Editing Oduduwa (section)

===Non-Yoruba views===
Certain other people have claimed a connection to Oduduwa. According to the [[Kanuri people|Kanuri]], [[Yauri Emirate|Yauri]], [[Gobir]], Acipu, [[Jukun people (West Africa)|Jukun]] and [[Borgu]] tribes, whose founding ancestors were said to be Oduduwa's brothers<ref>History of the Yorubas by Samuel Johnson 1921</ref> (as recorded in the 19th century by [[Samuel Johnson (Nigerian historian)|Samuel Johnson]]), Oduduwa was the son of Damerudu, whom Yoruba call ''Lamurudu'', a prince who was himself the son of the magician [[Kisra legend|King Kisra]]. Kisra and his allies are said to have fought [[Muhammad]] in the [[Battle of Badr]] and Kisra was forced to migrate from Arabia into Africa after losing the war to the jihadists in 624 AD. According to the legend, he and his followers founded many kingdoms and ruling dynasties along their migration route into West Africa.<ref>A. Matthews " The Kisra legend) "https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00020185008706819?journalCode=cast20</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ztExAAAAIAAJ&q=oduduwa|title=This is Ile-Ife|date=17 June 2018|last1=Eluyemi|first1=Omotoso}}).</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hn0uAQAAIAAJ&q=oduduwa+13+communities+ife|title=Milestones and concepts in Yoruba history and culture|year=2018|last1=Akinjogbin|first1=I. A.|publisher=Olu-Akin Publishers |isbn=9789763331392}}</ref> This tradition is a variant of the belief, popular amongst some Muslims, that held that Oduduwa was a prince originating from [[Mecca]]. However, it is thought by some scholars to derive from the later influences on Yoruba culture of Islam and other Abrahamic religions and conflicts with other traditions in the Yoruba traditional corpus.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Esu Elegbara: Chance, Uncertainly In Yoruba Mythology|last=Ogundipe|first=Ayodele|publisher=Kwara State University Press|year=2012|isbn=9789789275908|location=Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria|pages=15|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KVNjDwAAQBAJ&q=Oduduwa+mecca+islamic+influence&pg=PA15}}</ref><ref name="Bascom, p. 10">Bascom, ''Yoruba'', p. 10; Stride, Ifeka: "Peoples and Empires", p. 290.</ref>