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Titled ‘Seven Days in the Life of Lagos,’ the festival was aimed at capturing the energy and vibrancy of Lagos. A city of extreme contradictions, Lagos transforms with the fast pace of urban migration and the explosion of development and technology that is dissolving barriers and leading to new types of interaction.
BY JEFF IHAZA Lagos, a lush Nigerian metropolis perched against the Atlantic, is the second-fastest growing city in Africa. Its 14 million residents share very close quarters. In 2012, it was ...
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Lagos (/ ˈ l eɪ ɡ ɒ s / LAY-goss; [10] [11] also US: / ˈ l ɑː ɡ oʊ s / LAH-gohss; [11] [12] Yoruba: Èkó), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwest Nigeria.With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, and the most populous urban area on the African continent.
The National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos (NGMA) is a major art gallery in Lagos, the largest city of Nigeria. It is a permanent exhibition of the National Gallery of Art, a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation. The gallery is located within the National Arts Theatre, at Entrance B. [1]
1917 - Lagos Town Council [5] and Colonial Bank [8] established. 1920s - Lagos Market Women's Association founded. [19] 1921 - Population: 98,303. 1923 Ansar Ud Deen (religious group) and Lagos Women's League [20] established. Nigerian National Democratic Party founded in Lagos. [15] 1925 Oba Ibikunle Akitoye in power. Lagos Daily News ...
Freedom Park is a memorial and leisure park area in the middle of downtown Lagos in Lagos Island, Nigeria which was formerly Her Majesty's Broad Street Prison. It was designed by the architect Theo Lawson as a speculative project under the CIA-Lagos (formerly the Creative Intelligence Agency and now the Cultural Intellectual Association) in 1999.
Elements of Portuguese architecture introduced by returnee ex-slaves from Brazil and the Caribbean, although present all over the city, predominates in places like: Lagos Island, Surulere and Yaba Municipalities. [1] [2] [3] Colonial-styled architecture flourished during the Lagos Colony. The Lagos skyline is a mixture of modern high rise ...