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The Awori is a subgroup of the Yoruba people speaking a dialect of the Yoruba language. The Awori people are the original inhabitants of Lagos State and some parts of Ogun State, namely Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Awori people are landowners, farmers and fishermen.

The Awori migrated first from Ile Ife, through the Oyo Empire and eventually settled in the presentday Lagos. Awori is a Yoruba sub-group, speaking a distinct dialect of the Yoruba language, easily identifiable by native Yoruba language speakers.

Awori people, like most Yoruba dialects love parties, music, arts, and are a highly religious people. They often practice Islam, Christianity, as well as the Yorùbá traditional religion, also known as Ìṣẹ̀ṣe.

Geographic extent[edit]

Traditionally, the Awori people are found in Ogun State and Lagos State, Nigeria.^[1]^[2] Towns including Oto Awori, Ikorodu, Epe, Araromi-Ale, Esepe Iworo, Badagry, Ota, Ado-Odo, Isheri, Igbesa, Agbara, Ilobi, and Tigbo are all Awori settlements within today's Ogun State (created 1976) in Nigeria.^[3]

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.

Origin story[edit]

The story is that Olofin Ogunfunminire and his followers left the palace of King Oduduwa (founder of the Yoruba) in Ile-Ife and migrated southward along a river. The Ile-Ife King had given Olofin a mud plate and instructed him to place it on the water and follow it until it sank into the river.^[4]

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.^[4]

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. Ajaiye eventually gave birth to 8 children, who would eventually grow up to be the present day Idejos. He gave them lands to farm. The Idejos include Aromire, Ojora, Onikoyi, Oniru, Oluwa, Oloto, Olumegbon and Elegushi. Olofin would eventually go back to Isheri to rule as Olofin of Isheri and lived out the rest of his life where he eventually died at old age.

Ogunneru eventually succeeded Olofin as the next Olofin of Isheri while Ogunbiyi will go on to birth new Awori towns. ^[4]

History[edit]

The settlement of the Awori clan is known to have preceded the establishment of Abeokuta as an Egba kingdom in 1832, as Isheri, a foremost Awori kingdom's existence dated back several millenniums ago.^[5]

Traditions are consistent about the presence of a distinct Yoruba sub-group around Lagos by about 1750 when the Benin Empire encroaching the region of Lagos.^[6]

An anthropologist, W.G. Wormalin in his Intelligence Report on the Badagry district of the colony (1935) gives a graphic description of the early Awori he encountered when he writes that:" They speak a slurred dialect of the Yoruba language. They mostly engage in farming and fishing."^[7]

Religion[edit]

Traditional beliefs and practice exist side-by-side Islam and Christianity. Some of the Awori combined Islam or Christianity with their traditional beliefs and practices. Islam was introduced to different parts of Aworiland before the twentieth century by Muslim clerics from the hinterland, while the diffusion of Christianity followed missionary activities in the region of Badagry from the 1840s. The use of Ifa oracle in the determination of certain issues and events such as date of festival, coronation ceremony, causes of state calamity is in practice among traditional believers. A person's future and fortune remained an important aspect of Yoruba civilisation, which the Awori still retain. In addition, the institutions of priesthood and palace society for which the Yoruba of the interior are famous featured prominently between them. For instance, the possession of Ade crown and recognition of Oba, which is the highest conception of political authority among the Yoruba, is what every tradition leader; especially those from royal lineages in Aworiland aspire to.^[8]

Traditional festivals[edit]

Oro and Oree, Egungun, Elegba, Igunuko, Opa, Osugbo and Gelede festivals among the traditional Sword communities are celebrated as people celebrate modern Sallah and Christmas with indigenes trooping back home from far and near when dates are fixed.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Economy[edit]

Due to the nature of the geographical environment, fishing, rather than farming which is traditionally with the Yoruba, is the major traditional preoccupation of the seaside. Awori are also great farmers. In some regions, fishing is combined with mat and basket production and palm oil.^[12]^[13] The climatic variation north of the coast offers an opportunity for the cultivation of a variety of crops. Cassava is probably the most widely cultivated as it could be planted and harvested throughout the year. In addition, it is a source of Garri, which now constitute a major staple food. Cassava is also processed for the production of starch and a locally produced starchy food known as Fufu and other confectionaries. Maize, Yams, Cocoyams and Oil Palm are also popular crops produced in the region. The food crops are supplemented by vegetables as well as animals such as goats, sheep and rabbits; birds like quail, cock, hen and goose, edible insects such as termites as well as alligators, which are prepared as a delicacy known as 'Ònì' among the Aworis of Lagos State.^[14]

