Igodomigodo


Igodomigodo is the historical first name of the now Benin Empire, as called by its own inhabitants.
According to oral history of the Edo, Igodomigodo was the name of the kingdom as given by Igodo, the first ogiso. The ogiso era, started by Igodo, would be the first dynasty of what would later be known as the Benin Empire.
The ogiso era would be replaced by the oba era, and the name of the kingdom would be changed from Igodomigodo to Edo by Oba Eweka I.
Replacing the era of the ogiso, the oba dynasty was founded by Eweka I, the first Oba. Eweka I renamed his empire Edo, and its people have been since then called Edo people.
The current Oba, Ewuare II, is the 39th Oba and 89th ruler of the dynasty ultimately started by Igodo of Igodomigodo.