₦airaland Forum

TonySpike:
This is from the many private documentations compiled by archivist Pa Oloko Alli-Balogun, an octogenarian from Lagos.

The population of Lagos Colony was analysed into 'Yoruba' and 'Non-Yoruba' tribes:

1. Eko tribe had fallen from 57% in 1872 to 23.6% 20 years later.
2. Popo or Egun tribe was 15.85%,

3. Other Yoruba groups
Oyo - 11.6%
Ijebu - 11.01%
Awori - 9.26%
Egba - 6.05%
Ijesha - 4.32%
Egbado - 3.63%
Ekiti/Efon people - 1.76%

4. Non-Yoruba groups
Nupe/Tapa - 1.86%
Hausa - 1.86%
The Kru - 1.37%.

The strength of the Eko tribe was concentrated in Wards A, B, C and D of Lagos Town and Harbour, and the Central District of Ebute Metta/Yaba.

The Aworis were concentrated in the Central District and the Popo's or Egun in the Western District.


This information can be obtained from The Nigerian Nolstagia group 1960 - 1980 project on www.facebook.com

agbameta:
A Historical Geography of the British Colonies: West Africa


By Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas

http://books.google.com/books?id=jlMLAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA364&lpg=PA364&dq=lagos+colony+colonial++population+census&source=bl&ots=uLw99Aby0a&sig=TFRMFWZX_xOVoKPl7wGoDXQ_7M8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=b1sjUu6CDu7bsASL-oDIAg&ved=0CFoQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=lagos%20colony%20colonial%20%20population%20census&f=false

XAUBulls:
Insightful.

No Ilajes and Ijaws in the two Lagos Island censuses of 1872 and 1892.

omonnakoda:
No this is not true. The Colony of Lagos refers to Lagos Island,Ikoyi Victoria Island up to Ebute Metta. In fact it does not cover the whole of Lagos State as we know it today.
I suggest you read this ;
http://libsysdigi.library.illinois.edu/ilharvest/Africana/Books2011-05/3064634/3064634_1898_lagos/3064634_1898_lagos_opt.pdf

e.g There are significant parts of Lagos State today e.g Epe.Ikorodu that were and still are Ijebu territory.These were part of the Western Region after independence,added to Lagos State in 1967 and were never part of the FEDERAL CAPITAL.
The British produced annual reports on THE COLONY OF LAGOS such as this one in `1898 but I do not have time now to paste images of the report.Any one who has time can help us or even create a thread.
After establishing the Colony of Lagos in 1861 the British sought to trade with the rest of Yorubaland but faced obstruction from the Ijebus and eventually subdued them militarily in 1892 as they did with other parts of the interior
.These were generally referred to as the "Protectorate of the Western Province" and then The Colony and Protectorate of Western Province . Ilaro e.g was subdued in 1893,Ilorin in 1897 etc.

The Colony of Lagos came about by an entirely different Treaty agreement to that with other places in Yorubaland(Protectorate}

If the British had not conquered the Ijebus in 1891 I do not see how an 1891 Census could be referring to SW Nigeria

TonySpike:
It is more than likely that they were grouped under another Yoruba subgroup. This is an old thread from 10 years ago. I wonder why it is generating views these days.

agbameta:
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