Awori (African people)

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Name (Latin)
Awori (African people)
Other forms of name
Aworri (African people)
See Also From tracing topical name
Ethnology Benin
Ethnology Nigeria
Yoruba (African people)
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q4830127
Library of congress: sh2003006215
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: History of the Awori of Lagos State, 1998:p. 10 (Awori are a major Yoruba subgroup; Aworiland covers western part of Lagos State)
  • Biebuyck, D. African ethnomyms, 1996(Awori; Benin & Nigeria; alternative: Aworri)
  • Yoruba gurus website, May 16, 2003(Awori; major ethnic subgroup of Yoruba)
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Wikipedia description:

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

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