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17/06/2023

𝙃𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙍𝙔 𝙊𝙁 𝘽𝘼𝘿𝘼𝙂𝙍𝙔

Badagry, a coastal community in Lagos State, prides itself as cradle of civi­lization in Nigeria. Believed to have been founded in 1425 A.D, the town derived its name from the fusion of the name of its founder, a famous farm­er known as Agbedeh and the word “Greme”, which means farm in Ogu (Egun) language. Originally, the name of the town which is situated between the city of Lagos, and the bor­der of Republic of Benin at Seme was said to have evolved from the dual corruption of Agbedegreme (which means Agbedeh’s farm in “Ogu” lan­guage) to Agbedagari and from Agbedagari to Badagry by Yoruba settlers and European slave traders respectively.

Badagry is a monarchy headed by the Wheno Aholuship, a king­ship head by the Akran of Badagry and his seven white cap high chiefs. The white cap chiefs administer the eight quarters which Badagry is di­vided into. These divisions are Aho­vikoh, Boekoh, Jegba, Posukoh, Awhanjigo, Asago, Whalako and Ganho. These quarters and the fam­ilies that ruled them played promi­nent roles in the slave trade business with the Europeans and Brazilians.

𝙒𝙖𝙞𝙩! 𝘽𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜,
𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒔 Gist In Kwale

Around 1600, the ancient city of Badagry was reputed as a thriving community for trade in salt. But this legitimate trade soon gave way to the obnoxious slave trade and for its first four hundred years of exis­tence, slave trade dominated all oth­er commercial interests in Badagry. The town became host to European slave traders led by George Fre­emingo, a Portuguese slave mer­chant who came to Badagry around 1660s. By 1740 Badagry had be­come a thriving town for slave trade. It grew to an important com­mercial centre flourishing on the export of slaves through the creeks and lagoon.

Effort to stop the obnoxious trade received a major boost when the treaty for the abolition of slave trade was signed in March 1852 be­tween England and Badagry chiefs. Some cannons of war were donat­ed to the chiefs to be placed at the coastal area to fight other European countries that were still coming to get slaves. However, the trade con­tinued illegally and the export of slaves steadily increased. The Bra­zilians became the major slave mer­chants during this period. Howev­er, in 1888 the last ship left Badagry to Brazil and this marked the end of the trade in Badagry, Brazil and around the world.

From the 1840s, following the suppression of slave trade Badagry declined significantly and would later become a major site of Chris­tian missionary work. Christiani­ty was first preached in Nigeria in Badagry in 1842 by Rev Thomas Birch Freeman, who equally cele­brated the first Christmas in Nigeria the following year. The site where Christianity was first preached then is now known as the Agiya Tree Monument. The 160 ft tall Agiya tree was felled by a heavy wind­storm in 1959. To underscore the significance of this site, the Agiya Tree Monument was set up on the same parcel of land where the tree stood.

The first educational system in Nige­ria as a British colony started in Badagry where the first primary school was estab­lished by the Wesleyan Mission (Meth­odist Church) in 1843 and named Nurs­ery of Infant Church which later became St. Thomas’ Anglican Nursery and Pri­mary School, founded by Rev. Golmer of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) in 1845 and operated inside the first storey building in Badagry.

A number of other historical facilities including educational institutions later sprang up in Badagry until 1955 when the missionaries left the town uncere­moniously due to a misunderstanding between them and the natives. In 1863, Badagry was annexed by the United Kingdom and incorporated into the La­gos Colony. In 1901 it became a part of Nigeria.

16/06/2023

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗛𝗔 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗥𝗨𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗.
The Ìjẹ̀ṣà are a group within the Yoruba Nation of West Africa. Ilesha is the largest town and historic cultural capital of the ancient Ijesha kingdom, ruled by an Oba known locally as the Owa Obokun Adimula. The Ijesha inhabit a forested region in the heart of the Yoruba country west of the long Effon ridge which separate the Ijesha from the Ekiti to their east. They also border the Igbomina to the north, the Ife to the south, the Oyo and Ibolo to the west.

The Ijesa cultural area presently covers 6 LG councils in Osun state, namely; Atakumosa east, Obokun, Atakumosa west, Oriade, Ilesha west and Ilesha east. Some of the Ijesha towns include; Ilesha, Esa Oke, Ibokun, Iwaraja, Ijebu-Ijesha, Iperindo, Ipetu Ijesha, Ikeji Arakeji, Iloko Ijesha, Erin Ijesha, Oshu, Otan ile, Ijeda, Idominasi, Imesi ile, Ilashe, Esa odo, Ibode & Ifewara. There are some other towns outside of these local governments which have historic Ijesha ties such as: Osogbo, Igbajo, Otan Ayegbaju, Iresi and Ada in Osun as well as Oke Imesi in Ekiti.

Ilesha itself was founded in 1250 by Owaluse, a grandson of Ajibogun Ajaka Onida Arara who settled first at Igbade, then Ibokun and Ipole to Ilowa and eventually Ilesha. The city was described by Rev. William Howard Clark a British man who toured Yorubaland from 1854-1858 thus:

"𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗱𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮"

The royals line of Ilesha descent from Oba Oduduwa, and 39 Owa have reigned since the time of Ajibogun the first king. The Ijesa are the traders and business icons amongst the Yoruba people; very good in commerce since ancient times as long distance traders in fabric and kola nuts. They have carved a niche for themselves amongst the Yoruba as the architects of 'Òṣómàáló' business model. The word ‘Osomaalo’ is tied to the process of debt collection. It means; "I will squat/I will not sit till I have collected my money" showing an inflexible determination to succeed in the face of all odds. They produced one of the foremost female professors, first lawyer in Nigeria and first Millionaire; Sapara Williams & Esan Candido Da Rocha, as well as legal luminaries and politicians like Justice Kayode Eso, Justice Olatunde Ilori & the Cicero Chief Bola Ige.

Ijeshaland is rich in Gold (Largest deposit in Nigeria). Iperindo, one of seven principal gold bearing locations around Ilesha alone holds more than 1million ounces of gold which is worth more than $1B and is fast becoming one of the new frontiers for gold mining in the subregion & globally led by Thor explorations.
Source: The Yoruba Nation CH on Twitter.

14/06/2023

Class in session at the Yaba Trade Centre, Lagos

Circa: 1963

The Centre was opened in 1963 with over 500 students, and 13 techincal speciality programs.

Photo Credit: UNESCO/Almay

Federal Science and Technical College, FSTC Yaba, Lagos was established in 1948 by the colonial masters who saw the need for technical and vocational education and its continued relevance to the society.

At its inception, the college was known and called Yaba Trade Centre as it was specifically designed to train skilled craftsmen and technicians for the then emerging Building and Engineering Trades [at the end of the Second World War] to motivate a growing Nigerian economy.Training at the Centre is designed to produce highly skilled specialists and potential supervisors.

14/06/2023

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