Yoruba History, including: Oke Ila, Orangun, Omi-osun Ruins, Isedo, Nigeria, Obalumo, Abiodun, Alaafin, Oranyan, Abipa, Oluewu, Ojigi (oyo), Eguguojo, ... Odarawu, Kanran, Jayin, Aganju Of Oyo, Gberu

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More info: The African peoples who lived in Yorubaland, at least by the 4th Century BC, were not initially known as the Yoruba, although they shared a common ethnicity and language group. Both archeology and traditional Yoruba oral historians confirm the existence of people in this region for several millennia. Yoruba spiritual heritage maintains that the Yoruba ethnic groups are a unique people who were originally created at Ile-Ife. Legend holds that the creation was delegated by the supreme spiritual force, Olodumare. This task attributed to orisha-nla Obatala, actually may have been conducted by orisha Oduduwa assisted by orisha Eshu, the divine messenger. The name "Yoruba" is most likely an adaptation of 'Yo ru ebo', meaning "will venerate (make offerings to the) Orisha". This refers to the Aborisha spiritual religion of the Yoruba prior to Islamic and Christian proselytism. Yoruba civilization remains one of the most technologically and artistically advanced in West Africa to this time.