However, with the industrial revolution pioneered by the Obafemi Awolowo government in the late 1950s and 1960s, the Awori-speaking areas like Ikeja and Isolo in Lagos, as well as Otta and Agbara began to see a concentration of industries, for which the indigenes surrendered their land for the economic transformation of their communities.^[7]

References[edit]

^ 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.
^ Cities, Towns and Villages in Ogun State Cities, Towns and Villages in Ogun State: Ilaro, Ota, Nigeria, Ijebu Ode, Igbesa, Agbara, Sagamu, Abeokuta, Odogbolu, Ilaro.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lloyd, Peter Cutt (1962). Yoruba Land Law /P.C. Lloyd. Published for the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research.
^ "History, the human anchor". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
^ "AFRICA | 101 Last Tribes - Awori people". 101lasttribes.com. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "AWORI PEOPLE - We Africa Preview". wap.org.ng. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ "Awori People: A brief history and belief of the original indigenes of Lagos". Pulse Nigeria. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Nigeria: Oro festival including the role of the Oro priest and whether, or not, he or she is masked; whether there are any penalties invoked against those who observe the priest performing his rituals". Refworld. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ "UNESCO - Oral heritage of Gelede". ich.unesco.org. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ "Egungun Masquerade Dance Costume: Ekuu Egungun". africa.si.edu. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ "AFRICA | 101 Last Tribes - Awori people". www.101lasttribes.com. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ Nwafor (4 June 2017). "The history of Lagos and the aboriginal tribes". Vanguard News. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ Ajiki, Christianah (20 March 2018). "Did You Know…? The Awori Tribe". Connect Nigeria. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[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] Cities, Towns and Villages in Ogun State Cities, Towns and Villages in Ogun State: Ilaro, Ota, Nigeria, Ijebu Ode, Igbesa, Agbara, Sagamu, Abeokuta, Odogbolu, Ilaro.

[:0-4] Lloyd, Peter Cutt (1962). Yoruba Land Law /P.C. Lloyd. Published for the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research.

[5] "History, the human anchor". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[6] "AFRICA | 101 Last Tribes - Awori people". 101lasttribes.com. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

[AWORI_PEOPLE_-_We_Africa_Preview-7] "AWORI PEOPLE - We Africa Preview". wap.org.ng. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[8] "Awori People: A brief history and belief of the original indigenes of Lagos". Pulse Nigeria. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

[9] Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Nigeria: Oro festival including the role of the Oro priest and whether, or not, he or she is masked; whether there are any penalties invoked against those who observe the priest performing his rituals". Refworld. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[10] "UNESCO - Oral heritage of Gelede". ich.unesco.org. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[11] "Egungun Masquerade Dance Costume: Ekuu Egungun". africa.si.edu. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[12] "AFRICA | 101 Last Tribes - Awori people". www.101lasttribes.com. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[13] Nwafor (4 June 2017). "The history of Lagos and the aboriginal tribes". Vanguard News. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[14] Ajiki, Christianah (20 March 2018). "Did You Know…? The Awori Tribe". Connect Nigeria. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

