Efunroye Tinubu Part 2: The Lioness of the Rocks (Iyalode of Egbaland) | Yoruba History

She was exiled from Lagos in 1856. The British thought they had finished her. They were wrong.

In Part 2 of our Efunroye Tinubu series, we follow the legendary Yoruba aristocrat, slave trader turned abolitionist, and the first powerful Iyalode of Egbaland as she rises from the ashes of banishment to become the defender of Abeokuta.

From supplying guns that defeated the mighty Dahomey army to making kings in Egbaland, this is the untold story of a woman who refused to bow – even when the British sent gunboats to silence her.

📌 In this video:

· How Tinubu rebuilt her empire in Abeokuta
· The 1864 Battle of Abeokuta – and her secret weapon
· Becoming Iyalode: the highest title for a Yoruba woman
· The shadow of the slave trade and her later repentance
· Why Tinubu Square in Lagos bears her name today

📜 Watch Part 1 first:
👉 Efunroye Tinubu: The Kingmaker Who Shook Lagos
https://youtu.be/TsnH5x8Gn_Y?si=W5eIlNk6_zQNuEG4

👑 About this series:
Babalomú Yoruba Stories brings you the forgotten kings, queens, warriors, and power brokers of pre-colonial and colonial Yorubaland. No myths. No colonial bias. Just history as the soil remembers it.

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💬 Comment below:
After hearing both parts – do you see Efunroye Tinubu differently? Hero, villain, or something more human?

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