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| Established | April 4, 2002 |
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| Location | National Museum Road, Ibadan South West, Oyo State, Nigeria |
| Coordinates | 7°23′06″N3°52′08″E / 7.384937°N 3.868776°E |
| Type | Ethnographic museum |
The Ibadan National Museum of Unity is an ethnographic museum in Ibadan, Nigeria. The museum is dedicated to the culture of the different ethnic groups of Nigeria.
The idea of creating a national museum in Ibadan was proposed in 1973. [1] The museum was created to store cultural artifacts from Nigeria. The museum was inaugurated in 2002 under the supervision of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments. [2] In 2014, Monument Day was organized at the museum with a focus on the condition of monuments in Nigeria. [3] In December 2017, the museum made a collaboration with OBAS for a cultural exhibition. [4] In 2018, the museum opened a new exhibition center to promote tourism in Oyo State, this exhibition featured artifacts such as a Yoruba Shigidi figurine, [lower-alpha 1] Mumuye head mask, [lower-alpha 2] Ekoi Head Dress, [lower-alpha 3] Benin Rooster Bronze and Edo Metal Bells. [8]
The masquerade gallery features exhibits about Egunguns, Mmaawun, Ekpo, Egwu Atta, Dodo and Ekpe, as well as information about the spirituality of the Yoruba, Igbo, Efik, Ibibio and Ebira cultures in Nigeria's Middle Belt region. The museum also contains musical instruments such as drums, as well as royalties, effigies and masks from different parts of Nigeria. The museum has an exhibit on pottery that includes bowl-shaped pots called Kula that are used for preparing food. [9] The museum contains sculptures of Nnamdi Azikwe, Tafawa Balewa and Ladoke Akintola, as well as exhibits about the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba tribes of Nigeria. The museum contains antiques such as artistic representations of Orisa Oko, Ile Ori, [lower-alpha 4] Orisa Ibeji dolls, Amu clay pot used to store water, traditional lamps known in Yoruba and Hausa language as Fitila and wooden xylophones. [11] The museum also contains gongs and rattles, as well as a collection of pottery including traditional plates and bowls. [12] The museum contains a collection of ritual pots used in Yoruba religion including Esu, Ogun and Osun. [13] The museum contains traditional textiles as well as exhibits explaining the history of Aso-Oke. [14] The museum contains the car of the Premier of the Western Region, Ladoke Akintola. The museum also contains cultural artifacts such as Epa masks, Esie soapstone figures, as well as a collection of traditional African instruments including Ogboni drums, [lower-alpha 5] Agidigbos and Egun Sato drum. [lower-alpha 6] [16] The museum contains a gallery called "Gallery of Unity", in which various musical instruments are exhibited, including the cylindrical drum called "Joko-tofofo", used to cure impotence. In addition, in the pottery gallery, there are pots with perforations used for frying called "Ikoko". [17]
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Ogbomoso is a city in Oyo State, south-western Nigeria. It was founded in the mid 17th century. The population was approximately 454,690 in the 2006 census. It is the second largest city in Oyo State and also among the most populated in Nigeria. It is the 2nd most populated city in South Western Nigeria after Lagos and Ibadan. Although the principal inhabitants of the city are the Yoruba people, there are people from other parts of Nigeria and other West African countries who are residents in the city.
Egungun, in the broadest sense is any Yoruba masquerade or masked, costumed figure. More specifically, it is a Yoruba masquerade for ancestor reverence, or the ancestors themselves as a collective force. Eégún is the reduced form of the word egúngún and has the same meaning. There is a misconception that Egun or Eegun is the singular form, or that it represents the ancestors while egúngún is the masquerade or the plural form. This misconception is common in the Americas by Orisa devotees that do not speak Yorùbá language as a vernacular. Egungun is a visible manifestation of the spirits of departed ancestors who periodically revisit the human community for remembrance, celebration, and blessings.
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Oyo State is an inland state in southwestern Nigeria. Its capital is Ibadan, the third most populous city in the country and formerly the second most populous city in Africa. Oyo State is bordered to the north by Kwara State, to the east by Osun State, and to the southwest by Ogun State and the Republic of Benin. With a projected population of 7,840,864 in 2016, Oyo State is the fifth most populous in the Nigeria.
Chief Samuel Ládòkè Akíntọ́lá otherwise known as S.L.A. was a Nigerian politician, aristocrat, orator, and lawyer. He was one of the founding fathers of modern Nigeria, he served as Oloye Aare Ona Kakanfo XIII of Yorubaland and served as premier of Western Nigeria from independence in 1960 till his assassination in 1966.
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