Ooni Lúwo Gbàgìdá (sometimes spelled as Luwo) was the 21st Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the

Yorubas The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute ...

in the 10th century. She was the daughter or a descendant of Ooni Otaataa from Owode compound, Okerewe, and a descendant of

Ooni Lafogido Ooni Lafogido was the 10th Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of th ...

. Luwoo was married to one of the high chief known as Obaloran and gave birth to a son named Adekola Telu, She was the first and the only female paramount ruler of Ile-ife known to be the origin of Yoruba tribe in soth-westhern, Nigeria and was succeeded Ooni Giesi and was succeeded by

Ooni Lumobi Ooni Lumobi was the 22nd Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. He succeeded Ooni Luwoo Ooni Lúwo Gbàgìdá (sometimes spelled as Luwo) was the 21st Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of I ...

. Ooni Luwoo's reign remains the only one by a female in Ife till date. Her son Adekola Telu was the founder of the

Iwo Kingdom The Iwo Kingdom is a traditional state based on the city of Iwo in Osun State, Nigeria. The Yoruba The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countrie ...

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