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Ipowu Mountain is reputed to be the highest point in the Kukuruku high land and indeed in Kogi and Kwara States of Nigeria.It is estimated to be around 2500 feet. It was the Ogidi fortress during the war with the Nupe invaders in the 1880s.
Up on this mountain Ogidi people kept her non-combatant population and the wounded. The mountain has a large acreage of fertile fadama land at its top. There is a large expance of flat rock surface used as housing area, a market place and a civic centre. The mountain had its own water supply system. This mystical mountain has continued to attract tourists from all over the world. They come there to see the relics and artifacts showing how our people lived in the the past much of which have been collected through the hard work and dedication of Chief Mrs Nike Okundaye.
It was our own Masada.
Industry & Tourism
Chief (Mrs) Nike Okundaye
Mrs Nike Okundaye has four gallery centres in Nigeria: Lagos, Oshogbo, Ogidi & Abuja. They are all dedicated for promoting and teaching the arts, culture, tradition, language and heritage of Yoruba people with Ogidi as her foundation and birthplace.For a brief resume of this exemplary woman of great character click here.
Chief Zacheus Olowonubi Oloruntoba(aka Marapaka) (RIP)
If you want to know more about this great enigmatic son of Ogidi-Ela and his work both in Nigeria and the United States of America, click here.
Prince Taiwo Olaniyi Twins Seven Seven (RIP)
Click here to read more about Twins Seven Seven who started his artistic career in Ogidi.
OTHER SITES OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE
UDI – the Nupe forces base camp during the Ogidi war.
ULE – LOKE – from where the bulk of our people moved down to the present location.
IWO – LOKE - -original ‘home” of OLUWO the deity of our forebears. An interesting approach and location.
IWO ALAGOGO or IWO AGOGO – where our mysterious war gongs were hidden.
APAMI – OSO - defense position pillars of erected stone slabs.
BAREKE - residence of the white colonial Distict Officer (DO)
Welcome to Ogidi ela "Industry and Tourism" page. Apart from the welcoming and the innately accomodating spirits of this people, the community can boast of the richness of its cultural heritage, its natural architectural landscape dotted with many hills and mountains with lakes, caves and streams, its music and dance, its foods and delicacies and its aethetically artistic and entrepreneurial character as exemplified by the likes of Mrs Nike Okundaye, the late Twins Seven Seven and the late Zacheus Oloruntoba (aka Marapaka). Let us take you through the features that formed the natural fortress against the enemies of this community during the war with the Nupe in the 1880s.
Soups indigenous to Ogidi-ela
Click here for a list of some soups that have continued to delight the people of Ogidi community for many generations and whch are still on the list of must-taste soups either in Nigeria or in the Diaspora.