Institution
Basorun
The Basorun was the head of the Oyo Mesi, the council of seven hereditary chiefs in the Oyo Empire. The Basorun led the council that could check the Alaafin and, according to custom, call on him to die. In the eighteenth century the Basorun Gaa used the office to dominate the kingdom.
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