Person

Odùduwà

The reputed founder and ancestor of the Yoruba race — in Johnson's words 'really a mythical personage' — claimed both as a migrating prince and, in Ife tradition, as the heaven-sent creator of the earth.

Appears in the text as: Oduduwa, Odudua, Opupuwa

⑂ Competing accounts

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

All mentions (19)

Part I, Ch. 1 — Origin And Early History — 7

¶3 ¶6 ¶9 ¶10 ¶30 ¶36 ¶63

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

¶1 ¶2 ¶7

Part I, Ch. 4 — Government — 3

¶212 ¶219 ¶226

Part II, Ch. 1 — The Founders Of The Yoruba Nation — 3

¶2 ¶4 ¶8

Part II, Ch. 3 — The Kings Of Oyo Igboho — 1

¶23

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

¶56

Part II, Ch. 29 — The Intervention Of The British Government — 1

¶126