Definition: Urban center in Nigeria, first occupied in the 1st millennium AD, and most populous during the 14th and 15th centuries AD. Ile-Ife is the traditional location of the creation of the world for the Yoruba people.

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Archaeology of Nigeria
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Ile-Ife: Where the World Began
Arthur Hall opened a museum for the Yoruba art in Philadelphia in 1969; and he naturally called it Ile-Ife (which can translate to "House of Love".

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