Abiodun (reigned {circa} 1770–1789) was an 18th-century alaafin, or ruler, of the Oyo people in what is now Nigeria. Coming to the throne shortly after the Oyo subjugation of neighboring Dahomey, Abiodun soon found himself embroiled in a civil war over the goals of the newly wealthy state. Bashorun Gaha, the empire`s prime minister and lord mar....
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(from the article `Oyo empire`) ...political options; some wished to concentrate on amassing wealth, while others advocated the use of wealth for territorial expansion. This ... At Oyo the traditional town chiefs, who commanded the army of the capital, converted the kings into puppets during the 1750s and `60s. About 1774 ... [2 rela...
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