Awole Arogangan

Awole
Aláàfin ti Ọ̀yọ́; Ikú Bàbá Yèyé
Alaafin of Oyo
Reign1789-1796
PredecessorAbiodun
SuccessorAdebo
Died1796
Oyo-Ile
HouseOranyan

Awole Arogangan, sometimes spelled Aólè, was the Alaafin (emperor) of the Oyo empire in northwestern Yorubaland, West Africa, from 1789-1796. His paranoid, vindictive reign set the stage for the collapse of the empire in the early 19th century.