Yoruba forest kingdom of the Ijebu subgroup, seated at Ijebu-Ode behind the massive Sungbo's Eredo earthworks; controlled the trade corridor between the Lagos lagoon and the Yoruba interior, insisting all commerce through its territory pass through Ijebu middlemen.
The Ijebu Kingdom was defeated in the Anglo-Ijebu War of 1892 after refusing to open its trade routes to unrestricted British commerce; a Royal Niger Company-backed expeditionary force captured Ijebu-Ode, and the kingdom was absorbed into what became the colonial administration of Southern Nigeria; the Awujale traditional stool continues today within Ogun State.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Ijebu Kingdom — the shape you scrub through changes in 1500 · 1765.
Polity-specific essay collection on Ijebu political and cultural history, edited by a specialist in Ijebu studies.