Ile-Ife

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Yoruba city ancient city city

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.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Ile-Ife canonical 44
Ife 5
Ile-Ife traditional domain 2

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 ⓘ
Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Nigeria

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 (54)

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

Yoruba → historicalCenter → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Yoruba → originMythCenter → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Ife Kingdom → capital → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Ife Kingdom → archaeologicalSite → Ile-Ife ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ile-Ife archaeological complex
Ooni of Ife → titleHolderOf → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Ooni of Ife → capitalOfDomain → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Ooni of Ife → residence → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Ooni of Ife → significantPlace → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Ooni of Ife → jurisdiction → Ile-Ife ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ile-Ife traditional domain
Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture → associatedWith → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture → producedIn → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Olojo Festival → locatedIn → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Olojo Festival → city → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Ijesha → relatedGroup → Ile-Ife ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ife
Osun State → hasMajorCity → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Yoruba people → majorCity → Ile-Ife ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ife
Yoruba people → historicalCity → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Yoruba people → originMythCenter → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Obafemi Awolowo University → locatedIn → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Oduduwa → associatedWith → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Oduduwa → hasSacredCity → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi → residence → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi → realm → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi → monarchOf → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi → basedIn → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi → hasCapitalOfRealm → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Ooni’s Palace, Ile-Ife → locatedIn → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Wunmonije compound → locatedIn → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Ita Yemoo → locatedIn → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Ori Olokun head → artTradition → Ile-Ife ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ife
Ori Olokun head → regionOfOrigin → Ile-Ife ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ife
Ori Olokun head → associatedCity → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Oba Okunade Sijuwade → monarchOf → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Oba Okunade Sijuwade → placeOfActivity → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Oba Okunade Sijuwade → residence → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Oba Okunade Sijuwade → holdsJurisdictionOver → Ile-Ife ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ile-Ife traditional domain
Ife Museum → location → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Ife Museum → regionServed → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Ife Museum → hasCollectionFrom → Ile-Ife ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient city of Ife
Ikire → roadConnection → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Ikire → nearbyCity → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Ifẹ people → primaryCity → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Ifẹ people → culturalCenter → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Ifẹ people → capitalOfKingdom → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Ifẹ people → traditionalReligionCenter → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Ifẹ people → hasDemonym → Ile-Ife ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ife
Ifẹ people → urbanCenterDevelopedBy → Ile-Ife ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ile-Ife city-state
Ifẹ people → archaeologicalSiteAt → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Oranmiyan Staff → locatedIn → Ile-Ife ⓘ
Opa Oranmiyan → locatedIn → Ile-Ife ⓘ