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The Third Attempt To Recover Ilorin From Fulanis: The Kanla War

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Get started by reading: THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO RECOVER ILORIN FROM THE FULANIS: THE BATTLE OF OGELE And: THE SECOND ATTEMPT TO EXPEL THE FULANIS AND RECOVER ILORIN: THE MUGBAMUGBA WAR Kanla War: Amodo was ill at ease under the yoke of the Fulani Emir of Ilorin, and he prevailed upon all the Yoruba chiefs throughout the … Read more

THE IWOFA SYSTEM IN YORUBALAND AND THE LAWS THAT WAS REGULATING IT

THE IWOFA SYSTEM IN YORUBALAND

The term Iwofa has no equivalent in English. It denotes one who serves another periodically in lieu of the interest on money lent. In short, it is one in service for interest. It has also been compared to slavery by those ignorant of the legal conditions ruling the system; but an Iwofa is a free man, his social status remains the same, his civil and political rights are intact, and he is only subject to his master in the same universal sense that “a borrower is servant to the lender.”

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