GEO -HISTORICAL BACKGROUNDS AND RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS OF OKE-OGUN PEOPLE

Joshua Akintunde Owolabi

Department of Religious Studies,

Ekiti State University, Ekiti State.

Email: shalomowolabi@yahoo.com

Abstract

As big as Nigeria territory is, with the claim of about 140million population and 36 states including Federal Capital territory (FCT) Abuja, there is a set of people who are not well recognized including their environment. Even in the whole world, there is no any country where this group of people cannot be found. Their sons and daughters are spread all over the world with their distinctive difference.  They are influential, composed, accommodating, sensible, and very vast in deeds and well to do. Many people in general and some historians in particular regarded this set of people as Oyo people. But they are not. Though, their origin are traced back to Oyo empire but they are important people on their own with their adapted cultures, customs, norms, language, human relations, dialects, climate, weather, humidity and land. They are special region in Oyo State, South Western part of Nigeria. Who are these people? What are the factors that make them differ from other Yoruba race? Where are they? How do they look like? Therefore, it is on these templates that this paper set out to `ice the cake `on this particular group of people, (Oke-Ogun) in so many respects