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Awori tribe
Summary
The Awori is a tribe of the Yoruba people speaking a distinct dialect of the Yoruba language.
Territories of the Awori
Traditionally, the Awori people are found in Ogun State and Lagos State, Nigeria. Towns including Ikorodu, Epe, Badagry, Ota, Ado-Odo, Isheri, Igbesa, Agbara, Ilobi, and Tigbo are all Awori settlements within today's Ogun State (created 1976) in Nigeria.
The Awori people have a long history of settlement in the Lagos area, dating back to the pre-colonial era. The city of Lagos was originally established by them, they were fishermen and traders, and it served as a major center of trade in West Africa.
The story is that Olofin and his followers left the palace of King Oduduwa (founder of the Yoruba) in Ile-Ife and migrated southward along a river. Oduduwa had given Olofin a mud plate and instructed him to place it on the water and follow it until it sank into the river.
Several days after leaving Ile-Ife, the plate suddenly stopped near Olokemeji near present-day Abeokuta. After seventeen days, it began moving again, only to stop at Oke-Ata for another seventeen days. At the end of seventeen days, the plate began moving again, only to stop again on the southern outskirts of present-day Abeokuta, where it stayed for another seventeen days. At this location, some of Olofin's followers decided to remain, led by a man named Osho Aro-bi-ologbo-egan. The plate continued downriver, stopping again at Isheri. Olofin began instructing his followers to begin setting up a permanent settlements. Olofin's followers are said to have asked him where the plate was. He answered "awo ti ri" meaning "the plate has sunk". This is how the name Awori is said to have come into being.
Olofin had two wives named Akesan and Ajaiye. Akesan had two sons (Ogunneru and Ogunbiyi), while Ajaiye was barren. After they settled in Isheri, Olofin consulted the Ifa oracle where they were told to proceed to a place where there was salt water. They left Isheri and ended up at Iddo, where they stayed.
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