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-The '''Awori''' is a tribe of the [[Yoruba people]] speaking a distinct [[Yoruba language#Varieties|dialect]] of the [[Yoruba language]].
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+The '''Awori''' is a [[subgroup]] of the [[Yoruba people]] speaking a [[Yoruba language#Varieties|dialect]] of the [[Yoruba language]].
+The Awori people are the original inhabitants of Lagos State and some parts of Ogun State, namely Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Awori people are landowners, farmers and fishermen.
+The Awori migrated first from [[Ile Ife]], through the Oyo Empire and eventually settled in the presentday Lagos.
+Awori is a Yoruba sub-group, speaking a distinct dialect of the Yoruba language, easily identifiable by native Yoruba language speakers.
+Awori people, like most Yoruba dialects love parties, music, arts, and are a highly religious people. They often practice Islam, Christianity, as well as the Yorùbá traditional religion, also known as Ìṣẹ̀ṣe.
 ==Geographic extent==
 {{Main|Territories of the Awori}}
-Traditionally, the Awori people are found in [[Ogun State]] and [[Lagos State]], [[Nigeria]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TH0uAQAAIAAJ|title=A History of the Awori of Lagos State|author1=E. A. Ajayi|author2=R. O. Ajetunmobi|author3=Akindele S. A.|publisher=Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education|year=1998|isbn= 978-978-142-035-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fwc5AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA15|title=The Yoruba Today|author=Jeremy Seymour Eades|page=16|publisher=Cambridge University Press Archive|year=1980|isbn=978-0-521-22656-1}}</ref> Towns including Ado-Odo, Isheri, [[Ota, Ogun|Ota]], Igbesa, Agbara, Ilobi, Tigbo are all Awori settlements within today's Ogun State (created 1976) in Nigeria. <ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/cities-towns-and-villages-in-ogun-state-cities-towns-and-villages-in-ogun-state-115714991X |title=Cities, Towns and Villages in Ogun State Cities, Towns and Villages in Ogun State: Ilaro, Ota, Nigeria, Ijebu Ode, Sagamu, Abeokuta, Odogbolu, Ilaro,}}</ref>
+Traditionally, the Awori [https://www.oto-awori.com/ people] are found in [[Ogun State]] and [[Lagos State]], [[Nigeria]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TH0uAQAAIAAJ|title=A History of the Awori of Lagos State|author1=E. A. Ajayi|author2=R. O. Ajetunmobi|author3=Akindele S. A.|publisher=Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education|year=1998|isbn= 978-978-142-035-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fwc5AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA15|title=The Yoruba Today|author=Jeremy Seymour Eades|page=16|publisher=Cambridge University Press Archive|year=1980|isbn=978-0-521-22656-1}}</ref> Towns including Oto Awori, [[Ikorodu]], Epe, Araromi-Ale, Esepe Iworo, [[Badagry]], [[Ota, Ogun|Ota]], Ado-Odo, Isheri, Igbesa, Agbara, Ilobi, and Tigbo are all Awori settlements within today's Ogun State (created 1976) in Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/cities-towns-and-villages-in-ogun-state-cities-towns-and-villages-in-ogun-state-115714991X |title=Cities, Towns and Villages in Ogun State Cities, Towns and Villages in Ogun State: Ilaro, Ota, Nigeria, Ijebu Ode, Igbesa, Agbara, Sagamu, Abeokuta, Odogbolu, Ilaro}}</ref>
+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]].
 ==Origin story==
+The story is that Olofin  Ogunfunminire and his followers left the palace of King [[Oduduwa]] (founder of the Yoruba) in [[Ile-Ife]] and migrated southward along a river. The [[Ile-Ife]] King had given Olofin a mud [[Plate (dishware)|plate]] and instructed him to place it on the water and follow it until it sank into the river.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Lloyd |first=Peter Cutt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uf-XXwAACAAJ |title=Yoruba Land Law /P.C. Lloyd |date=1962 |publisher=Published for the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research |language=en}}</ref>
-[[File:Oto-Awori LCDA.jpg|thumb]]
-The story is that Olofin (or Ogunfunminire, founder of the Awori) 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 (dishware)|plate]] and instructed him to place it on the water and follow it until it sank into the river. <ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Lloyd |first=Peter Cutt |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Yoruba_Land_Law_P_C_Lloyd.html?id=uf-XXwAACAAJ |title=Yoruba Land Law /P.C. Lloyd |date=1962 |publisher=Published for the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research |language=en}}</ref>
-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. <ref name=":0" />
+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.<ref name=":0" />
-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. Ajaiye eventually gave birth to 8 children, who would eventually grow up to be the present day Idejos. He gave them lands to farm. The Idejos include Oniru, Elegushi, Ojora, Onikoyi etc.
+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. Ajaiye eventually gave birth to 8 children, who would eventually grow up to be the present day Idejos. He gave them lands to farm. The Idejos include Aromire, Ojora, Onikoyi, Oniru, Oluwa, Oloto, Olumegbon and Elegushi.
-Olofin would eventually go back to Isheri to live out the rest of his life after cutting off Ajaiye's head for betraying him to the Benin people. <ref name=":0" />
+Olofin would eventually go back to Isheri to rule as Olofin of Isheri and lived out the rest of his life where he eventually died at old age.
