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The place name 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ is found all over Yorùbáland:
For example, on Monday morning 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟬, R. & J. Lander stopped briefly near an 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ town in the countryside of Ọ̀yọ́-Ilé (Ọyọ empire’s capital).
From their description, this 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ (“Eco”) town was not too far from Ṣakí (“Chekki”); not too far from Kòso (“Coosoo”), Ìgbòho (“Bohoo”), & Ọ̀yọ́ itself.
For the actual report, see 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝟭 from Richard & John Lander, “Journal of an Expedition”, 1 (1832).
Others are found in present day Osun, Oyo, Delta & Lagos states— each of which is a Yorùbá town.
——
This post intends to add a clarifying context to an older post (dated: Nov. 8th 2023) on this subject.
See ‘Highlights’ on my ‘Profile’ for the older post.
Despite this intended context, the following facts remains historically accurate as in the older post:
𝟭) Lagos traditions say that the Àwórì occupy Ìdó island, & Ọ̀tọ̀ (on that island) was the key town & seat of government in the area (under the Ọlộfin); while 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ (next to Ìdó island) is the Yorùbá name for their 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺. [Historians now set this in c.1000].
Refer to 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝟮 for a documention of the Lagos tradition on this as published in year 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟴 in the “Précis of Information Concerning the Colony of Lagos”: Intelligence Branch of British War Office.
.
.
𝟮) To be very emphatic, this island beside Ìdó had received its name ‘𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́’ (literally: ‘𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻’ as is to be demonstrated in 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁-𝟮) before any human or group of people began to live on this farmland.
See 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝟯 for this Lagos tradition as is seen in Alan C. Burns (GCMG) “History of Nigeria”, 1929.
.
.
𝟯) Moreover, the 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ island was first inhabited by one of the Ọlộfin’s sons named Onîta (also called ‘Arómirẹ́’). He’s reputed in the Lagos traditions to have initiated this by setting up a 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽 (aka. 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱) for himself on this original plantation.
See 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝟰 for this Lagos tradition as is seen in Loṣi, “History of Lagos”, (Tika-Tore, Lagos 1914).
In other words, the part of Lagos island known till date as 𝗘𝗿𝗲́𝗸𝗼 (literally: ‘𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱’) can be traced back to that act by Onîta-Ògbógbódí (‘Arómirẹ́’).
.
.
𝟰) In the 1500s, 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́-island slowly took the shape of a trade magnet of sizeable importance (thanks to European coastal trading activities) drawing in non-Àwórì immigrant trade groups, such as some Ìjẹ̀bú, Ìlàjẹ, Ìkálẹ̀, Itsẹkiri, and Bini trading groups.
Each trade group sought permission to land from the Àwórì, & a piece of the Àwórì 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́) was respectively allotted to each group for 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽.
Refer to: Alan Burns (GCMG) “History of Nigeria”, 1929, page 43. See also: “A History of the Yoruba People” (Amalion 2010), p. 222 by S. A. Akintoye.
——
Given the events and timelines highlighted from 𝟭 to 𝟰 above, it is now very clear that the etymology of the name ‘𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́’ could not possibly have derived from the name of Onîta’s (aka. Arómirẹ́’s) ‘𝗲𝗿𝗲́𝗸𝗼’.
Again, the reason is simple: the name 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ applied first to the island, while the name 𝗘𝗿𝗲́𝗸𝗼 appeared later-on on the island starting with Arómirẹ́’s act.
Also going by the events and timelines, the Benin & other immigrant trade groups encountered this name 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ (fully: 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́'𝗼𝗿𝗶́-𝗼𝗺𝗶, lit. “Èkó on waters”: Alli, in Asaju, “Lagos and Its Environs”, 2006:51) on this island as an existing centuries-old name.
As such, versions of the name began to appear in the lexicons and accounts of the out-groups. The European reports show it as: Ichoo, Curamo, etc.
The Ìjẹ̀bú accounts have it as Èkó & Èkõrómi. The Ijaw oral traditions report it as Iko and Ụkụrọama.
The Bini group wasn’t an exception: its lexicon & accounts received it as Eko (short), Korame (full).
——
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The place name 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ is found all over Yorùbáland:
For example, on Monday morning 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟬, R. & J. Lander stopped briefly near an 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ town in the countryside of Ọ̀yọ́-Ilé (Ọyọ empire’s capital).
