Ile-Ife
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Ile-Ife is an ancient Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria revered as the spiritual and cultural cradle of the Yoruba people and renowned for its sophisticated early art and urban civilization.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Ife | 0 | 2 |
| Ile-Ife archaeological complex | 0 | 1 |
| Ile-Ife traditional domain | 0 | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yoruba city
→
ancient city → city → |
| archaeologicalSignificance |
evidence of complex urban settlement by early second millennium CE
→
major center of early West African art → |
| artMedium |
brass
→
copper alloy → terracotta → |
| artStyle | naturalistic portraiture → |
| associatedWithDeity |
Obatalá
→
surface form:
Obatala
Oduduwa → |
| continent | Africa → |
| country | Nigeria → |
| culturalRegion |
Western Nigeria
→
surface form:
Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria
|
| ethnicGroup | Yoruba people → |
| formerName |
Obafemi Awolowo University
→
surface form:
University of Ife
|
| governance | traditional monarchy under the Ooni of Ife → |
| hasFestival |
Olojo Festival
→
surface form:
Ogun Festival
Olojo Festival → Oranmiyan Festival → |
| hasHeritageSite | Ife archaeological sites → |
| hasInstitution | Obafemi Awolowo University → |
| hasMonument |
Opa Oranmiyan
→
Oranmiyan Staff → |
| hasMuseum |
Ife Museum
→
surface form:
Ife Museum of Antiquities
Ife Museum →
surface form:
National Museum, Ife
|
| hasRole |
cultural cradle of the Yoruba people
→
spiritual cradle of the Yoruba people → |
| higherEducationCenter | Obafemi Awolowo University campus → |
| historicalPeriod | Yoruba classical period → |
| knownFor |
Yoruba religion
→
surface form:
Yoruba mythology
early urban civilization → naturalistic brass heads → sophisticated early art → terracotta sculptures → |
| language |
Yoruba
→
surface form:
Yoruba language
|
| locatedIn |
Osun State
NERFINISHED
→
Southwestern Nigeria NERFINISHED → Western Nigeria →
surface form:
Yorubaland
|
| mythologicalStatus |
cradle of humanity in Yoruba cosmology
→
place where the world was created in Yoruba belief → |
| partOf |
Ooni of Ife
→
surface form:
Ooni of Ife traditional domain
|
| region | tropical savanna climate zone → |
| religion |
Christianity
→
Islam → Yoruba religion → |
| traditionalRulerTitle | Ooni of Ife → |
| urbanStatus |
contemporary medium-sized Nigerian city
→
precolonial urban center → |
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ile-Ife archaeological complex
this entity surface form:
Ile-Ife traditional domain
this entity surface form:
Ife
this entity surface form:
Ife