Yoruba people

WHO ARE THE YORUBAS Take Note: When the Awujale of Ijebu Òde said sometimes ago that Ijebu is not Yoruba, many people thought Kabiesi wasn’t right, but Aláàfin Ọ̀yọ quickly went to visit him, he even went with danofijo a popular Masquerade of Ọ̀yọ́ town to entertain Awujale.  A smart moves by Kabiesi Aláàfin. My late father (Olowoporoku) always corrected me anytime I refered to myself  as a Yoruba  (ṣe ara Ọ̀yọ́ ni ẹ ni) are you from Ọ̀yọ́ town? He will say to me. Baba told me that Yoruba is the name the Gogobiri (Gambari of the North) called Oyo people, the name became popular during the era of Alaafin Abiodun Adegolu, because of he was peaceful and had a long reign. Ọ̀yọ́ people are the  Yorubas proper. Ẹ̀gbá, Ìjẹ̀bú, Ifẹ̀, Rẹmo, ijesha, Èkìtì, Ondo, Ketu, and Ùgbó were not part of Yoruba. We are all connected to Ile Ifẹ that’s why we speak same Language but we were not all Yorubas until 1919/1920. The adoption of Yoruba name was part of colonial legacy. Between 1901- 1904 there was a war between Awujale of Ijebu Òde and Akarigbo of Isagamu the war was  serious to an extent the British was unable to curtail it, then the British always thought that Aláàfin was the head of all the Obas bcos it was the Aláàfin that invited them to Yorubaland  during the kiriji war, they sent message to Aláàfin for intervention Aláàfin sent his  Staff of office  to the seat of war but the  messengers were chaced away. The  British were loosing money and goods from interland because war between the two major people to the Port  was damaging the  British economic interest… goods can’t reach Lagos Port via Isagamu/Ikorodu and Ijebu Òde /Ẹpẹ. The Aláàfin adivised them to meet the Ọọni of Ifẹ instead. The British quickly rán to Ọọ̀ni to rescue the situation, then  it was a taboo for Ọọni of Ifẹ̀ to  leave the palace or Cross water , after a long begging the iwerefa of Ifẹ̀ agreed to let the Ọọni set aside the tradition for peace to rein  with heavy fine for the throne.