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Lagos
Lagos began as Eko, an Awori settlement of lagoons and farm camps. It has since been a Benin outpost, a slave port, a colonial capital and a megacity.
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Sort: Popular ▾⚖️Bode Thomas and the AlaafinSurulere · Biography · 7 min♡👑Why Lagos Was Called EkoLagos Island · Place-name origin · 5 min♡⚔️The Point of No ReturnBadagry · History · 8 min♡🐢Oba Ado and the Benin ConnectionLagos Island · History · 6 min♡🧺The Eyo Masquerade's First OutingLagos Island · Legend · 6 min♡⛵Surulere: "Patience Pays"Surulere · Place-name origin · 3 min♡🏞️Madam Tinubu, Trader of LagosLagos Island · Remarkable life · 9 min♡🍶The Bombardment of 1851Lagos Island · History · 7 min♡⚖️Why Epe Means "Curse"Epe · Place-name origin · 4 min♡👑Olumo the Lagoon SpiritEpe · Folktale · 4 min♡⚔️Herbert Macaulay's Printing PressLagos Mainland · Biography · 6 min♡🐢Ikorodu and the Kola MarketIkorodu · History · 5 min♡