From their description, this 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ (“Eco”) town was not too far from Ṣakí (“Chekki”); not too far from Kòso (“Coosoo”), Ìgbòho (“Bohoo”), & Ọ̀yọ́ itself.
For the actual report, see 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝟭 from Richard & John Lander, “Journal of an Expedition”, 1 (1832).
Others are found in present day Osun, Oyo, Delta & Lagos states— each of which is a Yorùbá town.
——
This post intends to add a clarifying context to an older post (dated: Nov. 8th 2023) on this subject.
See ‘Highlights’ on my ‘Profile’ for the older post.
Despite this intended context, the following facts remains historically accurate as in the older post:
𝟭) Lagos traditions say that the Àwórì occupy Ìdó island, & Ọ̀tọ̀ (on that island) was the key town & seat of government in the area (under the Ọlộfin); while 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ (next to Ìdó island) is the Yorùbá name for their 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺. [Historians now set this in c.1000].
Refer to 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝟮 for a documention of the Lagos tradition on this as published in year 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟴 in the “Précis of Information Concerning the Colony of Lagos”: Intelligence Branch of British War Office.
.
.
𝟮) To be very emphatic, this island beside Ìdó had received its name ‘𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́’ (literally: ‘𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻’ as is to be demonstrated in 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁-𝟮) before any human or group of people began to live on this farmland.
See 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝟯 for this Lagos tradition as is seen in Alan C. Burns (GCMG) “History of Nigeria”, 1929.
.
.
𝟯) Moreover, the 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ island was first inhabited by one of the Ọlộfin’s sons named Onîta (also called ‘Arómirẹ́’). He’s reputed in the Lagos traditions to have initiated this by setting up a 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽 (aka. 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱) for himself on this original plantation.
See 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝟰 for this Lagos tradition as is seen in Loṣi, “History of Lagos”, (Tika-Tore, Lagos 1914).
In other words, the part of Lagos island known till date as 𝗘𝗿𝗲́𝗸𝗼 (literally: ‘𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱’) can be traced back to that act by Onîta-Ògbógbódí (‘Arómirẹ́’).
.
.
𝟰) In the 1500s, 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́-island slowly took the shape of a trade magnet of sizeable importance (thanks to European coastal trading activities) drawing in non-Àwórì immigrant trade groups, such as some Ìjẹ̀bú, Ìlàjẹ, Ìkálẹ̀, Itsẹkiri, and Bini trading groups.
Each trade group sought permission to land from the Àwórì, & a piece of the Àwórì 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́) was respectively allotted to each group for 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽.
Refer to: Alan Burns (GCMG) “History of Nigeria”, 1929, page 43. See also: “A History of the Yoruba People” (Amalion 2010), p. 222 by S. A. Akintoye.
——
Given the events and timelines highlighted from 𝟭 to 𝟰 above, it is now very clear that the etymology of the name ‘𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́’ could not possibly have derived from the name of Onîta’s (aka. Arómirẹ́’s) ‘𝗲𝗿𝗲́𝗸𝗼’.
Again, the reason is simple: the name 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ applied first to the island, while the name 𝗘𝗿𝗲́𝗸𝗼 appeared later-on on the island starting with Arómirẹ́’s act.
Also going by the events and timelines, the Benin & other immigrant trade groups encountered this name 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ (fully: 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́'𝗼𝗿𝗶́-𝗼𝗺𝗶, lit. “Èkó on waters”: Alli, in Asaju, “Lagos and Its Environs”, 2006:51) on this island as an existing centuries-old name.
As such, versions of the name began to appear in the lexicons and accounts of the out-groups. The European reports show it as: Ichoo, Curamo, etc.
The Ìjẹ̀bú accounts have it as Èkó & Èkõrómi. The Ijaw oral traditions report it as Iko and Ụkụrọama.
The Bini group wasn’t an exception: its lexicon & accounts received it as Eko (short), Korame (full).
——
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The place name 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ is found all over Yorùbáland:
For example, on Monday morning 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟬, R. & J. Lander stopped briefly near an 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ town in the countryside of Ọ̀yọ́-Ilé (Ọyọ empire’s capital).
From their description, this 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ (“Eco”) town was not too far from Ṣakí (“Chekki”); not too far from Kòso (“Coosoo”), Ìgbòho (“Bohoo”), & Ọ̀yọ́ itself.
