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'''Pahayi''' is a town in [[Yewa South]] local government area,<ref name="Statistics(Nigeria)2008">{{cite book|author1=Nigeria. National Bureau of Statistics|author2=Federal Government Economic Reform & Governance Project (Nigeria)|title=Directory of primary schools in Nigeria: South-east zone|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9VEmAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=20 May 2012|year=2008|publisher=National Bureau of Statistics}}</ref> [[Ogun State]], [[Nigeria]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Falola, Toyin 1953–|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3483000046.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128230806/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3483000046.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 January 2016|publisher=|accessdate=20 May 2012|date= 1 January 2006}}</ref>   It is located near [[Ilaro]], not far from the border with [[Benin]].<ref name=UAMC>{{cite web|title=Women Fellowship|url=http://unitedafricanmethodistchurch.org/women%20fellowship.htm|publisher=United African Methodist Church|accessdate=20 May 2012}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="African studies">{{cite web|title=50 Years of African Liberation|url=http://www.africanstudies.org/_customtags/ct_FileRetrieve.cfm?File_ID=050E76480304057B007706761A00077301140301730A1C007674080F717307010E05700072720B|publisher=African Studies Association|accessdate=20 May 2012}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Pahayi was one of the towns which was historically incorporated into the [[Egbado Protectorate]] under the [[Dahomians]].<ref name="the history of the yorubas">{{cite book|title=The History of the Yorubas| year=1969 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MVUVAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA606|accessdate=20 May 2012|publisher=Taylor & Francis|page=606}}</ref> It contains an elementary school and is linked by road to neighboring towns.<ref name="Peacock2002">{{cite book|last=Peacock|first=Scot|title=Contemporary Authors New Revision Series: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Non-Fiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, & Other Fields|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B4mThEG6-XMC|accessdate=20 May 2012|date=27 February 2002|publisher=Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-4613-4}}</ref><ref name="Ọtẹgbẹyẹ1995">{{cite book|last=Ọtẹgbẹyẹ|first=Tunji|title=A humble beginning: an autobiographical prelude to The turbulent decades|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JGAuAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=20 May 2012|year=1995|publisher=STATCO|isbn=978-978-33134-1-5}}</ref> The Orita Pahayi Modern Shopping Centre was completed in the 1990s.<ref name="Ogun State annual & investment digest incorporating who's who">{{cite book|title=Ogun State annual & investment digest incorporating who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4s8uAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=20 May 2012|year=1999|publisher=Visionlink Nigeria Ltd.}}</ref>
The inhabitants, mainly [[Yoruba people]],<ref name="BaldwinBaldwin1976">{{cite book|last1=Baldwin|first1=David E.|last2=Baldwin|first2=Charlene M.|title=The Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria: an indexed bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2f8VAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA132|accessdate=20 May 2012|year=1976|publisher=G. K. Hall|isbn=978-0-8161-7857-5|page=132}}</ref>  are noted for their [[Wooro]] music, a type of music which is a "combination of all other music associated with Gelede, Ogun and [[Sango Festival]]."<ref name="Culture1991">{{cite book|author=Ogun State (Nigeria). Council for Arts and Culture|title=A publication on the Festival of Traditional Social Music in Ogun State: held at the Gateway Hotel, Abeokuta between Thursday 14th March and Thursday 15 August, 1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S__ZAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=20 May 2012|year=1991|publisher=Ogun State Council for Arts and Culture}}</ref> Apostle 'Bisi Emmanuel Ekunola emerged new monarch of Pahayi-Yewa November 16, 2021
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[[Category:Populated places in Ogun State]]
[[Category:Towns in Yorubaland]]