We were fifteen; all keen and zealous travel bloggers and photographers, touring the beautiful city of Lagos; and the New Afrika Shrine was our second to the last stop. Believed to be the haven of hemp smokers in Lagos, yet drawing throngs of visitors and fun lovers every other weekend. There’s more to this [...]
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Milky, tasty, fresh, chilly, awesome, tantalizing, alluring, refreshing, invigorating, revitalizing, breath-taking, amazing…. is the calabash of Palm wine served at Terra Kulture in Victoria Island, Lagos. The noon sun burned mercilessly over the skies of the busy Island and the breeze from the nearby Kuramo Beach being quenched by the blazing solar heat could not [...]
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The tide was rising and a cloak of frigid air enfolded the Degema area. It was close to mid-night and the moon soared high into a nude sky. Standing on the veranda of the lower deck of our houseboat which had been carefully moored on the banks of Sambreiro River, somewhere between Nkpor and Ilelema [...]
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My name is Dàda Àreògún. I am a wood carver. A lot of you may not know me, but I am sure that by the time you’re reading this story, my name would have been etched on the sands of time. I was born in 1880 in a small quiet village called Osi-Ilorin, located at [...]
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I’ve been to many top-class restaurants in Lagos, but Bogobiri blew me off my coast…sailed me atop blissful waters of satiating ambiance and invigorating aroma of dainty delicacies… with interiors and exterior set in a stylish medley of artistic yet bohemian ingredients…it was as though I dined in a restaurant-museum. The soaring sun [...]
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In a two-storey building posed on the sands of Ikoyi, Resides a white space, hidden yet open to you and me, A space, thought we, would be empty, Just one step in, and swallowed we were, deeper into its belly, Thrown back, drawn back in history, We saw a Nigeria we missed, Oh Yes! [...]
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As Nike descended from the staircase unto the ground floor of her spell-binding art gallery, she beamed with smiles and began to dance and sing, "A tí nretí rè o, káàbò sé dáadáa lo dé…" She was garbed in a beautiful deep blue Àdìre Ìró and Bùbá (shirt and robe of batik textile) and walked [...]
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The Gidi Sun burned still And Gidi’s roads sunk in traffic But the team stayed unworried. They had one goal in sight and this, their hearts, it kept alive: To explore the wonders of Lagos City, …to show you the Lagos you don’t see! Yesterday, 19th February, 2012 witnessed a special mobile hangout hosted by [...]
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Still stood the skies above Yenagoa, Not in fear of heights, But in awe of a pristine wonder. Here I stand at ease, Above me soars a bow-shaped moon, Beneath me sprawls a bean-shaped mere. To my left and right spread an animated glass whose distant shores form a bow, and its mystifying beauty forms [...]
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“He-He-He…I pray the spirit of wàká and wanderlust won’t lead me into wàhálà one day o!…” Nigerian Museums ban the use of cameras within their premises, but I broke the rules at the National Museum in Onikan, Lagos. It wasn’t my fault though, I could not just resist the spell-binding aura that enfolded the ancient [...]
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