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Top Line. Title: Oranmiyan: What is in a name? In Yoruba mythology, a name is given to symbolise circumstances of birth in a home, posterity, sense of character and projection into the future. In Oranmiyan: What is in a name? It also reinforces the connection of both Oyo and Ile-Ife to the story line. The page book is divided into two main chapters, which trace the origin of the Yorubas and Egba.

Pointedly too, it acts as the major plank of the title of the book. The book will go down in history as a compendium linking tradition and modernity to underscore the mythology surrounding the status of Oranmiyan in Yorubaland. Oranmiyan was the progenitor of the Oko, present day Oke Ona Egba. He reigned in Oko and moved the seat of government of Yorubaland there for a while, pages 37 and The obelisk monument in Ile Ife had resemblance with the Washington monument obelisk.

It is noteworthy that this historical publication equally substantiated Oranmiyan as a king in Ile Ife, Oko in Egbaland, Oyo Ile, and Oyo Ajaka, with influence on the entire Oyo Empire in the days of yore. Page 56 to 66 is an expose of the founders of Yoruba nations from Oduduwa, to Oranmiyan, the remarkable roles of Moremi; the two sons of Orayan, Ajaka and Sango were exhaustively highlighted.

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Going by the analysis of the book, the Egba roots were traced to 5th August , when warriors and their families settled in Abeokuta under the Olumo rock. A lesson for Yoruba leaders from historical perspective is quite instructive for new crop of leaders, who must eschew bitterness and be united for the common good of the people, page 86 to The story of Oranmiyan movement revived by the Rauf Aregbesola, the present Governor of Osun state brought into the fore the achievement and focus of king Oranmiyan in Yoruba history.

This consummate in the six point agenda of the Oranmiyan group namely, banish hunger, poverty, unemployment, promote functional education, restoring healthy living and enhance communal peace and progress.