ABSTRACT
The Egba occupy the Egba and the Ilaro Divisions of Abeokuta Province, those in the latter consisting of the separate groups known as Egbado, Awori and Ahori. The Yoruba in Dahomey extend from the mixed town of Porto Novo northwards, taking in the towns of Saketé, Pobé and Ketu and spreading right across from the Colony to Dassazoume and Save. From here they extend up to the limits of the cercle of Savalou. Bassila marks an approximate northern limit. In French Togoland they spread into Ewe coun try as far west as Atakpamé and Pagala. The Yoruba speakers in Dahomey are called Anago, Nago and Nagot by the Fon and variously call themselves Yoruba, Egba, Sha or Itsha (? = Ijesha). The Sha call the Egba, Omojagun, ‘sons of war* .
