Английская Википедия:Ilesa

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Ilesa (Шаблон:Lang-yo) is a historic city located in the Osun State, southwest Nigeria; it is also the name of a historic kingdom (also known as Ijesha) centred on that town. The state is ruled by a monarch bearing the title of the Owa Obokun Adimula of Ijesaland. The state of Ilesa consisted of Ilesa itself and a number of smaller surrounding cities.

The Ijesa, a term also denoting the people of the state of Ilesa, are part of the present Osun State of Nigeria. Some of the popular towns of the Ijesa are Odo-Ijesa, Ilaje, Igbogi, Ise-Ijesa, Ibokun, Erin Oke-Ijesha, Erin Ijesa, Ijeda-Ijesa, Ipetu Jesa, Ijebu-Jesa, Esa-Oke,Esa Odo, Ipole Ijesa, Ifewara Ijesa, Ipo Arakeji, Iloko Ijesa, Iwara Ijesa, Iperindo Ijesa, Erinmo Ijesa, Iwaraja Ijesa, Oke-Ana Ijesa, Idominasi, Ilase Ijesa, Igangan ijesa, Imo Ijesa, Alakowe Ijesa, Osu Ijesa, Eti Oni, Itaore, Itagunmodi, Iyinta, Itaapa, Epe Ijesa, Omo Ijesa, Eti-oni, Ibokun, Inila, Ijinla, Iloba Ijesa, Odo Ijesa, Imogbara Ijesa, Eseun Ijesa, Iloo, Owena Ijesa, Ido Ijesa, Ido Oko, Ibala Ijesa, Ere Ijesa, Ilahun, Ibodi, Ijaaregbe, Ikinyinwa, Idominasi, Ilowa, and Ibodi.

The state of Ijeshaland was founded c.1300 by Ajibogun Ajaka Owa Obokun Onida Raharaha, a warlike youngest son of Yoruba Projenitor Oduduwa.

Oral history

Файл:Short oral history of Ilesha in Ijesha language by a native speaker (non-subtitled).webm

Short oral story of Ilesha in Yoruba language by a native speaker

According to the historian Samuel Johnson:

Шаблон:Cquote Odo - Ile {Logun Edu} was Oduduwa's Grandchild by Oduduwa's Eldest Daughter (Logun Edu's own son became the First Odole of Ijesaland - {Odole Nikunogbo} [Prime-Minister/Secretary of State of Ijesaland]

Colonial assessment

The village was described by the Rev. William Howard Clark in 1854 in the following manner: Шаблон:Cquote

The Ijesa Monarchs

There are four royal houses amongst which accession to the throne is supposed to be rotated: Biladu, Bilagbayo, Bilaro and Bilayirere. Rulers, under the title of Owa Obokun Adimula, have been as follows:

Owa Ajibogun	1150- 1255
Owa Owaka Okile	1260-1358
Owa Obarabara Olokun Eshin	1360-1459
Owa Owari	1466 - 1522
Owa Owaluse	1522 - 1526
Owa Atakumosa	1526- 1546
Owa Obokun Oge-	1572-1587
Owa Obokun Bilayi- Arere	1588- 1590
Owa Obokun- Yeyeladegba(Female)	1646 - 1652
Owa Obokun -Yeyegunrogbo(Female)	1652-1653
Owa Obokun Biladu I	1653- 1681
Owa Obokun Biladu II	-
Owa Obokun Bilaro	1681-1690
Owa Obokun Waji(female)	1691-1692
Owa Obokun Waiye (female)	1692-1693
Owa Obokun Waiyero(female)	1698-1712
Owa Obokun Bilagbayo	1713-1733
Owa Obokun Ori-Abejoyo(female)	1734-1749
Owa Obokun Bilajagodo “Arijelesin"	1749-1771
Owa Obokun Bilatutu"Otutu bi Osin"	1772-1776
Owa Obokun Bilasa"Asa abodofunfun"	1776-1788
Owa Obokun Akesan	1789-1795
Owa Obokun Bilajara	1796-1803
Owa Obokun Odundun	1804-1814
Owa Obokun Obara	1814-1832
Owa Obokun Gbega-aje	1832-1846
Owa Obokun Ofokutu	1846-1858
Owa Obokun Aponlese	1858-1867
Owa Obokun Alobe	1867-1868
Owa Obokun Agunlejika 1	1868-1869
Owa Obokun Owewe-niye	1869-1874
Owa Obokun Adimula Agunloye-bi-Oyinbo "Bepolonun	1875 - 1893
Owa Alowolodu	Mar 1893 - Nov 1894
Owa Obokun Alowolodu	1894-1895
Owa Obokun Ajimoko 1	April 1896- September 1901
Owa Obokun Ataiyero[Atayero]	1902-1920
Owa Obokun Aromolaran 1	1920-1942
Ajimoko "Haastrup" -Regent	1942 - 10 Sep 1942
Ajimoko II "Fidipote"	1942-1956
J. E. Awodiya -Regent	18 Oct 1956 - 1957
Owa Obokun Biladu III "Fiwajoye" Ogunmokun 111	1957-1963
... -Regent	Jul 1963 - 1966
Owa Obokun Agunlejika 11	1966-1981
Owa Obokun Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran II	1982 - ?

