Ojigi (Oyo)

Ojigi (also Ojiji) was Alafin of the Yoruba Oyo Empire in what is now Nigeria from 1724-1735.

Alafin Ojigi's rule began Oyo's "great age of conquest". His reign is also considered the peak of imperial success, and Ojigi enjoyed the strong support of several important chiefs. Ojigi launched four military incursions against the Kingdom of Dahomey after the receiving requests for assistance from other kingdoms who were threatened by Agaja, the Dahomean king. In 1730 the Dahomeans agreed to begin paying an annual tribute of forty men, women, guns, and four hundred loads of cowries and corals to Oyo.^[1]

References

1. ↑ Robert Smith (1969). Kingdoms of the Yoruba. Methuen & Co. pp. 43, 47, 49.