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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]], where it remained for a much longer period of time. Olofin began instructing his followers to begin setting up a permanent settlement, but after 289 days (17 x 17) the plate began moving again. Olofin and a few followers followed the plate, while the rest of the group stayed behind. After two days the plate stopped briefly at [[Iddo Island|Iddo]] in [[Lagos]]. At [[Idumota]] in central [[Lagos]], it whirled around in the water and sank to the bottom. When Olofin returned to his group at Iddo, they 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>{{cite book |title= Ota: The Biography of the Foremost Awori Town |publisher= Penink & Co | author= Ruhollah Ajibola Salako|year= 1999|pages= 13–14}}</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]], where it remained for a much longer period of time. Olofin began instructing his followers to begin setting up a permanent settlement, but after 289 days (17 x 17) the plate began moving again. Olofin and a few followers followed the plate, while the rest of the group stayed behind. After two days the plate stopped briefly at [[Iddo Island|Iddo]] in [[Lagos]]. At [[Idumota]] in central [[Lagos]], it whirled around in the water and sank to the bottom. When Olofin returned to his group at Iddo, they 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>{{cite book |title= Ota: The Biography of the Foremost Awori Town |publisher= Penink & Co | author= Ruhollah Ajibola Salako|year= 1999|pages= 13–14}}</ref> |
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The Aworis are thought to be a peace-loving, accommodating and friendly clan.Don't take this fairy tale seriously, we are yoruba and like to make up our "history" with no historical document to back up our claims. We do not understand the difference between the present and the past and we do not understand the difference between the capital of an Empire and the empire itself. We change our "historical" claims according to our mood. In reality we are totally lost because we have bastardizd our true history for political reasons. Local south-west chiefs who were supported by rich politicians started calling themselves "Oba" and started rewriting history to position themselves as what they were not. |
The Aworis are thought to be a peace-loving, accommodating and friendly clan.Don't take this fairy tale seriously, we are yoruba and like to make up our "history" with no historical document to back up our claims. We do not understand the difference between the present and the past and we do not understand the difference between the capital of an Empire and the empire itself. We change our "historical" claims according to our mood. In reality we are totally lost because we have bastardizd our true history for political reasons. Local south-west chiefs who were supported by rich politicians started calling themselves "Oba" and started rewriting history to position themselves as what they were not. Historical records show that there is only one Oba and that is the Oba of Benin. By he way we like to claim everything archieved by Benin. We have claimed the Benin Art and we have claimed Benin Kings. We don't understand the difference between Benin City (the capital of the Benin Empire) and the Benin Kingdom/Empire. We also don't understand the concept that the current map of Edo state (which was a small part of the Benin Kingdom) is not the same as that produced by traders 600 years ago. Thanks to this lack of intellect amongst us, we can just keep claiming each part of the Benin Kingdom which is not part of the current Edo state. Long live stupidity. |
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The Awori are a tribe of the Yoruba people speaking a distinct dialect of the Yoruba language.
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Traditionally, Awori are found in Ogun State and Lagos State, Nigeria.[1][2] The Awori people migrated from Ile Ife and occupy present day Lagos state, with a considerable section of the Awori clan occupying areas within Ogun State as a direct fall out of the creation of Ogun State in 1976. Towns including Isheri, Ota, Igbesa, Ilobi, Tigbo are all Awori settlements within today's Ogun State in Nigeria. The settlement of the Awori clan 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.[3] The Awori are direct descendants of Olofin, one of the sons of Oduduwa - the father of the yoruba nation. As such, in accordance with Yoruba custom, they brought their crown along with them from Ile Ife. Osolo, one of the sons of Prince Olofin, settled at the Osi quarters as his father and his brother journeyed further south from the place where the plate sank at Idumota. The first crowned Oba at Ota was Oba Akinsewa Ogbolu in 1621, he was the son of Osolo.[4]
Origin
Olofin and his followers left the palace of King Oduduwa 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. The plate is said to have stopped at various locations and finally sank at Idumota in the present day Lagos State in Nigeria. As they were to settle wherever it sank, the people were filled with joy when this finally happened. The name AWORI, which translates as "The plate sank", became the name by which the clan is known till today. Awori people are well known to have descended from nepturn and zeus with space shuttles. The awori are also sons of hercules and xerces. The awori once ruled germany and ordered the nazis to stop disturbing the peace, that is how ww2 was ended. Julius Cezar was an awori and he was also oduduwa's cousin.
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, where it remained for a much longer period of time. Olofin began instructing his followers to begin setting up a permanent settlement, but after 289 days (17 x 17) the plate began moving again. Olofin and a few followers followed the plate, while the rest of the group stayed behind. After two days the plate stopped briefly at Iddo in Lagos. At Idumota in central Lagos, it whirled around in the water and sank to the bottom. When Olofin returned to his group at Iddo, they 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.[5]
The Aworis are thought to be a peace-loving, accommodating and friendly clan.Don't take this fairy tale seriously, we are yoruba and like to make up our "history" with no historical document to back up our claims. We do not understand the difference between the present and the past and we do not understand the difference between the capital of an Empire and the empire itself. We change our "historical" claims according to our mood. In reality we are totally lost because we have bastardizd our true history for political reasons. Local south-west chiefs who were supported by rich politicians started calling themselves "Oba" and started rewriting history to position themselves as what they were not. Historical records show that there is only one Oba and that is the Oba of Benin. By he way we like to claim everything archieved by Benin. We have claimed the Benin Art and we have claimed Benin Kings. We don't understand the difference between Benin City (the capital of the Benin Empire) and the Benin Kingdom/Empire. We also don't understand the concept that the current map of Edo state (which was a small part of the Benin Kingdom) is not the same as that produced by traders 600 years ago. Thanks to this lack of intellect amongst us, we can just keep claiming each part of the Benin Kingdom which is not part of the current Edo state. Long live stupidity.
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Margaret Peil (1991). Lagos: the city is the people (World cities series). G.K. Hall. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-8161-7299-3.
- ^ Ota Biography of the foremost Awori Town.
- ^ Ruhollah Ajibola Salako (1999). Ota: The Biography of the Foremost Awori Town. Penink & Co. pp. 13–14.
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