Ṣàwárí

A comparative look at the nineteenth-century Yoruba war leaders, what set the Ọ̀yọ́-derived Kakanfò autocrats apart from Ìbàdàn's achieved-title men, and the frontline commanders below the top rank who do not have their own dedicated file.

Ògún is the Yoruba orisa of iron, metallurgy, hunting, warfare, tool-making, and pathways, serving as the cosmic pioneer and enforcer of covenants.