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).  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.

 "Okun" ma ka ki chẹ ch'ojoji ama alu ogwuchẹkwọ i dabi **Owé**, **Ìyàgbà**, **Addé**, **Gbẹdẹ**, **Bùnú** abẹki  **Abunu**, **Ikiri**, manyi abo **[[Oworo people|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.
### 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
* WizzyPro

## 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.&nbsp;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