For the actual report, see 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝟭 from Richard & John Lander, “Journal of an Expedition”, 1 (1832).
Others are found in present day Osun, Oyo, Delta & Lagos states— each of which is a Yorùbá town.
——
This post intends to add a clarifying context to an older post (dated: Nov. 8th 2023) on this subject.
See ‘Highlights’ on my ‘Profile’ for the older post.
Despite this intended context, the following facts remains historically accurate as in the older post:
𝟭) Lagos traditions say that the Àwórì occupy Ìdó island, & Ọ̀tọ̀ (on that island) was the key town & seat of government in the area (under the Ọlộfin); while 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ (next to Ìdó island) is the Yorùbá name for their 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺. [Historians now set this in c.1000].
Refer to 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝟮 for a documention of the Lagos tradition on this as published in year 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟴 in the “Précis of Information Concerning the Colony of Lagos”: Intelligence Branch of British War Office.
.
.
𝟮) To be very emphatic, this island beside Ìdó had received its name ‘𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́’ (literally: ‘𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻’ as is to be demonstrated in 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁-𝟮) before any human or group of people began to live on this farmland.
See 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝟯 for this Lagos tradition as is seen in Alan C. Burns (GCMG) “History of Nigeria”, 1929.
.
.
𝟯) Moreover, the 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ island was first inhabited by one of the Ọlộfin’s sons named Onîta (also called ‘Arómirẹ́’). He’s reputed in the Lagos traditions to have initiated this by setting up a 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽 (aka. 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱) for himself on this original plantation.
See 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝟰 for this Lagos tradition as is seen in Loṣi, “History of Lagos”, (Tika-Tore, Lagos 1914).
In other words, the part of Lagos island known till date as 𝗘𝗿𝗲́𝗸𝗼 (literally: ‘𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱’) can be traced back to that act by Onîta-Ògbógbódí (‘Arómirẹ́’).
.
.
𝟰) In the 1500s, 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́-island slowly took the shape of a trade magnet of sizeable importance (thanks to European coastal trading activities) drawing in non-Àwórì immigrant trade groups, such as some Ìjẹ̀bú, Ìlàjẹ, Ìkálẹ̀, Itsẹkiri, and Bini trading groups.
Each trade group sought permission to land from the Àwórì, & a piece of the Àwórì 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́) was respectively allotted to each group for 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽.
Refer to: Alan Burns (GCMG) “History of Nigeria”, 1929, page 43. See also: “A History of the Yoruba People” (Amalion 2010), p. 222 by S. A. Akintoye.
——
Given the events and timelines highlighted from 𝟭 to 𝟰 above, it is now very clear that the etymology of the name ‘𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́’ could not possibly have derived from the name of Onîta’s (aka. Arómirẹ́’s) ‘𝗲𝗿𝗲́𝗸𝗼’.
Again, the reason is simple: the name 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ applied first to the island, while the name 𝗘𝗿𝗲́𝗸𝗼 appeared later-on on the island starting with Arómirẹ́’s act.
Also going by the events and timelines, the Benin & other immigrant trade groups encountered this name 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ (fully: 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́'𝗼𝗿𝗶́-𝗼𝗺𝗶, lit. “Èkó on waters”: Alli, in Asaju, “Lagos and Its Environs”, 2006:51) on this island as an existing centuries-old name.
As such, versions of the name began to appear in the lexicons and accounts of the out-groups. The European reports show it as: Ichoo, Curamo, etc.
The Ìjẹ̀bú accounts have it as Èkó & Èkõrómi. The Ijaw oral traditions report it as Iko and Ụkụrọama.
The Bini group wasn’t an exception: its lexicon & accounts received it as Eko (short), Korame (full).
——
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@dare411074 @Mz_Tosyn Oba of Benin palace is available take him dere maybe Thier language matter but in all Yoruba land is matter
@theOlaBola @Tegaski Maybe will should contact oba of Benin in 3lg and Baba yibo from Aba to tell us those two things awon afofu gbe mu
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Etí-Ọ̀sà•
The Bini ‘Ẹ̀tín-Òsà’ is often thrown around by the fiction-mongers.
These two are not only different in meaning but also in pronunciation.
For starters, think of how ‘house’ & ‘hose’ are unrelated. Got it? Good!
They are more unrelated than that as is to be seen.
