Qualla: Iga Idunganran https://qualla.com/iga-idunganran en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:29 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/s/1/4/k/iga-idunganran-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Iga Idunganran https://qualla.com/iga-idunganran Iga Idunganran: Introduction https://qualla.com/iga-idunganran/ Photo credit Yeniajayiii, CC BY-SA 4.0. The name gives away the secret. In Yoruba, 'Iga' derives from 'Gaa,' meaning royal home; 'Idun' means land or place; 'Iganran' means pepper. Iga Idunganran -- the palace built on a pepper farm. Before there was a throne, before there were kings of Lagos, there was Chief Aromire, an Ile-Ife nobleman who crossed to this island in the 15th century to fish and grow pepper. His farm became the seat of a dynasty. The palace that stands here today on Lagos Island has witnessed the transformation of a quiet fishing port into one of the largest cities on the African continent, and the orishas venerated within its walls have kept watch through every chapter.

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/1/4/k/iga-idunganran-wp/s14k-iga-idunganran-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Iga Idunganran: From Pepper Farm to Throne Room https://qualla.com/iga-idunganran/ Photo credit Yeniajayiii, CC BY-SA 4.0. The first palace on this ground was built in 1670 for Oba Gabaro, who reigned from 1669 to 1760. It was a statement of permanence -- a royal complex rising where pepper plants had once grown in rows. The Portuguese, who had been trading along this coast for generations, later ref...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/1/4/k/iga-idunganran-wp/s14k-iga-idunganran-from-pepper-farm-to-throne-room.mp3 0:06 2 full Iga Idunganran: The Orishas at the Gate https://qualla.com/iga-idunganran/ Photo credit Yeniajayiii, CC BY-SA 4.0. Shrines to the orishas are woven into the palace grounds, not as museum pieces but as living spiritual infrastructure. At the exit gate stands the shrine of Eshu, where the Oba and his chiefs have prayed before departures since time beyond memory. The ritual is practical as much ...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/1/4/k/iga-idunganran-wp/s14k-iga-idunganran-the-orishas-at-the-gate.mp3 0:06 3 full Iga Idunganran: Where the Dead Kings Rest https://qualla.com/iga-idunganran/ Photo credit Christopher Moses Onah, CC BY-SA 4.0. The palace holds its own royal necropolis. All Obas of Lagos before Oba Akitoye were buried in Benin City, reflecting the deep historical ties between Lagos and the Benin Kingdom. Akitoye broke that tradition by becoming the first Oba interred within the modern palace grounds. Ev...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/1/4/k/iga-idunganran-wp/s14k-iga-idunganran-where-the-dead-kings-rest.mp3 0:06 4 full Iga Idunganran: A Palace Under Siege https://qualla.com/iga-idunganran/ Photo credit Christopher Moses Onah, CC BY-SA 4.0. In October 2020, during the End SARS protests against police brutality that swept across Nigeria, Iga Idunganran found itself in the path of popular anger. The palace was looted. Oba Rilwan Akiolu, the reigning Oba of Lagos, was evacuated by soldiers as crowds vandalized the comp...

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