-Ogunneru eventually succeeded Olofin Ogunfunminire as the next Olofin of Isheri while Ogunbiyi will go on to birth new Awori towns. His son was the first King of Ota. <ref name=":0" />
+Ogunneru eventually succeeded Olofin as the next Olofin of Isheri while Ogunbiyi will go on to birth new Awori towns. <ref name=":0" />
 ==History==
-The settlement of the Awori clan is known to have preceded the establishment of Abeokuta as an Egba kingdom in 1832, as Isheri, the foremost Awori town within present day Ogun State was settled in the 15th century.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Iy6FAAAAIAAJ|title=Lagos: the city is the people (World cities series)|author=Margaret Peil|publisher=G.K. Hall|year=1991|page=5|isbn=978-0-8161-7299-3}}</ref>
+The settlement of the Awori clan is known to have preceded the establishment of Abeokuta as an Egba kingdom in 1832, as Isheri, a foremost Awori kingdom's existence dated back several millenniums ago.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-11 |title=History, the human anchor |url=https://t.guardian.ng/opinion/history-the-human-anchor/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}</ref>
-Traditions are consistent about the presence of a distinct Yoruba sub-group around Lagos by about 1550 when the [[Benin Empire]] invaded the region of Lagos. <ref>{{Cite web |title=AFRICA {{!}} 101 Last Tribes - Awori people |url=http://101lasttribes.com/tribes/awori.html |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=101lasttribes.com}}</ref>
+Traditions are consistent about the presence of a distinct Yoruba sub-group around Lagos by about 1750 when the [[Benin Empire]] encroaching the region of Lagos.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFRICA {{!}} 101 Last Tribes - Awori people |url=http://101lasttribes.com/tribes/awori.html |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=101lasttribes.com}}</ref>
-An anthropologist, W.G. Wormalin in his Intelligence Report on the Badagry district of the colony (1935) gives a graphic description of the early Awori he encountered when he writes that:" They speak a slurred dialect of the Yoruba language. They mostly engage in farming and fishing." <ref>{{Cite web |title=AWORI PEOPLE - We Africa Preview |url=https://wap.org.ng/read/awori-people/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=wap.org.ng |language=en-US}}</ref>
+An anthropologist, W.G. Wormalin in his Intelligence Report on the Badagry district of the colony (1935) gives a graphic description of the early Awori he encountered when he writes that:" They speak a slurred dialect of the Yoruba language. They mostly engage in farming and fishing."<ref name="AWORI PEOPLE - We Africa Preview">{{Cite web |title=AWORI PEOPLE - We Africa Preview |url=https://wap.org.ng/read/awori-people/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=wap.org.ng |language=en-US}}</ref>
 ==Religion==
-Traditional beliefs and practice exist side-by-side [[Islam]] and [[Christianity]]. Some of the Awori combined Islam or Christianity with their traditional beliefs and practices. Islam was introduced to different parts of Aworiland before the twentieth century by Muslim clerics from the hinterland, while the diffusion of Christianity followed missionary activities in the region of Badagry from the 1840s. The use of Ifa oracle in the determination of certain issues and events such as date of festival, coronation ceremony, causes of state calamity is in practice among traditional believers. A person's future and fortune remained an important aspect of Yoruba civilisation, which the Awori still retain. In addition, the institutions of priesthood and palace society for which the Yoruba of the interior are famous featured prominently between them. For instance, the possession of Ade crown and recognition of Oba, which is the highest conception of political authority among the Yoruba, is what every tradition leader; especially those from royal lineages in Aworiland aspire to. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Contributor |first=Pulse |date=2022-06-27 |title=Awori People: A brief history and belief of the original indigenes of Lagos |url=https://www.pulse.ng/lifestyle/food-travel/awori-people-a-brief-history-and-belief-of-the-original-indigenes-of-lagos/chjn7zt |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Pulse Nigeria |language=en}}</ref>
+Traditional beliefs and practice exist side-by-side [[Islam]] and [[Christianity]]. Some of the Awori combined Islam or Christianity with their traditional beliefs and practices. Islam was introduced to different parts of Aworiland before the twentieth century by Muslim clerics from the hinterland, while the diffusion of Christianity followed missionary activities in the region of Badagry from the 1840s. The use of Ifa oracle in the determination of certain issues and events such as date of festival, coronation ceremony, causes of state calamity is in practice among traditional believers. A person's future and fortune remained an important aspect of Yoruba civilisation, which the Awori still retain. In addition, the institutions of priesthood and palace society for which the Yoruba of the interior are famous featured prominently between them. For instance, the possession of Ade crown and recognition of Oba, which is the highest conception of political authority among the Yoruba, is what every tradition leader; especially those from royal lineages in Aworiland aspire to.<ref>{{Cite web |author=<!--[Pulse Contributor]--> |date=2022-06-27 |title=Awori People: A brief history and belief of the original indigenes of Lagos |url=https://www.pulse.ng/lifestyle/food-travel/awori-people-a-brief-history-and-belief-of-the-original-indigenes-of-lagos/chjn7zt |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Pulse Nigeria |language=en}}</ref>
