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Osugbo

Osugbo is the Ijebu name for the Ogboni, the society of senior elders found in many Yoruba towns of south-western Nigeria. In the Ijebu Kingdom the Osugbo held judicial authority, tried serious offences and acted as a counterweight to the Awujale, the king. Its lodges, secret rituals and brass emblems were linked with the cult of the earth.

Osugbo
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Ijebu Kingdom

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