Ooni Ogboruu was the 19th

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-9 ...

, a paramount traditional ruler of

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, the ancestral home of the

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. He succeeded

Ooni Osinkola Ooni Osinkola was the 18th Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. He succeeded Ooni Adegbalu and was succeeded by Ooni Ogboruu Ooni Ogboruu was the 19th Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler ...

and was succeeded by

Ooni Giesi Ooni Giesi was the 20th Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. He succeeded Ooni Ogboruu and was succeeded by Ooni Luwoo Ooni Lúwo Gbàgìdá (sometimes spelled as Luwo) was the 21st Ooni of Ife, ...

References

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