-===Traditional Festival===
-Oro and Oree, Egungun, Elegba, Igumuko, Opa, Osugbo and Gelede festivals among the traditional Sword communities are celebrated as people celebrate modern Sallah and Christmas with indigenes trooping back home from far and near when dates are fixed.
+===Traditional festivals===
+Oro and Oree, Egungun, Elegba, Igunuko, Opa, Osugbo and Gelede festivals among the traditional Sword communities are celebrated as people celebrate modern Sallah and Christmas with indigenes trooping back home from far and near when dates are fixed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Refugees |first=United Nations High Commissioner for |title=Refworld {{!}} Nigeria: Oro festival including the role of the Oro priest and whether, or not, he or she is masked; whether there are any penalties invoked against those who observe the priest performing his rituals |url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4be794.html |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Refworld |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=UNESCO - Oral heritage of Gelede |url=https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/oral-heritage-of-gelede-00002 |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=ich.unesco.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Egungun Masquerade Dance Costume: Ekuu Egungun |url=https://africa.si.edu/exhibits/resonance/44.html#:~:text=The%20appearance%20of%20Egungun%20in,and%20communities%20with%20departed%20ancestors. |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=africa.si.edu}}</ref>
 ==Economy==
-Due to the nature of the geographical environment, fishing, rather than farming which is traditionally with the Yoruba, is the major traditional preoccupation of the seaside. Awori are also great farmers. In some regions, fishing is combined with mat and basket production and palm oil. The climatic variation north of the coast offers an opportunity for the cultivation of a variety of crops. Cassava is probably the most widely cultivated as it could be planted and harvested throughout the year. In addition, it is a source of [[Garri]], which now constitute a major staple food. Cassava is also processed for the production of starch and a locally produced starchy food known as Fufu and other confectionaries. Maize, Yams, Cocoyams and Oil Palm are also popular crops produced in the region. The food crops are supplemented by vegetables as well as animals such as goats, sheep and rabbits; birds like quail, cock, hen and goose, edible insects such as termites as well as alligators, which are prepared as a delicacy known as 'Ònì' among the Aworis of Lagos State.
+Due to the nature of the geographical environment, fishing, rather than farming which is traditionally with the Yoruba, is the major traditional preoccupation of the seaside. Awori are also great farmers. In some regions, fishing is combined with mat and basket production and [[palm oil]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFRICA {{!}} 101 Last Tribes - Awori people |url=http://www.101lasttribes.com/tribes/awori.html |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=www.101lasttribes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nwafor |date=2017-06-04 |title=The history of Lagos and the aboriginal tribes |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/history-lagos-aboriginal-tribes/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}</ref> The climatic variation north of the coast offers an opportunity for the cultivation of a variety of crops. Cassava is probably the most widely cultivated as it could be planted and harvested throughout the year. In addition, it is a source of [[Garri]], which now constitute a major staple food. Cassava is also processed for the production of starch and a locally produced starchy food known as Fufu and other confectionaries. Maize, Yams, Cocoyams and Oil Palm are also popular crops produced in the region. The food crops are supplemented by vegetables as well as animals such as goats, sheep and rabbits; birds like quail, cock, hen and goose, edible insects such as termites as well as alligators, which are prepared as a delicacy known as 'Ònì' among the Aworis of Lagos State.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ajiki |first=Christianah |date=2018-03-20 |title=Did You Know…? The Awori Tribe |url=https://articles.connectnigeria.com/facts-you-did-not-know-about-the-awori-tribe/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Connect Nigeria |language=en-GB}}</ref>
-However, with the industrial revolution pioneered by the Obafemi Awolowo government in the late 1950s and 1960s, the Awori-speaking areas like Ikeja and Isolo in Lagos, as well as Otta and Agbara began to see a concentration of industries, for which the indigenes surrendered their land for the economic transformation of their communities.
+However, with the industrial revolution pioneered by the Obafemi Awolowo government in the late 1950s and 1960s, the Awori-speaking areas like Ikeja and Isolo in Lagos, as well as Otta and Agbara began to see a concentration of industries, for which the indigenes surrendered their land for the economic transformation of their communities.<ref name="AWORI PEOPLE - We Africa Preview"/>
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