Is the Kingdom of Oyo an independent country?

The Oyo Empire was founded by the Yoruba people.

Yoruba people live in the Niger River in the north, Lagos lagoon in the south, Dahomey in the west and Benin in the east. They are the main residents of southwest Nigeria today.

They may be a nation formed by the integration of immigrants from the north or northeast and local residents.

The Yoruba people take the clan as the basic organizational unit and are divided into several branches, mainly including Ife, Oyo, Egba, Ejeb, Ondo, Ejesha, Owu, Ekiti and so on.

Based on these branches, they created many small cities as the center.

Ife is their earliest place of residence and the earliest country they established.

Oyo Kingdom is located in the northernmost part of Yoruba residential area, adjacent to Nupe and Bornu.

From the second half of16th century, with the development of economy, especially the strengthening of trade with the north, Aoyue began to become strong.

It has an army dominated by cavalry.

Because of the mobility of cavalry, Oyo gradually gained military advantage.

By the beginning of17th century, Oyo began to expand outward.

Its cavalry pushed southward, overcoming all kinds of obstacles in the forest area, and finally made Ibolena, Yijiesha, Aowu, Yifei, Ekiti and Egba of Yoruba surrender.

The main direction of Aoyue's expansion is the west and southwest, aiming at obtaining coastal trading ports and directly conducting coastal trade.

By the end of 17, Sabi, Ketu, Egbado, Mei Wei and Vader were all conquered by Oyo.

/kloc-in the early decades of the 0/8th century, Oyo and Dahomey waged a series of wars, forcing Dahomey to pay tribute.

At this time, the territory of Oyo is roughly north of Borgu, south of the sea, east of Niger River and west of Mono River, and it has become a huge empire.

What period are you asking? 16th century? 17th century? 18th century?

/kloc-it was independent before the 0/9th century, but there were constant disputes. . .

Yoruba people were colonized by Britain, Germany, France and other countries from the19th century, and many people were taken to America as slaves. After a long struggle from 65438 to 0960, the Yoruba people gained the independence of their respective countries together with the local people of all ethnic groups. After 1950s, the rise of Nigeria's oil industry made the Yoruba region's economy develop rapidly.