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The "Buffalo Soldiers" were African American soldiers who served in the United States Army in the late 1800s.

The nickname "Buffalo Soldiers" was given to them by Native American tribes, particularly the Cheyenne, who admired their fighting skills and bravery in battle.

The nickname was a reference to their dark, curly hair, which was said to resemble the fur of the buffalo, and to their fierce fighting ability, which was likened to that of the buffalo.

The 10th Cavalry Regiment was the first all-African American regiment in the U.S. Army, formed in 1866 after the Civil War.

They were sent to the western frontier to help protect settlers, miners, and stagecoaches from hostile Native American tribes.

Despite facing discrimination and segregation within the army and in society, the Buffalo Soldiers proved themselves to be skilled and effective soldiers, earning a reputation for their bravery and endurance in harsh and dangerous conditions.

They inspired Bob Marley's Reggae Classic Buffalo Soldier.

Nigeria history:
Amos Shackleford moved to Nigeria from Jamaica in 1913, specifically Ebute Metta in lagos to join the railway industry but quit in 1921 and embarked on a new venture: bread making

Amos and his wife Catherine were one of the first people to set up a bakery in Nigeria .shacklefords began their business at Ebute-metta precisely at Ibadan Street (East) adjacent to Murtala Mohammed Way then known as Denton Street.
Agege then was not part of urban Lagos but a remotest part of Western Nigeria.
Moreover, Agege bread started to earn it's influence and popularity through Ayokunnu bakery who was the foremost pioneer of quality bread at Agege in the late seventies.

Prior to this, bread was mostly imported from the West Indies.

He introduced the dough brake, a kneading device which gives the agege bread texture that we all know as Agege bread today.

The Great Benin Empire:

My Yoruba brothers argued that Oduduwa was a Yoruba king, that he founded the Yoruba race. Wow, this is another type of arguments that often motivate us to put pen on paper, this is the kind of arguments that isn't logical nor add up according to our history.

No 1. Oduduwa was an Edo name called Izoduwa, Uko, Ogiso (Ogiso advisory) that found Uhe before the Yoruba started settling there, this was during the era of Igodomigodo and the Benins were known as Edo people, the kingdom was known as Edo Kingdom.

No 2. They said that Oduduwa was a king that founded Ile-Ife and founded the Yoruba race.
How can a single person found a race, is this logical or practical?

It is the people that nominate their king, give him or her authority. A race or tribe or ethnic must exist first before a king can be a leader.

Uhe was founded by the Edo people from Igodomigodo, the first kingship was established in Ile-Ife by a Prince from Igodomigodo and his name was Ekaladeran, the son of Owodo the last king of Igodomigodo.
This was around 11AD.

Before Ekaladeran there wasn't any kind of kingship in the whole of Yoruba land, the Yoruba were not practising any kind of kingship.
If there is any Yoruba historian with alternative information I will be ready to share it and debate it. If there is any of my Yoruba brothers and sisters with a list of kings in Yoruba land before Ekaladeran establishment in Uhe which he renamed as Ile-Ife I will be available for a debate.

This was the Obi of Agbor at tender age that was brought up under the tutelage of the Oba of Benin, until he was of Youthful age before returning to his home at Agbor to assume his kingly position.

Nigeria history:
Amos Shackleford moved to Nigeria from Jamaica in 1913, specifically Ebute Metta in lagos to join the railway industry but quit in 1921 and embarked on a new venture: bread making

Amos and his wife Catherine were one of the first people to set up a bakery in Nigeria specifically in Agege, Lagos.

Prior to this, bread was mostly imported from the West Indies.

He introduced the dough brake, a kneading device which gives the agege bread texture that we all know as Agege bread today.

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History of Aro the Founder of Ilaro town

The story of the man whose name was Aro who was a skillful hunter, a warrior and a ruler in Yoruba land can be traced to Oyo when there was report that foreigners were disturbing the Yoruba’s purposely to trade them as slaves.

Aro whose statute appears in the photo above was a warrior who moved out together with his Leopard and migrated to settle in Igbo Aje where he and his warriors were able to attack the enemies who were mostly slave traders in sight.

