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Outermost entrance to the palace of the Alaafin of Oyo

Alaafin, or Man of the Palace in the Yoruba language, was the title of the king of the medieval Oyo empire[1] of West Africa. It was retained through the fall of that state as the official title of the ceremonial ruler of the contemporary natives of Oyo, Nigeria.

See also

References

  1. ^ David D. Laitin (1986). Hegemony and Culture: Politics and Change Among the Yoruba. University of Chicago Press. p. 113.
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