16 Years Of War In Yorubaland

Added: 2026-06-07

[00:00:00]In the years of the Kiriji War, >> [music] >> Yorubaland became a land of smoke, trenches, and shifting alliances.

[00:00:08]What began as political rivalry between Ibadan and the eastern Yoruba [music] kingdoms soon exploded into one of the longest civil wars in West African [music] history.

[00:00:19]Warriors from Akiti, Ijesha, and allied kingdoms marched through the forests carrying muskets, Ada, [music] and heavy war charms.

[00:00:30]Among the most feared commanders was Ogedengbe Agbogungboro of Ijesha land, whose hunter warriors used hidden forest routes and sudden ambushes [music] to strike enemy camps.

[00:00:44]The sound of exploding cannons echoed so violently across [music] the hills that people called the war Kiriji, like thunder tearing through the earth itself.

[00:00:56]Entire towns were [music] abandoned.

[00:00:58]Trade routes collapsed. Refugees flooded sacred cities.

[00:01:03]While rival generals [music] fought for dominance across Yorubaland, by the time British officials forced peace to the region, thousands had died, and the balance of Yoruba power had changed forever.