Awori people
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The Awori is a subgroup of the Yoruba people, speaking a dialect of the Yoruba language.
Geography
[edit]The traditional homeland of the Awori people is situated close to the southwestern corner of Yorubaland, in the modern day political subdivisions of Lagos and Ogun states of Nigeria.[3][4]
History
[edit]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.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ Probst, Peter (2011). Osogbo and the Art of Heritage. Indiana University Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-253-22295-4. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
- ↑ Mba, Nina Emma (1982). Nigerian Women Mobilized: Women's Political Activity in Southern Nigeria, 1900-1965. Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley. p. 4-6. ISBN 978-0-87725-148-4. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Jeremy Seymour Eades (1980). The Yoruba Today. Cambridge University Press Archive. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-521-22656-1.
- ↑ "AWORI PEOPLE - We Africa Preview". wap.org.ng. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
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