- Inisa
Inisa, city located in southwestern Nigeria, located in Osun state. The city is a trading center for the cocoa produced in the surrounding areas. Inisa lies in the Yoruba cultural region. In the late 1800s it was the only town in southwestern Nigeria not to suffer great losses in population in the struggle among various Yoruba kingdoms to control the area. This was mostly because Inisa was located too far south to be effectively controlled by the emirate at Ilorin, a powerful Fulani-controlled Yoruba city to the north. Subsequently, outposts were set up by the Yoruba of Inisa to curtail the power of the Fulani at Ilorin. Population (1995) 116,800. Its population as of 2007 was 180,553. There are growing numbers of political personality figures from the city and the growth is growing. Efforts is under development to create a forum where .... Email me: lifeasdrama@yahoo.ca I'm originally from this town. Thankscite web | url = http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?men=gpro&des=gamelan&geo=352242433 | title = "The World Gazetteer" | accessdate = 2007-04-06]
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* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9042430/Inisa Britannica.com entry (subscription required for full entry)]
* [http://www.greatestcities.com/Africa/Nigeria/Inisa_city.html Microsoft Encarta entry]The people of Inisa, with support from Ibadan warriors effectively defeated The Ilorin Army during the famous Jalumi war of the 19th century and thus liberated its adjoinning towns and villages already counquered by Ilorin in its southward incursion to the heart of yorubaland.Inisa people are predominantly muslims, with sizeable Christian and animist populations.The people embraced western and islamic education comparatively earlier than its neighbours.A monument was erected at the bank of River Otin to commemorate the defeat of Ilorin during the Jalumi war.
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