Badagry:
Date
1992
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Ikeja, Lagos State: Ibro Communications Limited.
Abstract
Brief history of Badagry; The cession; Trade and commerce; Money and banking; The missionaries; Education; Transportation; Architecture; Festivals; Tourism and places of interest and recreation; The slave trade I; The slave trade II; Sunrise on the beach; The return; Searchlights; A traditional political evolution; A paradise lost; Networking.
Description
Badagry past and present Menu Toyi 1 Akran of Badagry reign of peace is a book borne out of the need to bolster the socio-cultural development of Nigeria. Socio-cultural development from the traditional base had been the means through which science and technology grew out of the so called developed nation. Badagry is a unique ancient city. It has a rich cultural history mind bogling locations and a superb climate that can turn the ancient town into a money-spinning tourists centre. There are resources waiting to betapped. This book (Badagry “past and present) expresses belief that if African countries like; Kenya, Gambia Tanzania can make success in International tourism through wildlife nothing stops Nigeria from making it through a combination ofwild life (Yankari game reserve) and her historical richess.