Notable people

• Israel Olatunde Adedeji-Orolugbagbe, JP, BA London (Erudite Scholar & Renowned Educationist) {Tutor Christ School, Ado-Ekiti, St. Luke’s College, Ibadan, Ilesa Grammar School, Ilesa, Member, Ijesa Union, Ibadan, Ijesa Progressive Circle (now Ijesa Progressive Council), Ijesa Improvement Society (Egbe Atunluse Ile-Ijesa)}(An Odole Yoloye Descendant)
• Royal High Chief Adebola Oyeleye Adedeji-Orolugbagbe (RHC Oyegbulu 1 - Odole-Owa of IjesaLand) (Prime Minister/Secretary of State, IjesaLand (An Odole Yoloye Descendant)

• T. M. Aluko OBE OON
• Akinloye Akinyemi, Nigerian major
• Chief Lawrence Omole, Business mogul and industrialist
• Tosho Obembe, Business mogul and industrialist
• L.O Ayeni Rational, Business mogul and industrialist
• Dr. Fajemisin, Medical Doctor
• Prof Wale Omole, University Lecturer and Former VC OAU Ile Ife
• Olu Abiola, Business mogul and industrialist
• Prof Ibidapo-Obe, University Lecturer and Former VC University of Lagos
• Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi, Commander of the Order of Niger, CON and President of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN)
• Hon. Justice Kayode Eso. Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (An Odole Gidigbi Faloju Descendant)
• Hon. Justice Samuel Omotunde Ilori. Chief Justice of Lagos State of Nigeria (An Arapate Descendant)
• Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, a Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and a professor of political science
• Moses Olaiya (also known as Baba Sala), a famous comedian
• Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, a Governor of Osun State
• Isaac Folorunsho Adewole, a Nigerian Minister of Health and a former Vice Chancellor of University of Ibadan
• Pastor Enoch Adeboye, general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God
• Pastor Timothy Oluwole Obadare, of CAC WOSEM.
• Pastor William Kumuyi, General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministries
• Prince Adegoke Aromolaran, Business mogul and industrialist.
• Yinka Jegede-Ekpe
• Chief Ogedengbe Agbogungboro of Atorin, IjesaLand, First Obanla of Ilesa
• Engineer George Obimakinde Obembe, He was the first president of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and reputedly the first Black African Civil Engineer in private consultancy. He was also a founding member and fellow of the Council of Registered Engineers of Nigeria (COREN). He was also a Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (MASCE) and Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Engineers (FICE).His Company, Obi.Obembe & Associates was involved in a Joint Venture partnership with the American Company,Louis Berger Incorporated, in the design of the Ibadan-Ilorin Expressway,a continuation of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Obi Obembe & Associates designed the highway that opened up the Lekki Peninsula. Obi Obembe & Associates designed the University of Lagos,2nd Access Road in its Highway department in Civil Engineering. Obi Obembe & Associates also designed & supervised the eleven(11) story Federal Mortgage Bank Building along the Marina on Lagos Island.See the following urls for more:

https://www.myengineers.com.ng/2022/03/16/engr-george-obimakinde-obembe-1921-1998/ http://www.gcimuseum.org/content/obembe-george-obimakinde

External links

• http://osun.gov.ng/about/major-towns/ilesa/