Egbé Ọmọ Odùduwà, was a Nigeria

Nigeria

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n political organization established in 1945, when Chief Obafemi Awolowo

Obafemi Awolowo

Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo was a Nigerian politician, trade unionist, author and statesman. A Yoruba and native of Ikenne in Ogun State of Nigeria, he started his career as a regional political leader like most of his pre-independence contemporaries and was responsible for much of the progressive...

 along with Dr. Oni Akerele

Oni Akerele

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, Chief Akintola Williams, Professor Saburi Biobaku

Saburi Biobaku

Saburi Oladeni Biobaku was a Nigerian scholar and historian who was among a set of Yoruba historians who followed the pioneering effort of Samuel Johnson in setting the foundations of Yoruba historiography and creating reference notes of indigenous African historical literature.He was a former...

, Chief Abiodun Akinrele, Chief Ayo Rosiji

Ayo Rosiji

Ayotunde Rosiji was a Nigerian politician, statesman and former Minister for Health and Minister of Information. He was born in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on the 24th of February 1917, to the family of an Egba policeman. He attended the Christ Church Primary School, Abeokuta, for primary education and...

 and others, met in London

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Their stated aim in setting up the organization was to unite the Yorùbá

Yoruba people

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 in a manner similar to the tenets of the Ibibio State Union and the Ibo Federal Union; which were political action committees of the Ibibio

Ibibio people

The Ibibio are a people of southeastern Nigeria. They are related to the Anaang and the Efik peoples. During colonial period in Nigeria, the Ibibio Union asked for recognition by the British as a sovereign nation . The Annang, Efik, Ekid, Oron and Ibeno share personal names, culture, and traditions...

 and the Igbo

Igbo people

Igbo people, also referred to as the Ibo, Ebo, Eboans or Heebo are an ethnic group living chiefly in southeastern Nigeria. They speak Igbo, which includes various Igboid languages and dialects; today, a majority of them speak English alongside Igbo as a result of British colonialism...

 respectively.

The Egbé Ọmọ Odùduwà grew in importance in 1948 when it was launched in Lagos

Lagos

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 with great fanfare

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 by prominent Yorùbá politicians associated with the Nigerian Youth Movement

Nigerian Youth Movement

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. These politicians included Chief Bode Thomas

Bode Thomas

Bode Thomas was a Nigerian politician, statesman and traditional aristocrat. A Yoruba tribesman, Thomas served with distinction as both a colonial minister of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria and a nobleman and privy counsellor of the historic Oyo clan of Yorubaland at a time when his native...

, Sir Adeyemo Alakija

Adeyemo Alakija

Adeyemo Alakija, KBE was a Nigerian lawyer, politician and businessman. He was a newspaper entrepreneur who co-founded the Daily Times of Nigeria. He was also a member of the governor's executive council, the legislative council of Nigeria and was president of the Nigerian Youth Movement.He was...

, Chief H. O. Davies

H. O. Davies

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, Dr. Kofo Abayomi

Kofo Abayomi

Kofoworola Adekunle "Kofo" Abayomi, Kt was a Nigerian ophthalmologist who was one of the founders of the nationalist Lagos Youth Movement in 1934 and who went on to have a distinguished public service career.-Early years:...

, Akintola Williams, Dr. Akinola Maja and others. The revival of the Egbé Ọmọ Odùduwà in 1948 was not accidental, because that was the year heated debates were being held to the decide Nigeria's political orientation; nationalism

Nationalism

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 or parochialism. During this period of the struggle for independence

Independence

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 from the British

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, radical nationalism had been on the ascendancy since 1938, but it became very pronounced, between 1945-1948. This period was marked by the General Strike

General strike

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 of 1945 and the 1946 Nigeria-wide NCNC campaign against the imposition

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 of the Richards Constitution.

Yoruba politicians in Lagos

Lagos

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 led by Chief Bode Thomas formed the group in response to the afore-mentioned ethnically specific organizations, and also to chart a specific course for the development of Nigeria's Western Region, populated overwhelmingly by Yorubas. On March 21, 1951 the Egbé Ọmọ Odùduwà set up a political party

Political party

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 called the Action Group

Action Group (Nigeria)

Action Group was a Nigerian political party established in Ibadan on March 21, 1951, by the Ègbe Ọmọ Odùduwà led by Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The party was founded to serve as the platform for realizing his primary objective of mobilising the Yorùbá into one political umbrella...

. The party was to serve as the vehicle for realizing its primary objective of mobilizing the Yorùbá into one political umbrella. The Action Group, was therefore formed to implement the ideals

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 and objectives

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 of the Egbé Ọmọ Odùduwà; and was led by Chief Obafemi Awolowo

Obafemi Awolowo

Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo was a Nigerian politician, trade unionist, author and statesman. A Yoruba and native of Ikenne in Ogun State of Nigeria, he started his career as a regional political leader like most of his pre-independence contemporaries and was responsible for much of the progressive...

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The Egbé Ọmọ Odùduwà was relaunched again lead by Adesegun Musiwa as a political forum to support for all children of Oduduwa.

Other organization within Egbe Omo Oduduwa are
(OSIA)
Oduduwa Economical agency (OEA)
Oduduwa education foundation (OEF)
Oduduwa development agency (ODA)