Talk:History of Lagos
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I copied this over from the main Lagos article as the basis for a detailed history of Lagos. I am cleaning up the history on the main article page and shortening it, as befits an article on a large city. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Nach0king 20:29, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
- As far as I know, Lagos wasn't really a significant settlement until some time after the arrivel of the colonial powers. Before that, the Yoruba were more of an inland people, with the most important settlements (Oyo, Ife, Ibadan, etc.) all being situated quite far from the coast. This is one of the reasons for the fact that it is difficult to find Yoruba and the Yoruba coast mentioned in the records of seafaring nations of Old Europe (the Portuguese, the Dutch, and then the English). A good source is Biobaku (ed.) (1973) Sources of Yoruba History, and especially Robin Law's articles therein. (Crossposted from the African regional noticeboard.) — mark ✎ 13:06, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
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- That's great - thanks for the information. Do you happen to have access to that book, btw? Nach0king 16:11, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
