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Alafin Ajagbo creates the Are-Ona-Kakanfo and four-army system

Alafin Ajagbo (acceding around the mid-17th century) created the Are-Ona-Kakanfo title, bestowing it on his warrior friend Kokorogangan, and instituted a system of sending out…

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c. 17th century

Alafin Ajagbo creates the Are-Ona-Kakanfo and four-army system

Alafin Ajagbo (acceding around the mid-17th century) created the Are-Ona-Kakanfo title, bestowing it on his warrior friend Kokorogangan, and instituted a system of sending out…

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Alafin Ajagbo (acceding around the mid-17th century) created the Are-Ona-Kakanfo title, bestowing it on his warrior friend Kokorogangan, and instituted a system of sending out four simultaneous expeditions under the Basorun, Agbakin, Kakanfo and Asipa. Conquest reached the coast with the taking of Weme, and parts of Egba were added.

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