Akure, a city located in the Southwestern region of Nigeria, it is considered to be the largest city and capital of Ondo State. Their populace totaling to 387,087 are of the Yoruba ethnic group.

It has been known that rock engravings have been discovered in the outskirts of Akure, rock engravings dating back to Mesolithic Period. They also have some of the oldest Homo Sapiens fossils found in the West Africa region, whose provenance dates back to 11,000 years ago.

Akure was formerly known as "Àkún rę" (meaning Beads Broken) and the etymology came from a folklore that says, the city was said to have been founded by the descendant children of Oduduwa, the ancestor of the Yoruba tribe. The Prince left Ile-Ife looking for a place to settle in, like any other Yoruba city, who was said to also have been founded by Princes. The Prince, with heavy royal breads on his neck, was running off, and the beads were broken, thus assuming the place may be where Olorun (God) wanted him to settle, thus we get "Àkún rę", later on it was changed to Akure. Akure is a very agricultural area, that explains why they are considered to be a trade center for farming,. Some of their agricultural treasures, include yams, cocoa, corn, cassava, tobacco and cotton, which is used to weave clothes.