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Chapter 11

When the warriors of Odudu returned, they conducted the burialceremonies of the lost armies, Adesuna buried his father in a veryheroic way as other mighty warriors like Akaja, Agbana and the others.For three months the kingdom of Odudu mourned for her lost, theprisoners that were rescued from the south under the cruelty ofShamugar were enrolled into the armies, Adesuna was made the chiefwarrior and was held in great esteem. he was believed to Pioneer thetheir victory over the southern kingdom.As time went on, the King of Odudu died and because he had noson, Adesuna was chosen in his stead; the kingdom of Odudu also had become very powerful.After several victories, King Adesuna became widely known as a personality to behold, his charisma and character were astonishing, he had made history and has reshaped the perception of Odudu kingdom; during this time, the dignity and the integrity that the kingdom of Odudu secured was never seen if compared

Chapter 12

THE LEGACY OF KING ADESUNA/Joseph Otobo

As I talk right now, the kingdom of Archer is finding it very difficult to free themselves from the damage done to them, they lost their warriors, lost most of the women and all their prisoners were freed, in fact, I was told how that they are no more warriors in the kingdom of Archer, and that it was because they were slaughtered in the valley of Ama, my Kings, we all know how powerful that Shamugar, the late king of Acher was, how he was seen as the god of the southern kingdoms until the day he died. Please my kings, I beg for a rethink." "Which rethink!" another elder interrupted. "My kings, and fellow elders, I greet you. how long shall will be rethinking? let us not allow fear to creep into us, any one who is saying that we should fold our arms and keep rethinking is some how against our progress and livelihood. We must take back what KingAdesuna took from us, our slave trade must return. Don't you see that the white men from the distant nations no longer visit us. Ho

Chapter 13

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After some decades, all the mighty men of war died, a breed of people who do not know the ways of war began to shoot out. The odd yearning for war had dwindled. The Kingdom of Odudu also rested from war for long time, they became only known for farming, because of the richness of their soil, every wealthy man was a tiller of the soil, only few were hunters and local traders and of other occupations. Odudu Kingdom had the best of farm lands in the whole of the western region; the richness of the soil was the talk of other kingdoms, as every man wishes he had come fromOdudu, their daughters were also very beautiful, nowhere in any of theother kingdoms where their daughters and women were as beautiful asthe daughters of Odudu, this had attracted to the kingdom of Odudu somany suitors from both far and near; this spread the belief that thegods were partial. The Kingdom of Odudu was at the peak of its success, a kingdom that has gone through the tides of time

Chapter 14

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Topkesi, woke up one morning, as his custom was, he poured out some wine and spread some cola nuts under the big iroko tree in his compound, in allegianceto the gods, that morning, the silence in Topkesi's compound wasunusual, apart from the hiss sound coming from a host of beetles,"gods of our land, I greet you, gods of our ancestors, I greet you, Ihave come again to seek your blessings and benevolence over thisfarming season, gods of our fathers, grant unto me a good return frommy labour, and may the land yield her increase, grant unto our peoplesafety from our rivals- the people of Agbadu." He prayed has he offered more wine and kola nuts beneath the huge iroko tree. Topkesi loves hisdaughters so much never would he hurt any of them. The harvest seasonhas just begun, by twilight, Tokpesi called his three wives and theirsix daughters, "wives and daughters of Topkesi, by tomorrow morning weshall be setting out very early at crow crow we w

Chapter 15

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The day has just began to dawned, Topkesi hastened out of hisbed, collected some Kola nuts from a basket, he laid hold of acalabash of wine, he advanced towards the huge tree in his compound, under thetree were cowries and stones arranged in three sets, he poured outsome wine and spread three split kola nuts, despite his plight, thegods must be fed first before any mortal should, soon afterwards returned back to his hut to dress up for farm, the clattering sounds of farmimplements passed through every compound has farmers had began to visit their farms, finally, Topkesi was out again, his implements clattterand clang has he prepared his tools, every one was awakened haspreparation for farming was what everyone should do, his six daughtersgreeted him as his wives followed suit, "prepare the basins and bagsfor the harvest," Tokpesi instructed his wives and daughters. "You,Shola, run to elder Olusegun's compound, and informed his sons to meet

