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Journal VOL. 1 NO. 2, September. 2020, ISSN: 2714 - 4054

 

The Evolution of Aworiland in the Socio-Economic Dynamism of Yoruba Race

Abdulkabir Adeyemi Obalanlege

 

ABSTRACT

The Yorba race has a rich heritage and history the Aworis, are a sub-sect of the larger 100 million Yoruba people cutting the South West of Nigeria, some part of Togo, Benin republic and Ghana and with a large Diaspora community in Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, St. Lucia, Papua New Guinea, Jamaica, Granade, Trinidad and Tobago - all originating from Ile-Ife. We, the Aworis migrated to Isheri and most parts of Lagos and some parts of Ogun State in the late 14th century and established our kingdoms and chiefdoms there in the early 15th century. The Aworis are originally princes and princess of Ile Ife. They are children of Oduduwa. Last year, we did a homecoming event where leading Awori Obas, including myself, went to our ancestral home in Ile-Ife and were hosted by the Ooni Adimula, HRM Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II at Ile Ife. The Awori are distinguished by four main characteristics: the language which is of Yoruba dialect, traditions of ancestral migration from Ile Ife, traditions of common descent from Oduduwa, the eponymous hero of Yoruba and traditions of consanguineous relationship resulting from the ancestry of ruling classes and cultural heritage as well as diffusion through migration and interaction. Awori Yoruba dialect remained a uniform force among the various groups; an Awori identifies himself with another Awori greeting term “Kitigbe o?” (How are you?” and the familiar response is “O gbee re” (“It is well”).

 

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