if you act good and kind after life will be good

blaming the devil is dumb at the end of the day you make your own choices

Alrighty, Well let’s start with the Oyo, The Oyo empire was a Yoruba Empire that was founded in the 1300s and lasted until the 1890s during the scramble for africa
During their time as an empire they were mainly known for their Cavalry which was very effective in battles. The Oyo had a period of expansion in which they fought also fought a war against the Benin Empire, another famous west African empire in 1578, which they failed in that war
The Oyo’s capital which was Ile Ife was known for having Terracota sculpted heads which had been admired for their realism. The Oyo government was run by a checks and balance kind of thing. There’d be the Prime Minister (Basharoun) who acts as a diplomat and keeps the power of the king in check, for if the King tries to take all the power, He will be beheaded.
The Oyo ruled over an Area in which they gained through expansion which will later become the Dahomey kingdom
After a while(around the 1700s) the Oyo were defeated by the Nupe people, who were doing their little Jihad thing, to which the Oyo empire fell, but then Revived once again and survived until the scramble for africa @Yunus

satanists make the choice to worship satan

Also the Oyo were one of the many West African states to have firearms in their army

1300s to the 1890s thats a long time

Yeah

what were their leaders called just leaders? or like kings, padisahs

West African Kingdoms usually survived for long times
Like Benin which lasted from 1180 to 1897

also what about their architecture

got any pictures

I’ll get some pics

interesting

i wonder what the inside of that looked like

Kings were called Alaafins and Prime minister like people were called Basharouns

what did they believe in

Traditional Religions, their religion was called Ifa

Which is a divinitation religion in which you try to find and rediscover your destiny

im gonna look it up

Here is a picture of the king’s palace in 1890

Also a map of Oyo and surrounding kingdoms

was that like the most successful african empire or why did you choose to look more into it

There were a lot of Successful African empires like the Ashanti, Benin, Kongo, Great Zimbabwe/Mutapa, When I talk about African history I tend to talk about the Non Islamic ones

but w h y

but why what

why not the islamic ones <:RageWojak:552581416022704132>

Because everyone knows about them and has this belief that Arabs civilized them and blah blah blah
Even though the Islamic ones are just as interesting I believe that if I talk about the non islamic ones, the ones that didn’t really have relations with other races, it’d be more interesting since people just can’t say “Arabs/euros civilized dem!” out of nowhere lol

thats understandable

but i have this urge to educate you on islam rn

lmao

you dont know how it feels lmao

its tuff

I have this urge to talk about African History sometimes lol

u r g e s

Here’s this picture of Benin Bronze plauques

do you know what that weapon is in the first picture

like a sword obv but whats it called

I don’t know what it’s called but it’s a ceremonial sword that’s held by the king

what are some weapons they used for war

They used bows, shields, swords, spears and later on, Guns
Guns would become a big thing with their army later on