Oyo

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Oyo is a prominent Yoruba subgroup historically known for its powerful Oyo Empire in what is now southwestern Nigeria.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form As subject As object
Oyo town 0 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Yoruba subgroup
ethnic group
associatedWith Oyo Empire
capitalCityInHistory New Oyo
Oyo-Ile
colonialEraIncorporation Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
surface form: British Nigeria
country Nigeria
culturalPractice Egungun masquerade
Oro festival
Shango festival
dominantPoliticalSystem monarchy
economicActivity long-distance trade with the forest and savanna zones
participation in Atlantic trade
ethnographicGroupOf Yoruba people
governingCouncil Oyo Mesi
historicalDeclinePeriod 19th century
historicalPeakPeriod 17th century
18th century
historicalRegionOf Oyo Empire
historicalTerritoryIncludes parts of present-day Benin
parts of present-day Kwara State
parts of present-day Ogun State
parts of present-day Oyo State
influenced Borgu region
Kingdom of Dahomey
surface form: Dahomey

other Yoruba polities
knownFor cavalry-based military power
complex political institutions
long-distance trade
language Yoruba language
locatedIn Western Nigeria
surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
militaryInstitution Eso Ikoyi
modernSuccessorState Oyo State
partOf Western Nigeria
surface form: Yorubaland
region West Africa
religionToday Christianity
Islam
Yoruba religion
surface form: Yoruba traditional religion
traditionalDeity Ogun
Ifa
surface form: Orunmila

Shango
traditionalReligion Yoruba religion
traditionalRulerTitle Alaafin of Oyo
traditionalTitleHolderResidence Oyo self-linksurface differs
surface form: Oyo town
usesDialect Oyo Yoruba dialect

Referenced by (4)

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

Yoruba hasSubgroup Oyo
Oyo State hasTown Oyo
Oyo traditionalTitleHolderResidence Oyo self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Oyo town