Dapo AdelugbaRemi RajiOmowunmi SegunBankole Olayebi2024-03-162024-03-162001978-2030-27-9https://nigeriareposit.nln.gov.ng/handle/20.500.14186/1406Perhaps no other Nigerian city is more deserving of a commemorative publication than Ibadan - “the largest city in West Africa”. With a rich history and tradition, unique physical features, and a large cosmopolitan population, Ibadan is without doubt an obvious candidate for the kind of literary documentary celebration, made famous by the Time-Life books on major cities around the world. IBADAN XI And so when nearly ten years ago we first thought of a book on Ibadan, and one that would capture the grandeur of the city, what we had in mind was a large-format, lavishly illustrated coffee-table book. Having given birth, perhaps by historical accident to the Nigerian publishing industry, we thought it was somewhat a travesty that the city had not been formally honoured all these years in a fitting publication. We commissioned a photographer to go around the city, to capture ‘candid’ shots ofthe city and its people. We also went into the archives to unearth relevant historical pictures, and we contacted two of the country’s best- known creative writers, to celebrate the city in their inimitable literary styles.Memoirs/reminiscences; My First Trip to Ibadan - January 1971; Where I Grew Up; Titi Oke-Ado; Quacks and Quasi-quacks; A Funny Thing Happened in Ibadan. . .(Anecdotes about Ibadan (1946-1962); A King and His Wit; Prose: The Eighth Hill; At the Bottom of Premier Hill; What Ibadan Said; The Dog-Catcher of Alakia; Three Women; The Sign of the Crab; Tears Are Not Enough; The Masquerade; Poetry: Ibadandun; Ibadan; Ibadan: A Tease of the Totem; My Husband, I saw a Big One Today; Ibadan Dun (Sweet Ibadan); Ibadan's Thirst; That Ancient Wayside Heath.enBook