@jayhemz You and monkey of benin go cry tire
@theOlaBola Wa GBA yi
ÈKÓ:
Yoruba word for "PLANTATION".
A synonym for: "OKO" ("FARM").
See Parts 1 & 2 for more details👇🏾
@jayhemz Eni ku re
𝗘̀𝗞𝗢́ — A 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Series⚠️ 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁-𝟭 of 𝟮‼️
The place name 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ is found all over Yorùbáland:
For example, on Monday morning 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟬, R. & J. Lander stopped briefly near an 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ town in the countryside of Ọ̀yọ́-Ilé (Ọyọ empire’s capital).
From their description, this 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ (“Eco”) town was not too far from Ṣakí (“Chekki”); not too far from Kòso (“Coosoo”), Ìgbòho (“Bohoo”), & Ọ̀yọ́ itself.
For the actual report, see 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝟭 from Richard & John Lander, “Journal of an Expedition”, 1 (1832).
Others are found in present day Osun, Oyo, Delta & Lagos states— each of which is a Yorùbá town.
——
This post intends to add a clarifying context to an older post (dated: Nov. 8th 2023) on this subject.
See ‘Highlights’ on my ‘Profile’ for the older post.
Despite this intended context, the following facts remains historically accurate as in the older post:
𝟭) Lagos traditions say that the Àwórì occupy Ìdó island, & Ọ̀tọ̀ (on that island) was the key town & seat of government in the area (under the Ọlộfin); while 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ (next to Ìdó island) is the Yorùbá name for their 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺. [Historians now set this in c.1000].
Refer to 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝟮 for a documention of the Lagos tradition on this as published in year 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟴 in the “Précis of Information Concerning the Colony of Lagos”: Intelligence Branch of British War Office.
.
.
𝟮) To be very emphatic, this island beside Ìdó had received its name ‘𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́’ (literally: ‘𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻’ as is to be demonstrated in 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁-𝟮) before any human or group of people began to live on this farmland.
See 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝟯 for this Lagos tradition as is seen in Alan C. Burns (GCMG) “History of Nigeria”, 1929.
.
.
𝟯) Moreover, the 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ island was first inhabited by one of the Ọlộfin’s sons named Onîta (also called ‘Arómirẹ́’). He’s reputed in the Lagos traditions to have initiated this by setting up a 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽 (aka. 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱) for himself on this original plantation.
See 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝟰 for this Lagos tradition as is seen in Loṣi, “History of Lagos”, (Tika-Tore, Lagos 1914).
In other words, the part of Lagos island known till date as 𝗘𝗿𝗲́𝗸𝗼 (literally: ‘𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱’) can be traced back to that act by Onîta-Ògbógbódí (‘Arómirẹ́’).
.
.
𝟰) In the 1500s, 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́-island slowly took the shape of a trade magnet of sizeable importance (thanks to European coastal trading activities) drawing in non-Àwórì immigrant trade groups, such as some Ìjẹ̀bú, Ìlàjẹ, Ìkálẹ̀, Itsẹkiri, and Bini trading groups.
Each trade group sought permission to land from the Àwórì, & a piece of the Àwórì 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́) was respectively allotted to each group for 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽.
Refer to: Alan Burns (GCMG) “History of Nigeria”, 1929, page 43. See also: “A History of the Yoruba People” (Amalion 2010), p. 222 by S. A. Akintoye.
——
Given the events and timelines highlighted from 𝟭 to 𝟰 above, it is now very clear that the etymology of the name ‘𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́’ could not possibly have derived from the name of Onîta’s (aka. Arómirẹ́’s) ‘𝗲𝗿𝗲́𝗸𝗼’.
Again, the reason is simple: the name 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ applied first to the island, while the name 𝗘𝗿𝗲́𝗸𝗼 appeared later-on on the island starting with Arómirẹ́’s act.
Also going by the events and timelines, the Benin & other immigrant trade groups encountered this name 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ (fully: 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́'𝗼𝗿𝗶́-𝗼𝗺𝗶, lit. “Èkó on waters”: Alli, in Asaju, “Lagos and Its Environs”, 2006:51) on this island as an existing centuries-old name.
As such, versions of the name began to appear in the lexicons and accounts of the out-groups. The European reports show it as: Ichoo, Curamo, etc.
