Located in the south-western region of Nigeria, Akure is the capital of Ondo State with a
population
of approximately 400,000 who are mainly Yoruba ethnic group. The city was a small independent Yoruba kingdom until it was conquered by Benin in the early 19th centurty and Great Britain gained its control in 1894. Folklore mentioned the city was founded by a descendant children of Oduduwa, the progenitor of the Yoruba people. The Prince left Ile-Ife in search of a place to settle just as many other Yoruba cities were founded by Princes. The heavy royal beads on his neck was to have broken with the beads running off, thereby deciphering this must be the place Olorun (God) wants him to settle at, hence the name “Àkún re” (Beads broken), later becoming Akure. Rock engravings dating back to the Mesolithic period, have been discovered on the outskirts of Akure, and it has the oldest Homo Sapiens fossil to have been found in West Africa to thus far, dating back to around 11,000 years ago.
population
of approximately 400,000 who are mainly Yoruba ethnic group. The city was a small independent Yoruba kingdom until it was conquered by Benin in the early 19th centurty and Great Britain gained its control in 1894. Folklore mentioned the city was founded by a descendant children of Oduduwa, the progenitor of the Yoruba people. The Prince left Ile-Ife in search of a place to settle just as many other Yoruba cities were founded by Princes. The heavy royal beads on his neck was to have broken with the beads running off, thereby deciphering this must be the place Olorun (God) wants him to settle at, hence the name “Àkún re” (Beads broken), later becoming Akure. Rock engravings dating back to the Mesolithic period, have been discovered on the outskirts of Akure, and it has the oldest Homo Sapiens fossil to have been found in West Africa to thus far, dating back to around 11,000 years ago.
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