| Usen | |
|---|---|
| Ode Awure | |
  | |
| Location | Ovia South-West, Edo State,  Nigeria |
| Nearest town | Okada, Idanre, Ore |
| Coordinates | 6°44′41″N 5°20′38″E / 6.74472°N 5.34389°E |
| Area | 418 km2 (161 sq mi) |
Ode Usen, also known as Ufe kekere and Ode Awure is the name of a small town in Edo state, Nigeria. It also doubles as the name of a Yoruba subgroup consisting of culturally related villages situated between Ofosu in the west and Ogbese in the east.[1] Usen is surrounded on all sides by smaller villages and farmsteads known in the local Yoruba dialect as Egunre. some of the villages under the authority of Usen include; Arere, Oladaro, Arekpa, Ogunweyin, Ogidigbo, Ilorin (Ulorin), Ukankan, Ajegunle, Obome, Aghakpo, Leleji, Ofaran, Okeodo, Adeyanba.[2] These villages were all founded by people from Usen and speak the same dialect of the Yoruba language. There are also other communities that speak the same dialect of the Yoruba language as Usen, such as; Egbeta, Utese and Igue Ogho between Ekiadọlọ and Usen.[3]
- ^ "The ambivalent sounds in Usen" (PDF). Ikhimwin, Gladys Ameze PhD, University of Benin, Nigeria. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Usen: Origin, Culture and Development. Arbor: Ambik Press. 2002. p. 31. ISBN 978-978-35712-1-1. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ ODIGIE, EMOKPAE (2015). WHEN REASONING IS ON VACATION. [Place of publication not identified]: STRATEGIC Book Publishing. p. 33. ISBN 9781631351914.