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February 19th, 2010, 01:06 AM
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ceekooski!!!!!
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Wow! Excellent Stuff, Hakon, really excellent.
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February 19th, 2010, 01:14 AM
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BANNED
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this is really impressive.
its not precolonial though, it's just colonial |
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February 19th, 2010, 10:36 AM
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Mutu ya Chuma.
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Who said that the Brits left so little?
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February 19th, 2010, 01:00 PM
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Son of Oduduwa
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TBITE stands for; Thriving Better In Things Essential In Architecture we find a way of celebrating Humanity and of raising ourselves above the concerns of the matter of fact - Jonathan Glancey Some of Nigeria's Football Achievements: Current African Cup of Nations Champions, Highest Ranked Football Team (In African Football History), Most African Cup of Nations Medals, Most World Cup Wins (CAF), Best Record (CAF-Olympics), Best Record (CAF-Youth) Best team in African Womens Football (Undisputed)
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February 28th, 2010, 03:39 PM
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Son of Oduduwa
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Lagos: A History In Pictures, 1861 to 1961
By Akintokunbo A Adejumo Published 09/8/2009  The destruction of Lagos by the British Squadron in 1851 because it was a notorious “slave post”.  Treaty with Lagos, 1861 signed by British Naval Officers on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen of Great Britain, and Docemo, King of Lagos, on the part of himself and Chiefs The Beginnings of Modern Lagos:  Tapa Street Police Station. Rifle slits in walls were provided for repelling attacks  Top: MacGregor Canal, built by Sir William MacGregor before 1900 Bottom: Glover Memorial hall opened in 1887  Top: House on Odunfa Street, plaster work executed by the last of the Brazilian master craftsmen. Bottom: A typical Brazilian trader’s house  Top: The picture above was taken from a coloured print made in 1859, in the possession of Lagos Yacht Club. At that time, there were 16 British, 2 French, 2 Italian, 3 Hamburg and 5 Brazilian traders in Lagos . Bottom: The picture below is a panoramic view of the water-front in modern Lagos, 1961  Lagos: 1500 – 1961  Top: A picture of a Lagos Street taken about 1905 showing the steam tramway track running up the centre. Bottom: Old Carter Bridge (1901-1931) in the background. The railway (foreground) went on to a jetty on the right of the picture where passengers from the mail boats travelled on the “attendant” to the ships lying outside the bar.  Balogun Street about 1910 showing the tram track laid in the roadway  Top: The original Supreme Court in Tinubu Square (1887); note one of Gov. Glover’s kerosene lamps and Registrar John L Otumba Payne’s office on the right. Bottom: Methodist Church built in Tinubu Square about 1865, a tower was added later.  Top: CMS House prefabricated in the UK and brought to Lagos from Badagry in 1852 by the Rev Gollner, the first “storey” house to be built in Lagos and was known as “Ile Alapako” or the House of Planks. Bottom: A 19th Century photo of Lagos marina showing some of the numerous jetties of the time.  Top: The Lagos Steam Train on the Marina about 1910 Bottom: Passenger and freight train crossing on the Marina. The track shown in the foreground was in position until June 1960  Iga Iduganran (top), official residence of the Oba of Lagos built by the Portuguese at the end of the 18th Century, has given way to the more modern Palace below.  The Carter Bridge with links Lagos Island to the mainland
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TBITE stands for; Thriving Better In Things Essential In Architecture we find a way of celebrating Humanity and of raising ourselves above the concerns of the matter of fact - Jonathan Glancey Some of Nigeria's Football Achievements: Current African Cup of Nations Champions, Highest Ranked Football Team (In African Football History), Most African Cup of Nations Medals, Most World Cup Wins (CAF), Best Record (CAF-Olympics), Best Record (CAF-Youth) Best team in African Womens Football (Undisputed)
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February 28th, 2010, 03:40 PM
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Son of Oduduwa
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 22 cameron road ikoyi 1951  Cameron road  The creek from Obalende bridge  Lagos Yatch Club  THESE TREES ARE STILL STANDING BY THE WAY image hosted on flickr  Back garden of Ikoyi club, Lagos, Nigeria, in about 1958. In the foreground is a roller ski slope for kids.
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TBITE stands for; Thriving Better In Things Essential In Architecture we find a way of celebrating Humanity and of raising ourselves above the concerns of the matter of fact - Jonathan Glancey Some of Nigeria's Football Achievements: Current African Cup of Nations Champions, Highest Ranked Football Team (In African Football History), Most African Cup of Nations Medals, Most World Cup Wins (CAF), Best Record (CAF-Olympics), Best Record (CAF-Youth) Best team in African Womens Football (Undisputed)
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February 28th, 2010, 06:12 PM
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April 5th, 2010, 09:52 PM
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Son of Oduduwa
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Post Card from Lagos in the 60s
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TBITE stands for; Thriving Better In Things Essential In Architecture we find a way of celebrating Humanity and of raising ourselves above the concerns of the matter of fact - Jonathan Glancey Some of Nigeria's Football Achievements: Current African Cup of Nations Champions, Highest Ranked Football Team (In African Football History), Most African Cup of Nations Medals, Most World Cup Wins (CAF), Best Record (CAF-Olympics), Best Record (CAF-Youth) Best team in African Womens Football (Undisputed)
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