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Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by Sapiosexuality(m): 6:26pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
eitsei:True. An expanded version of history that explains in details what our forefathers did before the colonialists came. About when we ruled the world. From the Moors to the Original black Egyptians who built the Giza and every other mystic symbol today's science is still looking up to. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by ajbabs(m): 6:27pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
Was he richer than Dantatas and Ojukwu father? 2 Likes |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by dauddy97(m): 6:29pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
nice one op 1 Like |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by KemjikaEme: 6:30pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
The earliest information is that Ojukwu's father was the richest man in colonial Nigeria. 1 Like |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by ajbabs(m): 6:31pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
Edopesin:How would you know him? The person who has died probably before your own parents were given birth to.The man was just your ancestor. |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by eitsei(m): 6:31pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
Sapiosexuality:sure |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by mikaael(m): 6:33pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
Homeboiy: da Rocha we knw...ur grandfather we knw nt.. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by Ejeremiah: 6:46pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
Mc4larin: |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by Nobody: 6:49pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
HenryWilliams: That looks nothing like escobar
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Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by abatisegun: 6:54pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
ME daddy, i need some amount of money for some stuff. Daddy what exactly do u want to use it fir? me daddy just to use 4 flexing thing u know now daddy!! Daddy enh enh do u think I am da Rocha? 1 Like |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by tiwiex(m): 6:59pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
Evablizin: Good story. Used to hear the name too. He also looks sincere and kind in his picture. By the way, do we have a history section on nairaland? Seun and co, please take note. Great job u guys are doing. 3 Likes |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by GoodMuyis(m): 7:02pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
Mc4larin: next Time pronoounce it in Nigeria language Da Rosa I have to use S-factor before I could recall that name 4 Likes |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by SaffronSpice: 7:03pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
mjbaba:my mind didn't make d connection even though my grandma's fond of saying o fe ma na owo bi da rosa(You want to be spending money like Da Rosa.) 1 Like |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by GoodMuyis(m): 7:08pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
spartan117: Name Corrected Pls |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by nnokwa042(m): 7:12pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
MrDandy:the first west African millionaire is ojukwu father which every body knows ,so if u like go Brazil and bring bebeto or dunga as first Yoruba millionaire Na una sabi nobody knew him take 4 Likes
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Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by jantavanta(m): 7:15pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
Mc4larin: Was he the founder of A.D.R.A.O school in Victoria Island? I think the D.R. stands for da Rocha. 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by oladelove: 7:15pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
I actually know one of his descendants.According to his only surviving male great grand-son,his father, who was a judge in Gambia(or Guinea) died in a plane crash along with five of his six male children on his way to Gambia(or Guinea) for a Court proceeding.His only surviving male great grand child told me he survived because his mother just had him and she would not be able to fly at such time. Late Mrs. Abimbola Da-Rocha Afodu Omoloulu-Mulele the owner of ADRAO international school in Lagos was one of the descendants of Da Rocha. Da Rocha's story is never complete without the article below.I copied it from a source I cannot actually remember the source because I have had it for a while....Enjoy. Olowo bi "Darosa" in my Ibadan accent.... Nigeria's first millionaire... Mr. Candido Da Rocha was a native of Ilesha and was a slave returnee from Brazil. He returned to Nigeria in 1870 from Salvador Brazil, and quickly built a small fortune plying the lucrative South Atlantic trade route. Da Rocha was arguably the first Nigerian millionaire. He was popularly known as “BaBa Olomi” and had his head office at Kakawa Street, Marina Lagos. He became a testament to the industrial will, that led to the establishment of the Iju Water Works, that served the entire Lagos in the 1920’s before it was taken over by the colonial administration. Da Rocha laid pipes from Iju to Lagos Island, Yaba, Ebute-metta and other communities in Lagos where there were high demand for pipe borne water. He was selling to individuals until it was taken over by the Colonial Government, who was paying Da Rocha for the supply of water to Lagos and was thus a pioneer of private ownership of utilities in Nigeria. He was so wealthy, that it was the popular saying in Yoruba- that, if you lure someone into spending money, the person would resist your trap by saying “do you think I am Da Rocha”. A rich man’s wealth is always comparable to that of Da Rocha –“he is as rich as Da Rocha”. Da Rocha in his time was highly influential, his intervention during the scarcity of water in Lagos in the early 1920’s gave him the appellation of“BabaOlomi”. #WhatWillYouBeRememberedFor? 17 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by femi4: 7:22pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
lonelydora:That was pre independence. Nigeria was not in existence then 2 Likes |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by Nobody: 7:22pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
Nice...Yoruba people have a rich history. We need History in our school curriculum. 4 Likes |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by Lionofdjungle: 7:27pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
Informative. I'm reading this information for the first time and I'm well informed through this minor piece. Certainly, the importance of history in our academic curriculum cannot be overemphasized. Most youths of nowadays are preoccupied with the life stories of our so-called celebrities whose moral lives are questionable and nothing to write home about. How educative it would have been for them to have learnt about people like this! Could you believe that I've just listened to a radio program where the presenter used this information as a basis for his program today? 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by AkupeMBANO(f): 7:30pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
Afonja write up |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by suremanpatriot: 7:30pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
...this could be true,even his his cut of 1959 looks tosh up lik haircut of current generation of youths , today...lol |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by ilemobayo40: 7:33pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
wow ! This is interesting. My father used to mention his name whenever somebody spend money extravagantly or boast about his wealth. pele o, da rocha olowo. i never knew he is a nigerian. .. 4 Likes |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by Nobody: 7:43pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
I like this. An Emancipado. |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by Ezezima2012(m): 7:47pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
Even after the war, when government asked influential Nigerians to contribute to the rehabilitations fund, he made substantial donations and he instructed that the amount should not be disclosed to the public. Despite his wealth and political clout, no street in Lagos is named after him. Candido da Rocha died in 1959 and his remains lies at the Ikoyi Cemetery This afonja millionaire died in 1959......Which war are you talking about op? Because I know that civil war took place between 1966-1970 1 Like |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by Goalnaldo(m): 7:47pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
Modsenemy:your moniker though |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by misano(m): 7:48pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
HenryWilliams: Don't tell me dat U are an IPOB youth jealous of an Afonja dat died about 50 years ago? 2 Likes |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by HaneefahRN(f): 7:52pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
Yoruba's say 'darosa'. I never knew it was someone's name o, thought it's a Yoruba word for someone that spends anyhow for others 1 Like |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by Goalnaldo(m): 8:05pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
HaneefahRN:afonjas always mispronouncing names since 1900 |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by Gaddafithe2nd(m): 8:05pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
Wow! This is the man they called "Da Rocha", Yorubas do call him "Da Rosa". I thought the man never existed. But, that first millionaire part I can't believe it because, no one knows who is the first millionaire in Nigeria. I hope we have generous people like this in the society. Thanks OP for this info. |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by whizzyleejr(m): 8:07pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
Knows how much a coin worth then compared to present and he is continually donating compared to some rich men that the road leaving to their village is a death trap 1 Like |
Re: Candido Joao Da Rocha: Nigeria's First Millionaire by topas100(m): 8:07pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
Hmmm! |
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