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Awori people

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The Awori is a subgroup of the Yoruba people of (heterogeneous origin) speaking a dialect of the Yoruba language.

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Geographic extent

Traditionally, the Awori are found in 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.
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