The citadel of civilization and gateway to Christianity in Nigeria, the first city to easily boast of the first ever storey building in Nigeria, first to be Urbanized and corridor for Human Livestock during the obnoxious slave trade was founded by a farmer who has his farm on its Peninsular named Agbede. Agbede’s farm was referred to as Agbedegreme, which was later, coined into Agbadarigi by the Yoruba alien of the south-western part of Nigeria and later into Badagry by the European slave merchants when the coast of badagry was discovered and opened to the New world.
Below are some of the monumental and historical sites in Badagry,
- Mobee Family Slave Relics Museum
- Slave market
- Slave Baracoon
- Slave route Port
- Point of No Return/ Slave route
- Badagry Heritage Museum
- First storey building in Nigeria
- Early missionary cemetery
- Old district officer’s Residence
- Suntan beach and resort
- Topo Island
- Whispering palms
- Royal palaces in Badagry
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Mobee Family Slave Relics Museum: This house the original Relics left by the obnoxious trade, the chains are more 600 years old preserved right from when the trade was stopped. The Mobee Family is custodians of the Relics and still found within their domain.
Their ancestors were big time slave merchants in days of the trade.
Slave Market: Established 1502, an open space where slaves were auctioned and serves as a meeting point for the Europeans and Africa middlemen. Not less than 46,800 people were sold from this market annually when the trade got to its peak.
Slave Baracoon: used in the 1840’s by the Brazilian merchants, a form of a cell where slaves were kept before being transported to the new world. This is the only standing cell among all the cells used during the trans- Atlantic slave trade.
Slave Route Port: used in the 17th and 18th centuries where slaves were moved down to the slave route and finally to the point of No Return and the port also house the canons of war donated by Queen of England to aid abolition of the trade.
Slave Route/ Point Of No Return: The last place where the memories of African brothers and sisters were lost. They were made to trek through this peninsula for 25 mins to the point of No return. Before they get to the Atlantic Ocean at the extreme of this peninsula they would have been given a drink from the slave spirit attenuation well which we make them loose their homeland memories, less aggressive and finally become submissive to the instructions of the foreign slave dealers.
Badagry heritage museum: The former district officer office, built in 1863 now use as the Heritage museum which house all the information you need to know about Badagry both slavery and cultural heritage of the people.
First storey building in Nigeria: built in 1845 under the supervision of Rev. C. A. Gollmer. This place serve as the mission house for the early missionary and the first ever storey building in the country called Nigeria. This is where the first English Bible was translated into Yoruba Language (the local language) by a librated slave called Samuel Ajayi crowther “ the first African to become a bishop in England.
Early missionary cemetery: Where the early missioners were buried. Some of the missionary buried here are Rev. C. A. Gollmer and His wife.
Old district officer’s Residence: Built in 1853, one of the early buildings built by the colonials during their era in Nigeria is a stone throw from the first storey building. This serves as a residence for the district officers in Nigeria, one of those that lived there was notable Gen. Fredrick Lord Lugard
Suntan beach: stretch through the Atlantic Ocean and situated along Badagry- seme expressway. This is resort with accommodation where tourist relaxes.
Thanks,
Mobee Olusegun S. A.
Mobee Tours International,
Mobee Slave Relics Museum,
Mobee Street,
Badagry-Lagos.
e-mail- segmobiz@yahoo.com
Tel - +234 802 724 7355
