Ìtàn

Crown

Aláké of the Ẹ̀gbá

The king of the Ẹ̀gbá (seated at Abẹ́òkúta). Johnson reckons the Alake among the crowns 'nearly related to the Aláàfin' and descended from Ọ̀rànyàn.

Appears in the text as: Alake

Adédọ̀tun Arẹ̀mú Gbádébọ̀ III, present holder of the Aláké of the Ẹ̀gbá
Adédọ̀tun Arẹ̀mú Gbádébọ̀ III
reigning 2005–present Photo: Kaizenify · CC BY-SA 4.0

⑂ Competing accounts

Where did the Yoruba people come from?
The Origin of the Yorubas — 4 accounts →

All mentions (26)

Part I, Ch. 1 — Origin And Early History — 2

¶39¶42

Part I, Ch. 2 — The Origin Of The Tribes — 3

¶11¶15¶16

Part I, Ch. 4 — Government — 1

¶305

Part I, Ch. 5 — Yoruba Names — 1

¶109

Part II, Ch. 4 — A Succession Of Despotic And Short-Lived Kings — 1

¶2

Part II, Ch. 10 — The Spread Of Anarchy And _ Political Displacements — 2

¶19¶29

Part II, Ch. 17 — Subjugation Of The Ìjẹ̀ṣàs And Èkìtìs By The Ìbàdàns—Some Important Episodes—Social Reform At Ìbàdàn — 1

¶40

Part II, Ch. 25 — Ìbàdàn At Its Extremity—Bloody Strifes — 1

¶52

Part II, Ch. 33 — The Dark Before The Dawn — 1

¶109

Part II, Ch. 35 — The Establishment Of The British Protectorate — 1

¶41

Part undefined, Ch. A — Appendix A — Treaties — 11

¶3¶11¶76¶81¶82¶83¶89¶92¶93¶94¶95

Part undefined, Ch. B — Appendix B — 1

¶9

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