Oyo

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Yoruba subgroup ethnic group

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