Ooni Degbinsokun was the 43rd

Ooni of Ife The Ooni of Ile-Ife (Ọọ̀ni of Ilè-Ifẹ̀) is the traditional ruler of Ile-Ife and the spiritual head of the Yoruba people. The Ooni dynasty existed before the reign of Oduduwa which historians have argued to have been between the 7th- ...

, a paramount traditional ruler of

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, the ancestral home of the

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. He succeeded Ooni Adegunle Adewela and was succeeded by

Ooni Orarigba Ooni Orarigba was the 44th Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. He succeeded Ooni Ooni Degbinsokun and was succeeded by Ooni Derin Ologbenla. He is the great-great grandfather of the current Oon ...

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