Awori people

Tribe of the Yoruba people From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

Oto-Awori Local Council Development Area, Ijanikin

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

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