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Re: Picture of Broad Street - Lagos (1951) by N101: 2:47am On Aug 12, 2011
VOR:

Here is  the link to where this picture originated from.
There are several other interesting pictures depicting
various places in Nigeria taken a long time ago.

If you can take the time to read the whole diary
it is really interesting and gives a view of Nigeria
through a racist colonist
. If you read the sentence
immediately above the first picture you will know why
I call her a racist. Sad I know, but nevertheless
you get a sense to some extent
of what Nigeria was like in those days.

http://eryptick.net/unisold/amj/nigeria-1951/nigeria-diary.html


I don't agree with the bolded, even though I find her descriptions of things quite shocking.  Remember this was written before certain comment, attitudes and statement were considered politically correct.  It was obvious that she had never encountered black people before - just as her entourage were viewed with fascination by locals, she viewed them the same.
Re: Picture of Broad Street - Lagos (1951) by dustydee: 12:52pm On Aug 12, 2011
Wow! don't we have car collectors in Nigeria? Where are all those types of vehicles?

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