Category: Culture

The Great Debate

Culture – Others, Lifestyle – Fashion

The Great Debate was the term employed by historians in describing the struggle of ethos in the late 19th Century Lagos to which the postmodern African civilization in southwest Nigeria is owed… read more
The Trek

Social – Welfare

The Trek refers to the Labour struggle of 1941 in which railway workers marched from Loco workshop, Yaba, through the Marina, Lagos, to the Race Course in protest against hourly system and… read more
Kori

Culture – Others

Kori was a son of Aganju who was the Alafin after Ajaka, a great-grandson of Oduduwa. Kori became the Alafin as a young man. His mother, Iyanyu had ruled in his stead… read more
Timi

Culture – Others

Timi of Ede is the legendary figure in Yoruba account who achieved renown in the Old Oyo Empire during the reign of Alafin Kori, for his military accomplishment. Ijesha people (of Ilesha) were… read more
New Africa

History – Civilization, Philosophy – African, Philosophy – General, Social – Psychology

New Africa is the term used for the ideological movement of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries southwest Nigeria sprouted in reaction to the anticipated change of the old order. From… read more
Ògbóni

Tradition – Customs

Ògbóni in ancient Yorubaland was the exclusive formal conclave of elders whose duty was to administer the community. The Ògbónis were statesmen whose chief business was to enact laws and judge cases.… read more
Intelligence

Social – Psychology

Intelligence is the extent to which an individual can think, manipulate objects and solve problems. As discussed by Obemeta of the University of Ibadan in 1989, a person is said to be… read more
Sarah Aina Bonetta

History – Civilization, History – Social, Lifestyle – Others

Sarah Aina Forbes Bonetta was the name given to the lady of regal manners from the Egbado extraction of western Nigeria, who enjoyed close relationship with and was mentored by Victoria, Queen… read more
Victoria Davies

History – Civilization, History – Social, Lifestyle – Others, Music – Old

Victoria Davies was the eldest daughter of Labulo Davies, a Lagos businessman and Sarah Forbes, goddaughter of the Queen Victoria of England. When Victoria Davies was born in 1863 she was named… read more
Obadaih Johnson

Culture – Others

Obadiah Johnson was a 19th Century Nigerian Author and physician. Obadiah was born in 1849 and he became, after studies at Kings’ College, London, the second Yoruba medical doctor. In 1889 Johnson was… read more