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STORY TITLE : IJA IFE ATI MODAKEKE
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To be continued by 7pm today
Oyo-Ile was a town generally agreed to have been founded by the legendary Ife prince known as Oranmiyan which grew to become an empire
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By 18th century, Oyo was marred by internal problems that affected the military strength and activities it was known for. This was such that it became helpless in the face of the raids and eventual dispersal. #ifemodakeke
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Some notable instances of the integration attempt between the people of Ife and the refugees are Ajombadi of Ijaye, settled at Oke-Esho; Wingbolu of Oko, settled at Iyekere; Ojo-Bada from Aragberi, settled in Ijugbe
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Thanks for coming this far with me.
STORY continues today, 10pm NG time.
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The refugees and their host enjoyed military cooperation.
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The death of Maye Okunola in Ibadan in the hands of the refugee army precipitated the Ife’s loss of political and military control of Ibadan
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Given d fact that they were refugees from different Oyo-Yoruba towns, d refugees did not have a single nomenclature they were known by before and after their temporary re-settlement on a new expanse of land.
This term was later adopted by the refugees who began to regard themselves as Modakeke. The etymology of toponym has a variant which states that the migrant Oyo people
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The location at which the Modakeke were settled was contiguous to the Apesan market, a place where the Ondo-Ijebu trade route entered Ile-Ife.
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Join me today by 7pm for the concluding part of this story, I am grateful for following till this time.
See you soon.
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Let us all embrace #Peace
THE END.
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And I come to the end of this story, many thanks to the great work of Elugbaju Ayowole .S.