Yoruba-speaking fishing, salt-making and farming villages along the Lagos lagoon and the lower Ogun, with Ota inland.
The Awori traditions bring their leader, the Olofin Ogunfunminire, from Ife to Isheri on the Ogun and then to Iddo island; Lagos (Eko) as a town and Benin war camp belongs to the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. For 1 January 1200 there is no evidence beyond the presence of lagoon communities.
Who holds it
- Title
- Village heads; the Olofin of the Awori traditions belongs to a later period (not pinned)
- Since
- not pinned
- Confidence
- low
How things stand that morning
Self-governing.
Customs
Fishing and salt boiling; lagoon canoe traffic.
Assemblies
Village elders.
What the year holds
What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.
- 1200No dated event.Depends on: Not applicable Stopped by: Not applicable
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Tradition only.
On the map: A people's country drawn as a dashed outline; borders are approximate.
Sources and studies
- From the researcher's knowledge of the ethnography and oral traditions (Alagoa, Afigbo, Isichei, Forde and Jones, Bradbury); used only as a guide to who lived where
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.