Igodomigodo was an ancient Edo kingdom in modern-day southern Nigeria ruled by the Ogiso monarchy. The Edo tradition of origin holds that initially there was no land on earth. Accordingly, Osanobua [a] requested three sons to descend from the sky in a canoe.

Mar 8, 2025 · IGODOMIGODO simply means ‘nation made nation, king made kings, great men made nations, great leaders build nations, wisdom made wise men or great men made great nation’ as the case may be. Igodo was an ambitious, young, smart, Edionwere, from Idunmwun Ivbioto district, emerged as the Oka’iko.

Uwa (died c. 1095) was the twenty-fifth ogiso (king) of Igodomigodo, a kingdom that later became part of the Benin Empire, from c. 1085 until his death. He was the son of Ogiso Odoligie and ruled during a period of political transformation shaped by earlier reforms. His reign saw the expansion of the Igodomigodo monarchy's influence from the …

During the reign of Ogisos, Edo lands were called 'Igodomigodo' and they had administrative centers or capitals Udo, Ugbekun, and later on Ore-Edo now Benin City.

A total of thirty-one ogisos (or perhaps fifteen) rule the kingdom of Igodomigodo, although the available information in this regard is sometimes contradictory and poorly explained. Much of it is delivered via oral tradition and very little through archaeology. The Jos plateau (formerly known as the Bauchi plateau) in central Nigeria covers ...

Mar 9, 2019 · Oranmiyan called Igodomigodo “ile Ibinu”, or land of anger, and left Eweka behind with palace guardians to instruct him in the art and mysteries of the Benin so he could govern his own people. Eweka’s eventual reign started the Oba era.

In the beginning, according to oral tradition, Benin, then known as Igodomigodo, was ruled by paramount kings known as the Ogiso. Ogiso is coined from Ogie, the Edo word for king or ruler and Iso, the Edo word for sky, literally translated to King of the Sky or the God-King.

Delve Into The Past To Igodomigodo Kingdom And Experience The Presence With The Edoid People Of Benin Empire. Exploring the Rich History of Ancient Artifacts and Treasures in …

Oct 1, 2024 · According to Edo oral history, Igodomigodo was the name given to the kingdom by Igodo, the first ogiso (King), who founded the first dynasty of what would later be known as the Benin Empire (which existed from around 1180 until 1897 in the area of the present-day Federal Republic of Nigeria (and not in the area of the unrelated, current ...

Igodomigodo is the historical first name of the now fallen Benin Empire, as called by its own inhabitants (nowadays known as the Edo people of Nigeria). According to oral history of the Edo, Igodomigodo was the name of the kingdom as given by Igodo, the first ogiso (King).