Awori people

Oto-Awori Local Council Development Area, Ijanikin

The Awori is a subgroup of the Yoruba people speaking a dialect of the Yoruba language.

Geographic extent

Main article: Territories of the Awori

Traditionally, the Awori are found in Ogun State and Lagos State, Nigeria. ^{[1] [2]}

History

In a 1935 Intelligence Report on the Badagry district anthropologist W.G. Wormalin said the Awori spoke a "slurred dialect" of Yoruba and mostly farmed and fished. ^[3]

References

1. E. A. Ajayi; R. O. Ajetunmobi; Akindele S. A. (1998). A History of the Awori of Lagos State. Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education. ISBN   978-978-142-035-1.
2. Jeremy Seymour Eades (1980). The Yoruba Today. Cambridge University Press Archive. p. 16. ISBN   978-0-521-22656-1.
3. "AWORI PEOPLE - We Africa Preview". wap.org.ng. Retrieved 24 January 2023.