Ajaka
Yoruba · quartigod · oyo empire · quartigod
Brother of Shango. Reigned as Alaafin of Oyo before and after Shango. Remembered as a peaceful and weak ruler; the bracketing reigns frame Shango's thunderous interregnum.
Parentage
Domains
- kingship
- agriculture
Powers
- kingship yoruba foundation
- peaceful arbitration
- fosters animal husbandry and the peaceful arts of the herd
Relations
- sibling: Shango
Sources
- Johnson, History of the Yorubas (1921)
- Johnson (1921)