Badagry Festival , Nigeria

The Badagry Festival began its humble beginnings in 1999, as a remembrance for the slave trade era and the significance of the town in the era. Annually, on the 3rd week in August, hundreds of thousands of people converge at Badagry, Lagos. Nigeria to be part of the action that is The Great Badagry Festival. Badagry is completely transformed and is filled with fascinating sights, smells and sounds as hundreds of fine artists, musicians, dancers, exhibitors and food vendors take part in this one week celebration. Photo: Demola Ajayi

Nigeria Independence Day

October 1st,1960 was the day Nigeria got her

independence from the colonial masters,since that day,October 1st of every year is always a public holiday set aside throughout the Nation to celebrate her freedom and the birth of the Nation,Nigeria

Tribal Marks in Yoruba land

Tribal mark is a specific mark which comes in different shapes and sizes commonly found on the face.There are varrious tribal marks by different ethnic groups within the Yoruba Nation ranging from the "pele" to the "Gombo"(a multiple straight and curved lines on both sides of the face.During the ancient days,this facial or tribal marks serves as a form of beauty or to depict royalty or even used to identify slaves

World Sango Festival 2013

People from around the world trooped into the ancient Oyo town to celebrate the World Sango Festival 2013 at the Alaafin of Oyo,Oba Lamidi Adeyemi's palace,people came in from Cuba,Brazil,Trinidad and Tobago to celebrate with the Oyo people as they celebrate the remembrance of a great powerful king Alaafin Sango,who once

ruled the ancient town...............