Kiriji War
The Kiriji War, also known as the Ekiti–Parapo War, was a 16-year-long civil war between the subethnic kingdoms of the Yoruba people, specifically divided between the Western Yoruba, which was mainly the Ibadan and Oyo-speaking Yorubas, and the Eastern Yoruba, who were the Ekiti people, Ijesha, Ijebu people, and others.
| Kiriji War (Ogun Kírìjí) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
Western Yoruba (Ibadan):
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Eastern Yoruba (Ekiti-Parapo):
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Ogunmola, Bashorun of Ibadan
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| estimated 180,000 (Ibadan) | 75,000 (Ekiti); 30,000 (Ife) | ||||||||
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| unknown | unknown | ||||||||
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