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The island town with three overlapping origins, its Àwórì land-owning chiefs, its Benin-derived kingship, the 1851 bombardment and 1861 cession, and the Brazilian quarter the returnees built.
Three Yoruba groupings that standard accounts leave out, the Àwórì who own the ground under Lagos, the Ẹ̀gbádò who renamed themselves Yewa in 1995, and the Ìbàràpá seven towns.
A comprehensive historical examination of Ọ̀tà, the paramount kingdom of the Awori Yoruba, covering its dual founding traditions, dynastic succession, governance structures, 19th-century conflicts, and contemporary industrial evolution.
An examination of the Àwórì Yorùbá subgroup, detailing their migration traditions, territorial distribution across Lagos and Ogun States, chieftaincy systems, dialectology, and ritual institutions.