Okun people

Àmi ibo Okun chi àmà àki Iyàji kùmà ji Kogi, mà mu dà knò ji Kwara, Ekiti, kpài Ondo states ei Nigeria. Ma fu am'ichi lẹ kpẹru efu uña ichi Northeast Yoruba(NEY).Bayo Ijagbemi (1996)"O-OKUN YORUBA IN YORUBA ART HISTORIOGRAPHY: HISTORY, PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS". PhD Thesis. The University of Arizona  Mà domà ki  "Okun", Okun efi ichi mà chi "àwà", "òlà kòlò", ilà kno neke chi ugwà. Abàlè kpo, èneke li òlùgwà ki dei efu àbo Ekiti, Ijesha kpai uña Igbomina yi Yoruba.

Otitoju,  J. (2002) The Okun People of Nigeria. Lagos: WEPCOM Publishers Limited. "Okun" ma ka ki chẹ ch'ojoji ama alu ogwuchẹkwọ i dabi Owé, Ìyàgbà, Addé, Gbẹdẹ, Bùnú abẹki  Abunu, Ikiri, manyi abo Òwòrò, ku wewe ma dabu ukpẹru ogwu uwewe abo Kogi State, dabu alu ki ekaluka uwewe amonẹ ọdọ 2006 ka. Ujẹnwu ma chi ọjẹ uchu, dabi abo Ekiti.

Anẹ kpai ugbo ku ma dodo
Anẹ Okun chi longitude 5° 30' tẹ 7°15' East kpai latitude 7°15' to 3°45'. Ma dodo yi anẹ Niger-Benue confluence eju ọwọ Southern Nupe, Kakanda, Ebira (Panda kpai Koto), Gbagyi kpai Igala. Tẹ ọwọ west efu anẹ Okun che Igbomina kpai Ekiti Yoruba kpẹru.

Abo Okun chẹ tẹ r'efu local government area mẹfa efu  Kogi State, namely: Kabba-Bunu, Yagba-West, Yagba-East, Mopa-Muro, Ìjùmú kpai Lokoja local government Areas. Ugbo ku ma dodo chi Mopa, Ogidi, Ayetoro Gbede, Okedayo, Odo Ere, Ife, Egbe, Iyara, Iyamoye, Odoape, Ekinrin-Adde, Kabba, Isanlu, Obajana, Ikoyi, Agbaja.

ICHI
Abo Okun ak'ichi ki dabi Yoruba uchẹ ka chi; Ikiri, Owé, Ìyàgbà, Addé, Bùnú kpai Ọwọrọ. Uwewe abo Most Okun aka  Yoruba eyi ogbolo.Arokoyo Bolanle, "A survey of Okun phonology" 
Cuisine

Abo Okun che n'ujẹnwu wewe. Ami obo ma che obo ora (ọrọ ẹgbẹ), akuku, kpai obo tankelekon. Ọjẹ ku ma du jẹ kpai obo lẹ chi ọjẹ uchu.

Abata uja-ibe 
Ọgba ta ku ma nyi Kogi state ọjọ kochu ẹjọ nolu ọjọ ogwu nyọwọ mebie efu ọdọ 1991, Abo Okun Yoruba d'efu Kwara state kpai abo Ekiti ki bọ manyi abo ogbogbele Igbomina. 

Abo k'eju ma

 Pius Adesanmi
 Smart Adeyemi
 S. A. Ajayi
 Seth Sunday Ajayi
 Gbenro Ajibade
 Darey Art Alade
 Ibiyinka Alao
 Etannibi Alemika
 Sammy Ameobi
 Shola Ameobi
 Tolulope Arotile
 Prof Dapo Folorunsho Asaju
 Sunday Awoniyi
 John Olatunde Ayeni
 Sunday Bada
 Yetunde Barnabas
 TY Bello
 Tunde Baiyewu
 Joseph Abiodun Balogun
 Nike Davies-Okundaye
 Hon Abiodun Faleke
 Jaywon
 David Jemibewon
 Samuel Jemigbon
 Eyitayo Lambo
 Dino Melaye
 Prof Olufemi Obafemi
 John Obaro
 Tunde Ogbeha
 Bayo Ojo
 Jide Omokore
 Cardinal John Onaiyekan
 Juwon Oshaniwa
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References

Further reading
 Oyelaran O.O (1978), "Lingusitic Speculations on Yoruba History", in his DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES, UNIVERSITY OF IFE SEMINAR SERIES 1:624-651. Ife-Department of African Languages and Literatures, University of Ife, Nigeria.
 Bernhard Struck (1911)"Linguistic Bibliography of Northern Nigeria: Including Hausa and Fula, with Notes on the Yoruba Dialects" Journal of the Royal African Society.Vol. 11, No. 41 (Oct., 1911), pp. 47–61.Published by: Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal African Society.
 Bakinde C.O.(2013) "Oral Narrations on the Origin and Settlement Patterns of Okun People of Central Nigeria". Journal of tourism and Heritage Studies. Vol 2 No.2
 Temple O., Temple C. L. ( 1919 ) "Notes on the Tribes, Provinces, Emirates, and States of the Northern Provinces of Nigeria" . Printed by THE ARGUS PRINTING cK: PUBLISHING COMPANY, LIMITED. CAPE TOWN


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