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New Oyo (Oyo Atiba)

The rump kingdom of the Alafin, refounded ninety miles south of ruined Oyo-Ile, holding ceremonial primacy over a Yorubaland it no longer commanded.

Prince Atiba was crowned Alafin at Ago Oja, which was renamed Oyo; the new kingdom held only its own district while Ibadan and Ijaye wielded the real power. Its independence ended with Governor Carter's treaty signed at Oyo on 3 February 1893, which Ibadan expressly acknowledged while recognizing 'the Alafin is recognised as the King and Head of Yoruba-land'.

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Further reading

• The New Oyo Empire: Indirect Rule and Change in Western Nigeria, 1894-1934 J.A. Atanda · 1973

  The monograph named for exactly this successor polity — how the Alafin's rump kingdom was rebuilt into a colonial 'empire' under indirect rule.

• The History of the Yorubas: From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the British Protectorate Samuel Johnson · 1921

  Johnson's Atiba chapters are the primary narrative of the refoundation at Ago Oja and the re-conferring of the Oyo titles.

Sources

• Samuel Johnson, The History of the Yorubas (1921), 'Atiba's Accession to the Throne' pp.279-280; Appendix A §3 clause 2 — Internet Archive full text
• A.B. Ellis, The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples (1894), pp.11-12 — Internet Archive full text
• Wikipedia, 'Oyo, Oyo State' — used ONLY to confirm the 'New Oyo' / 'Oyo Atiba' naming, not for dates