Ooni Luwoo

Ooni Luwoo (sometimes spelled as Luwo) was the 21st Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas in the 10th century.[1][2] She succeeded Ooni Giesi and was succeeded by Ooni Lumobi.[3] Ooni Luwoo's reign remains the only one by a female in Ife till date.

References

Toyin Falola; Aribidesi Adisa Usman (2009). Movements, Borders, and Identities in Africa Volume 40 of Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora. University of Texas at Austin. University of Rochester Press. p. 85. ISBN 9781580462969. ISSN 1092-5228.
M. A. Fabunmi (1985). An Anthology of Historical Notes on Ifẹ City. the University of Virginia. J. West Publications. p. 271. ISBN 9789781630170.
Dayo, Ologundudu (2008). The cradle of Yoruba culture. Nigeria: Centre for spoken words. p. 206. ISBN 978-0615220635. Retrieved July 30, 2015.

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[1] Toyin Falola; Aribidesi Adisa Usman (2009). Movements, Borders, and Identities in Africa Volume 40 of Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora. University of Texas at Austin. University of Rochester Press. p. 85. ISBN 9781580462969. ISSN 1092-5228.

[2] M. A. Fabunmi (1985). An Anthology of Historical Notes on Ifẹ City. the University of Virginia. J. West Publications. p. 271. ISBN 9789781630170.

[3] Dayo, Ologundudu (2008). The cradle of Yoruba culture. Nigeria: Centre for spoken words. p. 206. ISBN 978-0615220635. Retrieved July 30, 2015.