About this book
From Ijaye to Ede via Iware, Ara, Ara and Ilobu — Ede and its environs — With the Timi of Ede — Interview with Ede Mohammedans—Egungun (Masquerade) and Politics in Ede—From Ede to Osogbo via Ido Qsun—The Ibadan Ajele (Consul) in Osogbo—The Sierra Leonean George and his ‘history’ of the Yoruba wars — From Ede to Ilesa via Oke Bode and Ara—At Ilesa — Protocol and court etiquette at the Owa’s palace—Roads and building styles of Ilesa — Difference between the Oyo Yoruba and the Ijesa—Ibadan expansion to Ijesa—Journey from Ilesa to Ila via Osogbo, Ikirun, Ire and Otan — The decline of Ila, capital of lgbomma — Departure from Ila — Journey through Ofa — Qfa and its environs—At Ilorin again—Journey from Ilorin through Nupe country—On the River Niger with the crew of Baikie’s Expedition—Crowther and the genesis of evangelization in the Niger region – Journey from the River Niger via Ilorin to Ijaye.