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'''Oluewu''' was the Great [[Alaafin]] (''emperor'') of the [[Oyo empire]] in northwestern [[Yorubaland]], West Africa, from 1833-1835.
'''Oluewu''' was the Great [[Alaafin]] (''emperor'') of the [[Oyo empire]] in northwestern [[Yorubaland]], West Africa, from 1833-1835.


During his reign, the immigrants [[Fulani]] had already living in ilorin with their Oya landlord the Yoruba [[Ilorin |Ilorin]] after an internal coup.<ref name=lovejoy>{{cite book
During his reign, the immigrants [[Fulani]] had already living in ilorin with their Oya landlord the Yoruba [[Ilorin |Ilorin]] after an internal coup.
|page=55ff
|title=Slavery on the frontiers of Islam
|title=Slavery on the frontiers of Islam
|author=Paul E. Lovejoy
|author=Paul E. Lovejoy

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Oluewu was the Great Alaafin (emperor) of the Oyo empire in northwestern Yorubaland, West Africa, from 1833-1835.

During his reign, the immigrants Fulani had already living in ilorin with their Oya landlord the Yoruba Ilorin after an internal coup.

|title=Slavery on the frontiers of Islam
|author=Paul E. Lovejoy
|publisher=Markus Wiener Publishers
|year=2004
|ISBN=1-55876-329-5
However, Great Oluewu refused to embrace the Islamic religion and called on Borgu to defeat the immigrants invaders fulani Initially, he recorded soundly success in battle,defeated the immigrants fulani.

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