Chapter 16

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This marks the third raining season of peace in the kingdom of Odudusince they decided to double their tax, the kingdom of Agbadu had become lenient this time, everyone believed that Tokpesi had suggestedwhat was in the heart of the kingdom of Agbadu, they no longer wreckhavoc as afore times.Another season of harvest had just began, Topkesi gathered hisdaughters as they journeyed into the woods.Tomorrow will be the Oya market day, traders will be coming from farand near to the great Oya market, a market that seem to have become aplace of convergence for all the western kingdoms, the only thing thatcan't be purchased at Oya market were the things which 'do not exist,'the next day, every trader was headway towards Oya market, Oya was thethe biggest market in the west, a market segregated into severalparts, the market is as large as five villages joined together, everyvillage had their own section: The Kingdom of Odudu was allocated t

Chapter 17

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One morning, the King summoned the elders, "this must not continuefor ever, we can't sit and watch our kingdom lose it's livelihood, ourhands have been wrapped around our chests for too long, nobody goes tothe market anymore, the rate at which we carryout the cultivation of our farm lands had gonedown drastically, we are losing the name that our ancestors built agesago; I wait to hear from you elders of our lands."When the King was done taking, Akhali, the market chief gave a sign to be granted apermission to make his contribution, "go ahead" the king said. Akhalithe market chief, got up and appreciated the King for been granted apermission to make his contribution, "my fellow elders," he began,"there is a saying that says, 'it is better to die while standing thanto be on your kneels and be alive.' The people of Agbadu for the pastthree years had been a tong in our flesh, they have robbed us of ourpeace; robbed us of our sales,

Chapter 18

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Very early the next morning, the elders of Odudu set out towards thevillage of Agbadu, when they arrived the King's palace, they werewelcomed, the King of Agbadu sent to call his elders, when they havegathered, the King began to interview them harshly, you people havecome to spy our land to know the strength of our fortress and also toknow our weakness, "not so, King," Akhali, defended. "then what has brought you to my kingdom?" Odaru, the King of Abgaduquestioned harshly, Kayode, one of the elders of Odudu answered "Myking 'may you live for ever,' may you be greater than your fathers,may 'your throne extend to the ends of the earth,' may yourdescendants be as numerous as the sand of the earth, my able, king ofthe great kingdom of Agbadu, we have come in peace, I also bringgreetings from our king with this little token of wine, yam andfruits." he stooped down fetch a little of the wine and drank it, cut afruit and ate, this is an a

Chapter 19

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In the course of time, Topkesi's eldest wife took in a gave birth to a son, joy filled his household, as it led to the convergence of a whole number of villagers to his compound. "This calls for a seven day celebration!"Topkesi informs the community, "the gods have once again done it, thegods have put a smile on my face...," he continued..." the gods havegranted me bail from the prison yard of shame and mockery... finallyan heir has come from my own very loins! A son of consolation has been born to my family!" He kept shouting until most of his friends became embarrassed and had to excuse him for a moment. For seven solid days, the sound of music was steady in Topkesi's compound. Every day within the seven days, people ate and drank to their fill, no celebration such has this has ever been recorded since the inception of Odudu. people ate anddrank until they became too inebriated to talk straight. During the seven days of celebration, a whole lo

Chapter 20

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As time passes by, the King of Agbadu who had harboured a strongvengeful spirit against the kingdom of Odudu couldn't hold it any longer, he called his warriors and elders one hot afternoon, "we havetolerated too much from the people of Odudu, their ancestors cheatedour ancestors and now they want to do same again, we will not take itany more, My people, it is time to crush completely anything alive inOdudu; be it animals or humans." "You are right my King." One of theelders supported. "where is Ijele?" the King asked, "yes your majesty Iam here." a servant responded. "take a servant with you, go straightaway to Odudu kingdom, tell them that on the on the next Oya marketday, we shall be colliding in the valley of Ama, tell him to preparefor war." On hearing this, the servant ran out of the palace todeliver the message.When the news got to Odudu kingdom, the King quickly summoned thewarriors and elders to inform them of the

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