Draft:Awe, Oyo State

The History of Awe The early history of Awe is shrouded in some obscurity. According to the Revd. D. A. Olaopa who has spent many years collecting the history of the town, Awe was one of the Egba Agura (Gbagura) town founded some time in the 13th or 14th Century. Its founder is one of Ladun who came from Ile Ife. Ladun is reported to have settled first in the town of Olaromi, some three miles from the present site of Awe. When Ladun moved from Olaromi, He stooped first at the base of an Aruwewe tree, Situated in what is now the Odofin quarter of Awe, around which tree the town and from which it takes its names. While he was at Olaromi, Ladun had a son whom he named Laro after the town in which the child was born. Laro is said to have succeeded his father as ruler of Awe. The link to the full story of Awe is attached. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AWE_REAL_PAGE.pdf