What the records say
- When
- 30 Jul 1877 – 14 Mar 1893
- Kind
- Civil war
- Coordinates
- 7.50° N, 4.50° E
- Description
- Kiriji Civil War in Osun State
Placed at the district its description names, Osun State.
Kiriji War
1877–1893 civil war in present-day Nigeria
The Kiriji War, also known as the Ekiti–Parapo War, was a 16-year-long civil war between the subethnic kingdoms of the Yoruba people, specifically divided between the Western Yoruba, which was mainly the Ibadan and Oyo-speaking Yorubas, and the Eastern Yoruba, who were the Ekiti people, Ijesha, Ijebu, YagbaEkiti people and others.
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