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iaajah-2589	Nnoli, O. Leo, Ph.D	MYTHS, LEGENDS AND AUTOCHTHONISM IN THE HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NIGERIAN SOCIETIES	2022	15	.pdf	application/pdf	6162	303	63	ORIGINS OF THE YORUBA PEOPLE There are two groups of Yoruba people namely: the Yoruba of Ile-Ife and the Yoruba of Old Oyo. Carefully analysed, these stories about Yoruba origin suggest the following: • the various Yoruba states and people have common links and their origin is traceable to one legendary figure, Oduduwa. • that these Yoruba states and people may have once lived in scattered settlements below the Niger, spoke one language and shared common culture as witnessed today; • the myth of Oduduwa descending from heaven to create the world at Ife is suggestive of the belief that a Yoruba society and culture existed long before the formation of the kingdoms that lasted in the 19th century5 ; and • that the Yoruba had strong and wider network of connections, either through conquests or through cultural exchange with Igala, Nupe, Bini or Borgu.	cache/iaajah-2589.pdf	txt/iaajah-2589.txt