Tourist Attractions In Lagos- Badagry

Lagos is the center of excellence in Nigeria and usually referred to as Eko o ni baje. It's a very good tourist center of attraction and a few places to visit in Lagos will be mentioned.

Badagry: Its a location in Lagos which was founded in the early 15th century on a Lagoon, off the Gulf of Guinea, it's protected harbor led to the town becoming a key port in the export of slaves to America, where they were majorly Salvador, Bahia in Brazil, from the early 1840's, following the suppression of the slave trade, Badagry declined significantly, but became a major site of Christian mission work. Christianity was first preached in Nigeria at Badagry in 1842 by Rev Thomas Birch Freeman and he celebrated the first Christmas in Nigeria the following year.

In 1863, the town was annexed by the united kingdom and incorporated into the Lagos colony. In 1901, it became a part of Nigeria. Badagry subsists largely on fishing and Agriculture, and maintains a small museum of slavery. This is the first storey building in Nigeria, overlooking the Marina waterfront. It was built in 1842 by the missionaries. The town inhibits dwellers from all over the country doing different businesses in the town. Some trade in clothing, food items, used cars from overseas and other imported goods. The town is just a few kilometers from Seme border town to Republic of Benin and generates the highest Nigeria customs duties income till date.

The Badagry Black Heritage museum housed in the former district officer's office built in 1863,holds hundreds of artifacts and historical relics that chronicle more than three hundred years of the movement of slaves through Lagos from the early 1500's Badagry was one of the many trading and transport areas in West Africa for slaves being shipped off to America. It is estimated that roughly 550,000 African slaves passed through this area.

In 2012, De Wheno Aholu Menu-Toyi, The Akran of Badagry Kingdom, bestowed upon Mayor Dr. James L. Walls, Jr, President of the world conference of Mayors a chieftancy title as the 'Yenawa of Badagry Kingdom' making him the only living chief from the western world.

Up until now, Badagry has still been maintained as a popular major tourist center in Lagos, Nigeria, where you see influx of foreigners making visits to the location to have a look at the slave trade center and museum housing the old antiques. It's a place to visit by all.

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