THE LOCATION OF AKUKU COMMUNITY
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The history of Akuku Community the land of spring water, it aboriginals by Hon J. A Otaru and S, l. Joseph wrote a well elaborated origin of Akuku Community, tracing it to the reign of Oba Ewuare I in the 14th century , when he lost two (2) of his children in mysterious circumstances . Thereafter he introduced the use of tattoos for every bini emigrant before they are permitted to leave the kingdom as a sign of easy identification as original natives.
Two (2) great hunters who were equally blood-brothers migrated from Uselu in Benin Kingdom with some of their kiths and kin Osaeni (Osei) and Ekhor (Eshar) which in the previous material were recorded as Oso and Eka.
They fled Benin thought Obiaruko near Akwukwu in the present Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State of Nigeria and later Abraka in the same Delta State of Nigeria. They departed from there and migrated by Niger River through Aganebode into Idah from there the colonial Master reported that they migrated into their present location. Inwich they share boundary between three (3) community in AKOKO EDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE,NIGERIA namely...
1) ENWAN COMMUNITY
2) OJIRAMI DAM COMMUNITY
3) SOMORIKA COMMUNITY
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Dear Joshua,
Thank you for this information on the history and present location of Akuku [ayk] in Nigeria.
Currently, in the Ethnologue, we have the following for the location of Akuku:
Edo state: Akoko-Edo LGA; Kogi state: Okene
Would you agree with "Kogi state: Okene" as a location for Akuku? Is Akuku spoken outside of Akoko-Edo LGA?
Secondly, Roger Blench, in his Atlas of Nigerian Languages, has Akuku joined with 2 others (Okpe [okx] and Idesa [ids]) as one language. This language he calls Okpe-Idesa-Akuku. In other words, this language has 3 dialects and Akuku is one of them. What would you say is the relationship of Akuku with Idesa and Okpe?
Lastly, how many people do think currently speak the Akuku language as their native tongue?
Thank you, and best wishes,
Chuck Fennig
Managing Editor, Ethnologue
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