This warrior was able to restore peace to his people after fighting the slave traders from neighboring Dahomey which is now known as Benin Republic.

Aro later found Ilu-aro which means the town of Aro, a town named after his name which is later called Ilaro for easy pronunciation and he settled down there.

The history laid in Ilaro by this warrior is still at present. Apart from returning peace to his people, when he became old, he entered into the ground with his leopard In order to prove the potency of his power. He also told his people to call on him anytime there is problem like war by pulling the chain attached to the leopard and himself.

The place where Aro entered into the ground with his leopard (known as Amotekun in Yoruba) is now called the Orona Shrine. It has been renovated for tourist and historical purpose. It is also a place where the coronation of every new king of the town takes place.

For the purpose of remembering the warrior, there is a annual festival called Orona festival being observed in Ilaro every year.

The legendary life of Aro was indeed a remarkable one that still exists in history.
AAS....

Samuel Crowther (c. 1809 – 31 December 1891), was a Yoruba linguist, clergyman, and the first African Anglican bishop of West Africa. Born in Osogun (in what is now Ado-Awaye, Oyo State, Nigeria), he and his family were captured by Fulani slave raiders when he was about twelve years old.This took place during the Yoruba civil wars, notably the Owu wars of 1821–1829, where his village Osogun was ransacked. Ajayi was later on resold to Portuguese slave dealers,where he was put on board to be transported to the New World through the Atlantic.

Crowther was freed from slavery at a coastal port by the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron, which was enforcing the British ban against the Atlantic slave trade. The liberated peoples were resettled in Sierra Leone. In Sierra Leone, Ajayi adopted an English name of Samuel Crowther, and began his education in English.He adopted Christianity and also identified with Sierra Leone's then ascendant Krio ethnic group. He studied languages and was ordained as a minister in England, where he later received a doctoral degree from Oxford University. He prepared a Yoruba grammar and translation of the "ANGLICAN BOOK OF COMMON PRAYERS" into Yoruba, also worked on Yoruba version of the Bible.

IBA OLUYOLE: THE LEGEND OF IBADAN

He came from a lineage of warriors and royalty, his father, Olukuoye Ajala was the son of Yamba Bi Ekun, a Bashorun in the Oyo empire during the reign of Alaafin Ojigi. His mother, Agbonrin was the daughter of Alaafin Abiodun I. Oluyole was a farmer, a blacksmith and later, an armorer. In those days, glory and fame were earned at the battlefield, being the grandson of a warrior, Oluyole set out to become a warrior too, he relocated to Ibadan and within a short period he became the Aareago under Oluyedun (son of Afonja) who was the Baálé of Ibadan after Máyẹ̀ Okunade.

In 1835, Shortly after the death of Lakanle, Oluyole became the Baálé of Ibadan, his new position was challenged when the Fulanis raised one of the largest invasion forces in their history and attacked in a war known as the Eleduwe war. It took a large combined Yoruba army made up of leaders like Kurunmi of Ijaye, Oluyole, and Timi Bamgbaiye of Ede to stop them. Although, the Fulanis were successfully repelled, it was at a great cost to the Òyó empire.

Oyo-Ile, the once mighty seat of one of the largest empires in Africa was destroyed and Alaafin Oluewu, his crown Prince, Adeyanju and his great ally, Eleduwe, the king of the Ibaribas, all perished in the war. Oluyole himself and Prince Atiba nearly lost their lives in the battle.

The survivors moved further south, to Ago d'Oyo or Àgọ Ọja and Atiba was installed as the Alaafin, upon his enthronement, he made Kunrunmi the Aare Ọ̀nà Kakanfo and Oluyole the Bashorun, thereby becoming the first Bashorun of Ibadan. Oluyole took on the challenge of defending the ravaging Ibadan, his reign was bloody, he crushed rebellions both within and outside, his battalion acquired many land that is now part of Ibadan.

He established Ibadan as the military powerhouse on which later leaders build upon. His army emerged victorious in the following wars: Ogun Iberekodo, Ogun Oniyefun, Ogun Oke Bode, Ogun Ẹgbẹ.

Oluyole died in 1850