Alaafin of Oyo: Oba Siyanbola Ladigbolu I, with some of his wives. He reigned from 1911- 1944.
He was very close to the British colonial authorities and was appointed as a ceremonial member of the Nigerian Council before it was disbanded in 1923.
Wole Soyinka's play, ‘Death and the King's Horseman’ a tale about an aide of a king(Ab’Oba Ku)who refused to commit suicide after the king's death(as was the local custom) was loosely based on events surrounding the death of Ladigbolu
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