The Ìgbómìnà (also colloquially Igbonna or Ogbonna) are a tribe of the Yoruba people occupying the north-central portion of the Yoruba region of southwestern Nigeria. They speak a dialect also called Ìgbómìnà or Igbonna, classified among the Central Yoruba of the three major Yoruba dialectical areas. The Ìgbómìnà spread across what is now northern Osun State and eastern Kwara State. Peripheral areas of the dialectical region have some similarities to the adjoining Ekiti, Ijesha and Oyo dialects.
TRADITIONAL TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS
The Ìgbómìnà are renowned for their agricultural and hunting prowess as well as their woodcarving, leather art, and the famous Elewe masquerade, an Egungun representing the ancestors during special festivals.
GEOGRAPHICAL SPREAD
Ìgbómìnàland consist of three local government areas (LGAs) of Kwara State: Irepodun, Ifelodun, and Isin LGAs, as well as two local government areas of Osun State: Ifedayo and Ila LGAs. The major Ìgbómìnà cities in Osun State are Oke-Ila Orangun, Ora, and Ila Orangun, while the major Ìgbómìnà cities in Kwara State which has most of the Ìgbómìnà land and population include Òbà, Ajasse Ipo, eleju of eju-land, Eku-Mesesan-Oro, Oke-Onigbin, Isanlu Isin, Omu-Aran, Esie, Omupo, Igbaja,Oke -Ode, owu - isin, Oro-Ago, Aran-Orin, Arandun, Share, Oke-Aba, Owode Ofaro, and Iddo-oro, Iludun-Oro.