The Ìjẹ̀bú accounts have it as Èkó & Èkõrómi. The Ijaw oral traditions report it as Iko and Ụkụrọama.
The Bini group wasn’t an exception: its lexicon & accounts received it as Eko (short), Korame (full).
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The place name 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ is found all over Yorùbáland:
For example, on Monday morning 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟬, R. & J. Lander stopped briefly near an 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ town in the countryside of Ọ̀yọ́-Ilé (Ọyọ empire’s capital).
From their description, this 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ (“Eco”) town was not too far from Ṣakí (“Chekki”); not too far from Kòso (“Coosoo”), Ìgbòho (“Bohoo”), & Ọ̀yọ́ itself.
For the actual report, see 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝟭 from Richard & John Lander, “Journal of an Expedition”, 1 (1832).
Others are found in present day Osun, Oyo, Delta & Lagos states— each of which is a Yorùbá town.
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This post intends to add a clarifying context to an older post (dated: Nov. 8th 2023) on this subject.
See ‘Highlights’ on my ‘Profile’ for the older post.
Despite this intended context, the following facts remains historically accurate as in the older post:
𝟭) Lagos traditions say that the Àwórì occupy Ìdó island, & Ọ̀tọ̀ (on that island) was the key town & seat of government in the area (under the Ọlộfin); while 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ (next to Ìdó island) is the Yorùbá name for their 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺. [Historians now set this in c.1000].
Refer to 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝟮 for a documention of the Lagos tradition on this as published in year 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟴 in the “Précis of Information Concerning the Colony of Lagos”: Intelligence Branch of British War Office.
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𝟮) To be very emphatic, this island beside Ìdó had received its name ‘𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́’ (literally: ‘𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻’ as is to be demonstrated in 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁-𝟮) before any human or group of people began to live on this farmland.
See 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝟯 for this Lagos tradition as is seen in Alan C. Burns (GCMG) “History of Nigeria”, 1929.
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𝟯) Moreover, the 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ island was first inhabited by one of the Ọlộfin’s sons named Onîta (also called ‘Arómirẹ́’). He’s reputed in the Lagos traditions to have initiated this by setting up a 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽 (aka. 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱) for himself on this original plantation.
See 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝟰 for this Lagos tradition as is seen in Loṣi, “History of Lagos”, (Tika-Tore, Lagos 1914).
In other words, the part of Lagos island known till date as 𝗘𝗿𝗲́𝗸𝗼 (literally: ‘𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱’) can be traced back to that act by Onîta-Ògbógbódí (‘Arómirẹ́’).
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𝟰) In the 1500s, 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́-island slowly took the shape of a trade magnet of sizeable importance (thanks to European coastal trading activities) drawing in non-Àwórì immigrant trade groups, such as some Ìjẹ̀bú, Ìlàjẹ, Ìkálẹ̀, Itsẹkiri, and Bini trading groups.
Each trade group sought permission to land from the Àwórì, & a piece of the Àwórì 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́) was respectively allotted to each group for 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽.
Refer to: Alan Burns (GCMG) “History of Nigeria”, 1929, page 43. See also: “A History of the Yoruba People” (Amalion 2010), p. 222 by S. A. Akintoye.
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Given the events and timelines highlighted from 𝟭 to 𝟰 above, it is now very clear that the etymology of the name ‘𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́’ could not possibly have derived from the name of Onîta’s (aka. Arómirẹ́’s) ‘𝗲𝗿𝗲́𝗸𝗼’.
Again, the reason is simple: the name 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ applied first to the island, while the name 𝗘𝗿𝗲́𝗸𝗼 appeared later-on on the island starting with Arómirẹ́’s act.
Also going by the events and timelines, the Benin & other immigrant trade groups encountered this name 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́ (fully: 𝗘̀𝗸𝗼́'𝗼𝗿𝗶́-𝗼𝗺𝗶, lit. “Èkó on waters”: Alli, in Asaju, “Lagos and Its Environs”, 2006:51) on this island as an existing centuries-old name.
As such, versions of the name began to appear in the lexicons and accounts of the out-groups. The European reports show it as: Ichoo, Curamo, etc.
The Ìjẹ̀bú accounts have it as Èkó & Èkõrómi. The Ijaw oral traditions report it as Iko and Ụkụrọama.
The Bini group wasn’t an exception: its lexicon & accounts received it as Eko (short), Korame (full).
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