Selected Tales: Glimpses into Yorùbá Culture Volume II

SELECTED TALES: GLIMPSES INTO YORÙBÁ CULTURE VOLUME II

'The Genesis of O̩lópè̩é̩rè̩' tells the history of how the four lands and sixteen villages are combined under the rule of one o̩ba (king) and how Núgà, as the only surviving son of the late baálè̩ (chief) of Agbèlé and apparent o̩ba, chooses instead to lead the new band of warriors charged with protecting the new land. In the 'The Skirmish at Rògòdò', an o̩ba's obsession with a betrothed woman leads him to break tradition ...