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Page 594
... Yoruba fisher- men and hunters settled on Lagos Island , where the la- goon , swamps , and forests helped to protect the settle- ment from the neighbouring kingdoms of Dahomey to the west , Benin to the east , and the Yoruba states to ...
... Yoruba fisher- men and hunters settled on Lagos Island , where the la- goon , swamps , and forests helped to protect the settle- ment from the neighbouring kingdoms of Dahomey to the west , Benin to the east , and the Yoruba states to ...
Page 596
... Yoruba settlements on the north of the island and later from communities established by Europeans , as well as by ... Yorubas , but the city at- tracts goodly numbers of immigrants from other parts of the country and from abroad . Among ...
... Yoruba settlements on the north of the island and later from communities established by Europeans , as well as by ... Yorubas , but the city at- tracts goodly numbers of immigrants from other parts of the country and from abroad . Among ...
Page 597
... Yoruba Country : Abeokuta and Lagos ( 1893 ) . ROBERT S. SMITH , Kingdoms of the Yoruba ( 1969 ) , contains valuable sections on Lagos . On the British occupation of Lagos , the best accounts are those by J.F.A. AJAYI , " The British ...
... Yoruba Country : Abeokuta and Lagos ( 1893 ) . ROBERT S. SMITH , Kingdoms of the Yoruba ( 1969 ) , contains valuable sections on Lagos . On the British occupation of Lagos , the best accounts are those by J.F.A. AJAYI , " The British ...
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