Akesan

This article is about a mythical Yoruba princess. For the town, see Akesan, Lagos State.

Akesan is the mythical founder of Iperu, an ancient town in Ogun State, South-Western Nigeria.[1] Oral history has it that Akesan was a daughter to an Alaafin who along with her husband Ajagbe migrated from Ile Ife to finally settle in Iperu around the 13th or 14th century.[2][3]

  1. ^ Toyin Falola; Ann Genova (2005). Orisa: Yoruba gods and spiritual identity in Africa and the diaspora. Africa World Press. ISBN 978-1-59221-373-3.
  2. ^ K. Noel Amherd (25 March 2010). Reciting Ifá: difference, heterogeneity, and identity. Africa World Press. ISBN 978-1-59221-639-0.
  3. ^ Nwanna Nzewunwa (1983). The Masquerade in Nigerian History and Culture: Being Proceedings of a Workship [sic] Sponsored by the School of Humanities, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, September 7-14, 1980. University of Port Harcourt Press.