OBOMEIGHIE, Wajeed2024-02-152024-02-1520139789789173747https://nigeriareposit.nln.gov.ng/handle/20.500.14186/1220The Benin-Ife Controversy, Clash of Myths of Origins, is a compendium of essays culled from various newspapers and the internet on the nexus between the Benin and Ife empires. There are two major schools of thought on the consanguine relationship between Benin and Ife. While one believes that Ife is a scion of Benin, the other holds a contrary point of view. This situation has continued to promote a controversy.The Benin-Ife Connection; How Oba of Benin Goofed; The Edo Understanding of Oduduwa; Ife- Benin Controversy; The Ekalederhan, Oduduwa Historical Controversy; Yoruba Origin Controversy: Oba of Benin is paying Politics; Myth And History In Quest For Identity; Ooni, Omo N' Oba, and The Politics Of Identity; In defence of the Omo N'Oba; Benin/Ife: A defence of Orality And Myth; On Benin-Ife, Ife-Benin Relationship; Facts Of History Are Not Settled By Verbal Insult; Oduduwa Phenomenon In Yoruba and Benin History; Prof. Ade Ajayi & The Benin-Ife Dynasty Connection; Benin Dynasty Is An Offshoot Of Ife Dynasty; Heads Of Former Benin Monarchs Were Actually Buried In Ile-ife; The Yoruba Of Lagos Society Before 1900; Oba Of Benin Got It Wrong; It's A Challenge To Historians; J. F Ade-Ajayi On Omo N'oba’s Boo; Oduduwa: Saving History From Ethnic Propaganda; The Place Of Ile-ife In The Hierarchy Of Yoruba Race: Ile-ife Is A Cradle Of Yoruba Race Reuben Abati’s Analysis Of Slur And Cynicism; Re: Omo N'Oba Vs Ooni On Oduduwa's Origin; Fallacies in Oduduwa Controversy; Royal Rumblings: The Ife/Benin Controversy; A Monarch’s Vituperations; The Benin-Ife Connection: The Missing Link; Ife As Foremost Among Africa's 5 Ancient Cities; Oduduwa and Yoruba Appropriation; Egbe Omo Oduduva and Benin Monarchy: The Facts Are Clear; I Remain Sir, Your Obedient Subject; Benin/Ife Connection Limitation of Mythology; Oduduwa and Bini Politic; Ife/Benin Oduduwa Claims: Artefacts Time Measurement To The Rescue; Edo Origin of Ile-Ife Monarchy; Re-Yoruba Origin Controversy: Of Ade-Ajayi’s View is Politicised; Yoruba and Benin Kingdom: Ile-Ife the Final Resting Place of the History; The Controversy Surrounding Benin vs Yoruba Origin; The Benin-Ife Historical Link; The Controversy Is A Case Study For Historians; Attempting To Rewrite History; Ekaladerhan Set Up Ile-Ife; Oduduwa Ancestry Omo N'oba Is Ooni's Subject - Scholar; Benin/Ife/Yoruba Relations; The Benin Ife Wager: Tale Of Two Traditions; The Benin-Ife Ancestral Ructions; Tradition In The Dock; Ife Of Ooni Is Not The Same As Uhe Of Oduduwa; The Binis As A People;enThe Benin-Ife controversy clash of myth and originsBook