Luwo (Ooni)
21st Ooni of Ife
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Ooni Lúwo Gbàgìdá (ⓘ; sometimes spelled as Luwo) was the 21st Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas in the 10th century.[1][2]
She was the first and the only female paramount ruler of Ile-Ife believed to be the origin of Yoruba ethnic group in West Africa, succeeding Ooni Giesi and succeeded by Ooni Lumobi.[3] Ooni Luwoo's reign remains the only one by a female in Ife to date. Her son Adekola Telu was the founder of the Iwo Kingdom.[4] She was portrayed in Dimeji Sodeke's 2022 play Ooni Luwo: One Queen, Two Kings.[5]
