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7 December 2015
Coronation Ceremony
The installation of the 51st Ooni of Ife · Ile Oodua Palace · Ile-Ife, Osun State
A Historic Day
The 51st Ooni of Ife
On 7 December 2015, Oba Adeyeye Babatunde Enitan Ogunwusi was installed as the 51st Ooni of Ife at the Ile Oodua Palace in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. At 41 years of age, he became the youngest Ooni to ascend the sacred throne in over 600 years.
The ceremony brought together traditional rulers from across Yorubaland, dignitaries from the federal and state governments, members of the Yoruba diaspora, and thousands of Ile-Ife residents — a historic moment in the two-thousand-year-old dynasty of Oduduwa.
The Ooni in full coronation regalia
Royal procession through Ile-Ife
Coronation ceremony at the palace
The royal court assembled
Celebration of a new reign
Royal gathering of traditional rulers
Coronation ceremony detail
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