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
Ife Kingdom capital Ile-Ife
Ooni of Ife capitalOfDomain Ile-Ife
Olojo Festival city Ile-Ife
Osun State hasMajorCity Ile-Ife
Yoruba historicalCenter Ile-Ife
Yoruba people historicalCity Ile-Ife
Ooni of Ife jurisdiction Ile-Ife
this entity surface form: Ile-Ife traditional domain
Olojo Festival locatedIn Ile-Ife
Yoruba people majorCity Ile-Ife
this entity surface form: Ife
Yoruba originMythCenter Ile-Ife
Ijesha relatedGroup Ile-Ife
this entity surface form: Ife
Ooni of Ife residence Ile-Ife
Ooni of Ife significantPlace Ile-Ife
Ooni of Ife titleHolderOf Ile-Ife