The Iloko, offspring of Arelu (Iloko Omo Arelu) are held in awe in Yorubaland. For a people who fought one another in internecine wars that began in 1793 and lasted for almost a century, the Yoruba give effusions of reverence to people with unusual bravery. Their reverence for the Iloko however comes from this clan’s queer and odd brand of bravery: the spillage of blood. The Iloko earned their renown from the decapitation of heads. They cut off human heads with magisterial…
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