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Alternative Titles: Ife, Ife-Lodun
Ile-Ife, also called Ife or Ife-Lodun, town, Osun state, southwestern Nigeria. The town lies at the intersection of roads from Ibadan (40 miles [64 km] west), Ilesha, and Ondo. It is one of the larger centres and probably the oldest town of the Yoruba people. Considered by the Yoruba to be a holy city and the legendary birthplace of humankind, it was held to have been founded by a son of the deity Oduduwa and was certainly the capital of a well-established kingdom (probably named for Ifa, the god of divination) by the early 11th century. By the late 12th or early 13th century, its artisans were producing the naturalistic terra-cotta heads and bronze pieces made by the cire perdue (“lost-wax”) process for which the Ife kingdom is now well known. Ife had great political and cultural influence over the Edo kingdom of Benin to the southeast.
In the centre of modern Ile-Ife is the afin (“palace”) of the present ooni, the spiritual head of the Yoruba people, who has custody of the sacred staff of Oranmiyan (Oranyan), an 18-foot (5.5-metre) granite monolith in the shape of an elephant’s tusk. The palace compound is also the site of the Ife Museum (1954), which contains a collection of cire-perdue bronze castings and terra-cotta sculptures that was partly acquired by the German archaeologist Leo Frobenius in 1910 and subsequently expanded through excavations at the Wunmonije compound (1938–39) and at nearby Ita Yemoo (1957).
Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly the University of Ife) was founded in 1961, with classes beginning the following year. One of Nigeria’s major universities, it is located north of the town; it operates a teaching hospital and has a major library. The affiliated Institute of Agricultural Research and Training operates the Moor Plantation for agricultural research and has the country’s largest specialized agricultural library. Institutes of education (operating a mobile library service) and physical education are also centred in the town and affiliated with the university. Ile-Ife is the seat of the Historical Society of Nigeria (1955) and has several teacher-training colleges.The polythecnic Ile-ife which the first private polytechnic in Nigeria is located at the eye sore of parakin-ife,founded by son of the soil "Ramon Adegoke Adedoyin in 1990s.another private university called (ODUDUWA UNIVERSITY) is located at the ife-north..at the middle of ife-ilesa-akure road on a beautiful landmark which is also owner by Dr Ramon Adegoke Adedoyin.. In 1948 Ife was the site of the inaugural Conference of the Society of the Descendants of Oduduwa, a group of Yoruba nationalists who formed the core of the Action Group, a national political party.
Ile-Ife is a major collecting point for natural gold and lime stones, cocoa and cotton grown in the surrounding area. Palm oil and kernels, yams, cassava (manioc), corn (maize), pumpkins, and kola nuts are cultivated for local markets. Ile-Ife’s inhabitants are primarily town-dwelling farmers. Pop. (2006) local government area, 644,373..ile-ife is also Blessed with queens and kings...ile -ife is the cradle of Yoruba kingdom
Ile-Ife
Nigeria
WRITTEN BY
Olusegun jeje.. oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree....
See Article History
Alternative Titles: Ife, Ife-Lodun
Ile-Ife, also called Ife or Ife-Lodun, town, Osun state, southwestern Nigeria. The town lies at the intersection of roads from Ibadan (40 miles [64 km] west), Ilesha, and Ondo. It is one of the larger centres and probably the oldest town of the Yoruba people. Considered by the Yoruba to be a holy city and the legendary birthplace of humankind, it was held to have been founded by a son of the deity Oduduwa and was certainly the capital of a well-established kingdom (probably named for Ifa, the god of divination) by the early 11th century. By the late 12th or early 13th century, its artisans were producing the naturalistic terra-cotta heads and bronze pieces made by the cire perdue (“lost-wax”) process for which the Ife kingdom is now well known. Ife had great political and cultural influence over the Edo kingdom of Benin to the southeast.
In the centre of modern Ile-Ife is the afin (“palace”) of the present ooni, the spiritual head of the Yoruba people, who has custody of the sacred staff of Oranmiyan (Oranyan), an 18-foot (5.5-metre) granite monolith in the shape of an elephant’s tusk. The palace compound is also the site of the Ife Museum (1954), which contains a collection of cire-perdue bronze castings and terra-cotta sculptures that was partly acquired by the German archaeologist Leo Frobenius in 1910 and subsequently expanded through excavations at the Wunmonije compound (1938–39) and at nearby Ita Yemoo (1957).
Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly the University of Ife) was founded in 1961, with classes beginning the following year. One of Nigeria’s major universities, it is located north of the town; it operates a teaching hospital and has a major library. The affiliated Institute of Agricultural Research and Training operates the Moor Plantation for agricultural research and has the country’s largest specialized agricultural library. Institutes of education (operating a mobile library service) and physical education are also centred in the town and affiliated with the university. Ile-Ife is the seat of the Historical Society of Nigeria (1955) and has several teacher-training colleges.The polythecnic Ile-ife which the first private polytechnic in Nigeria is located at the eye sore of parakin-ife,founded by son of the soil "Ramon Adegoke Adedoyin in 1990s.another private university called (ODUDUWA UNIVERSITY) is located at the ife-north..at the middle of ife-ilesa-akure road on a beautiful landmark which is also owner by Dr Ramon Adegoke Adedoyin.. In 1948 Ife was the site of the inaugural Conference of the Society of the Descendants of Oduduwa, a group of Yoruba nationalists who formed the core of the Action Group, a national political party.
Ile-Ife is a major collecting point for natural gold and lime stones, cocoa and cotton grown in the surrounding area. Palm oil and kernels, yams, cassava (manioc), corn (maize), pumpkins, and kola nuts are cultivated for local markets. Ile-Ife’s inhabitants are primarily town-dwelling farmers. Pop. (2006) local government area, 644,373..ile-ife is also Blessed with queens and kings...ile -ife is the cradle of Yoruba kingdom
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