Awka Etiti

Awka Etiti, formerly called Awka-Diedo, is an Igbo town made up of several villages east of the Niger. Oral traditions trace its foundation to Diedo, who is said to have left his ancestral home with his son Okagbado after a dispute over inheritance. Their descendants established the town's villages, whose histories also recall kinship with neighboring communities such as Nnobi and Nnewi.

From the later eighteenth century, Awka-Diedo fought a series of wars with neighboring towns, including Nnewi, over boundaries and expansion. Its warriors acquired the name Awka-Nkakwu, later applied to the town itself. An alliance with Oraukwu brought help in wartime. Nnokwa, Amichi, Azigbo and Ichida also fought Awka-Diedo at various times, while conflicts among the town's own villages shaped the community that survived them.