Obalufon Alayemore

Obalufon Alayemore was the 5th Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. He succeeded his father Obalufon Ogbogbodirin and was succeeded by Ooni Oranmiyan.[1]

Copper mask of Obalufon II from the city of Ife c. 1300

Obalufon II left the throne briefly for Oranmiyan, who had just returned from establishing kingdoms across the Yoruba land and Benin. He established cities and towns like Ido-Ogun, Ilara, and many more before returning to succeed Oranmiyan becoming the first and only Ooni to be crowned twice.[2]The arts associated with Obalufon are dated based on radiocarbon and thermoluminescence analysis.


But historians have argued that the dates could be wrong. Most of the artefacts associated with Obalufon were found in a second burial background, making the test unreliable as soil analyses in the first burial would have yielded useful information.He is described as the grand patron of art as the Yoruba art tradition reached its peak during his reign.[3]

References
  1. Dayo, Ologundudu (2008). The cradle of Yoruba culture. Nigeria: Centre for spoken words. p. 206. ISBN 978-0615220635. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  2. "Ooni Obalufon Alayemore – The man who redefined Yoruba tradition". dakingsman.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. "Ooni Obalufon Alayemore – The man who redefined Yoruba tradition". dakingsman.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
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