WHO IS ODUDUWA?
Omotoso, Sunday Daniel Department of Yoruba,Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin.
Abstract
Up till today, there seems to be an unending controversy about the personality or character of Oduduwa the founder of the Yoruba dynasty. A particular school of thought agreed that Oduduwa was among the gods who by the order of Olodumare descended to this earth through a chain lowered from heaven. Another school of thought agreed that the Yorubas sprung from Lamurudu one of the kings of Mecca whose offspring were Oduduwa the ancestor of the Yorubas, the kings of Gogobiri of the Kukawa, two tribes in the Hausa country. This paper is out to harmonize conflicting stories.
Keywords: Oduduwa