edicied:
If it's Tonto dike or one useless thread like the without even a single post on the thread it'll make fp. Seun hmm

TheShopKeeper:
...very informative...but where did we lost our transition?...

...the images from the south-south have always been the best dressed since the 1890s...maybe due to their early interactions with the europeans...

Fatherofdragons:


See them, school boys in Lagos. shame no dey catch you yoruber man.

Fatherofdragons:


See them, school boys in Lagos. shame no dey catch you yoruber man.

Sanchez01:

This is false. The Fulanis only waged war on the Hausas and overran them in a short while. The Fulanis took over Kwara and planted their feet there but that was how far they could go. They were soundly beaten by the Yorubas in the old Oyo Empire in 1840. The Fulanis, Arabs and Islam never waged war on Igbos. As a matter of fact, only two acts of war are recorded for the Igbos which is the Civil War and the Aba Women Riot. Other than these two, none.

The spread of Islam in the South West is attributed to Shehu Alimi, a Fulani man who settled in the Old Oyo to propagate his religion. And it was widely accepted owing to the liberal nature of the Yoruba people.

Galaxyowerri:

Yes, you may not be absolutely wrong but you are largely wrong. You are trying to give logical reasons why Nigeria is still a sh!thole donkey years after, while most others have left us behind. The point you failed to grasp is that Nigeria has remained stagnant in many areas while others kept developing and I will give you instances.
1. That Kano primary school picture shown there, several decades ago is better than 70% of public primary schools today in both Kano and across Nigeria!!
2. China, India, S.Korea and the Asian Tigers were largely at the same level with us back then but today, S.Korea has become a first world country and the other countries have all developed and almost closed the gap completely between them and the Europeans that had a headstart.

3. It is not about who started first rather it is about who maintained a steady growth and development over the years. That is why despite the fact that Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Ethiopia and Italy who were once technologically advanced are no where today.

4. If these pictures were taken with the advanced camera we have today, complete with HD colors and high pixels, you will be shocked to discover that there is very little difference between then and now except that population has ballooned. Which means that 50 years from now may not look much different from what currently obtains in Nigeria but believe me, other countries would have become light years ahead of us!!

5. Do you even know that Lagos of 1970 is almost the same with the Lagos of 2018, almost 50 years later!!!

6. These pictures has overwhelmed me, and it shows how much we have sunk against time. Do you even know that there groundnut pyramids in the North, Cocoa, Palm products etc of which we were topping global production in the past??

7. Did you even know that trains, postal service, ferries etc were functional back in the 1960's??
Did you even know that there were far lesser number of poor people in Nigeria in terms of percentage in the 1960's and 70's than today??
Did you even know that graduate unemployment was non existent in the 1970's?? Now some do argue that population was smaller then but that is not an excuse because as our population is growing, so should our economy and if China and India with over a billion people apiece are not having massive unemployment then why should we with less than 200 million people??
At the rate we are going, a time will come when graduates will be doing menial jobs just to earn peanuts!!


8. Maybe you are right about the black man being cursed because I can't see any explanation why we like suffering and going in circles when we know what to do to change our situation!!

9. Let every state or region manage its own resources and grow at their pace which will engender patriotism and healthy rivalry for development or break up this country to more manageable units rather this archaic system we are running that keeps everyone perpetually down.

10. The truth is that we are doomed if we fail to act fast because all these tribalism we are currently facing will get worse because they are actually caused by mass frustration and hysteria, and we will end up killing ourselves in the future if things continue to deteriorate like this in Nigeria!!

olusipimp:

But you no c where ur Biafra soldier dey hawk bullet thinking it's gala and bigi....so, ur tribe hawking had been passed from generation to generations.

Asuokaa:
Horse Market, 1894

Asuokaa:
Horse Market, 1894

Yorubas have always been beautiful. The end.

Sanchez01:

This is false. The Fulanis only waged war on the Hausas and overran them in a short while. The Fulanis took over Kwara and planted their feet there but that was how far they could go. They were soundly beaten by the Yorubas in the old Oyo Empire in 1840. The Fulanis, Arabs and Islam never waged war on Igbos. As a matter of fact, only two acts of war are recorded for the Igbos which is the Civil War and the Aba Women Riot. Other than these two, none.

The spread of Islam in the South West is attributed to Shehu Alimi, a Fulani man who settled in the Old Oyo to propagate his religion. And it was widely accepted owing to the liberal nature of the Yoruba people.

abduljabbar4:


friendng come and see our friends in 1956

Asuokaa:
Hausa Gentleman dressed in Mohammedan gear. 1900s

Asuokaa:
Hausa Boys
Kano, Nigeria
1950

vioment:
Igbos were really hunted during slavery period. Some of those unknown pictures are igbo.


Remember back in the days, igbos totally refused islam and arabs, so they paid dearly by being slaves and attacked from all sides; it is also the reason half of yoruba people are muslims.

Sanchez01:

This is false. The Fulanis only waged war on the Hausas and overran them in a short while. The Fulanis took over Kwara and planted their feet there but that was how far they could go. They were soundly beaten by the Yorubas in the old Oyo Empire in 1840. The Fulanis, Arabs and Islam never waged war on Igbos. As a matter of fact, only two acts of war are recorded for the Igbos which is the Civil War and the Aba Women Riot. Other than these two, none.

[s]The spread of Islam in the South West is attributed to Shehu Alimi, a Fulani man who settled in the Old Oyo to propagate his religion.[/s] And it was widely accepted owing to the liberal nature of the Yoruba people.

Demmzy15:
Lol, but you were conquered by the the British and Christianity was forced down your throats. The ironic fact is that, it was a Yoruba that successfully helped you guys translate English Bible to Igbo language after years of endless failure. Fact is, you're still a slave!

olusipimp:

But you no c where ur Biafra soldier dey hawk bullet thinking it's gala and bigi....so, ur tribe hawking had been passed from generation to generations.

umarshehu58:

But yet they are saying Northerners are uncivilized

Asuokaa:
A view of the city of Oshogbo, Nigeria. 1950s