Kano, Nigeria --- Panoramic view of Kano, Nigeria ---A panoramic view of central Kano, the capital of the Hausa people and the state of North Nigeria. Nigeria.

Lagos

ca. 1970-1997, Nigeria --- Chief Nwakaibe Onitsha Wearing Ornate Crown ---

Kano - man making Suya

Nice contributions Ileke-Idi, Ezeuche, etc.

Onlytruth or Ezeuche, do you guys have the pic of the young Ifeajuna receiving a sporting award from Bank-Anthony, et al? I like that pic.

12 Feb 1956, Enugu, Nigeria --- Nigerian Women Wear Costumes and Feathered Headdresses for the Queen's parade-

Benin

Am i the only one that hated Blue band magarine with a passion? It tasted like congealed engine oil , and i much prefered Planta but you couldn't store that in your locker in the dormitory like Blue band.

PROUD-IGBO:

Am i the only one that hated Blue band magarine with a passion? It tasted like congealed engine oil , and i much prefered Planta but you couldn't store that in your locker in the dormitory like Blue band.

LOL!

Now that's typical Enugu architecture like the type you'd see in Uwani. Has a bit of art-deco about it.

24 Mba Road Onitsha . This was the residence of Helen and Dick Henderson during nearly our entire stay in Onitsha in 1960-62. We rented the upstairs flat (where you can see Helen looking out from a railing in this image) for 12 pounds sterling per month, which at that time was just about the limit of what we felt we could afford. The flat was luxurious by typical ethnographer's standards of those days (which extolled more ascetic conditions), with electricity, running water (usually), and an indoor bathroom and toilet. The owner of the house was Ozomma Albert Erokwu, an Ozo-titled Onicha man who was a Produce Inspector for the Federal Government, living in the downstairs flat with his wife Merci and their four children. They were congenial and accommodating hosts

We no dey see this type thing with Naija men anymore. Wharra shame

The gentle Tafawa Balewa. I liked the dude.

The QUINK on his table reminds me of my Dad. It was his ink of choice for his fountain pen. I remember taking one of his fountain pens and quink to school with me (Ekulu primary school) and soon found out it's not meant for clumsy 7 year olds.

beautiful pics. spent the last two hours going through. Nigeria has really regressed. Check out the clean streets, beautiful environment, simplicity, innocence, pride, happiness, contentment, I could go on and on.  

Wish I could turn back the hands of time!  

It's all good, check out the price

Ileke-IdI:

I'm sure i used to see these billboards outside barber shops in nigeria.

looks familiar.

Josy Ajiboye is a Nigerian graphic artist, painter and designer who has reigned as one of Nigeria's premier cartoonists for almost five decades and at a variety of publications, ranging from The African Challenge to The Morning Post, and including a long tenure as Art Editor at the Daily Times group of periodicals. Ajiboye churned out a steady stream of cartoons focusing on politics and social trends, all characterized by the incisive wit of his observation and the rough-hewn realism of his drawings. 1971.

Lagos

Government House Kaduna in the late 60's, it is now known as Kashim Ibrahim House. It has been modified but is still the seat of Government of Kaduna State.

The great Ijesha Field Marshal- Ogedengbe Agbogungboro fearless warrior and great General- one of the leaders of the Ekiti-Parapo army.

His Oriki reads thus: "Ogedengbe Agbogungboro, Okunrin Kukuru bi iku, Eni iku ni npa ni, Ani ki a ta laya, a ki owo bo ni enu, Gbandu bi igi ahere oko, A soro gigun bi igi obobo, Iharape ti kekere digun mora, Ako emo ti nbere ija lowo ologbo, Jakanjakan ti nke bi ewure, Gudugudu abeyin
jakanjakan, Fija Kale a jojo ija kalu, A nlee bo lehin o tun nle ara iwaju lo, O seenu ara re o fi okun igbo de, O soko Ekiti soko Akoko, Eni Akoko nbimo sin lese Oke, A roju ba won rerin Baba Ogunleye, Ogbogbo imo to be Anaye witiwiti, Olowo ori Ogunyemi"

Fantastic stuff!

Some Generals of the Ekito Parapo Army led by the legendary Field Marshall Ogedengbe Agbogungboro

i wept as i saw the pictures, just 40 years for nigeria to spoil like this, are we growing or wat/?

What happened Nigeria

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Woooow, simply amazing. Thanks for sharing.
We have to get this d.amn country back on track!!!!

did you all see that pix of Fela dressed in suit next to his mum?
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!

Big Meat
Re: Nigeria In The 60s/70s. Sights And Sounds
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Beautiful pictures - the country was more developed then, compared to these days
These sets of pictures are trully amazing, look out the roads and street are neat, no agberos, or area boys molesting people.
We should show these pictures to our politicians, maybe it will help them to understand the need for massive development in the country.

Where did we actually lost the drive to move the country forward?

@ poster, thanks so much for the pictures, keep them coming

We lost it when Buhari & IBB opened their minds in sequence to the lust and lucre of power. That was also when the brain drain started.