → Ijeshaland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorubaland

Lagos Division → belongsToTraditionalRegion → Ijeshaland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorubaland

Ilesa → partOf → Ijeshaland ⓘ

Ipetu Ijesa → partOf → Ijeshaland ⓘ