A freshly tarred road leading down from the hill that takes you to Bowers Tower, the highest point in Ibadan.
Bodija, next to the train tracks in Ibadan. Women stand on the side of the road, near the quarry, maybe waiting for public transportation.
Red dusty earth defines the landscape here, even from thousands of feet above you can see the red earth clearly. This is an area for selling roadside market deep in the interior of Ibadan
You can braid hair anywhere. A woman does her hair on the roadside live chicken market.
Carrying loads outside Bodija market.
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To me, Ibadan is the largest city in Africa. Am proud to be an indigene. Ibadan mesi ogo
Ibadan has placed herself high in academics and politics, most leading scholars today, in one way or another, trace their intellectual roots to this famous city. Ibadan omo ajoro sun… don’t lose your crown, let Govenor Ajimobi hear this
The first picture reminds me of JP Clark’s poem about Ibadan
“Running splash of rust and Gold,flung and scattered among seven hills like broken china in the sun”.
Decades after, the city is still unchanged.
Lagos is the biggest in Sub-Saharan Africa…
Get your facts right bro..
Titilayo, first I want to salute your courage. Remember we met in the restaurant at Kakanfo Inn (Ibadan), the other day? And you had been to my Church in Lagos for the annual Harvest?
I think at least one on the captions above is incomplete. The lady having her hair braided, is the one selling the chikens, she has called over the hairdresser to her stall so she doesn’t miss her customers when they come calling. Relate the activity to the background.
But, nevertheless, I’m enjoying this. Kudos!!
Ibadan. Ilu eba odon-The town by the side of the river. The river in this instance is Ogunpa. It used to flood ever year and people were actually swept away by the ferocity of the floods.
Titilayo,you make us all very proud with these blogs,postings and pictures. They will make an invaluable record of modern day Nigeria.Well done. Keep them coming.Lol
Thanks Cara for the snapshots. I was only at Ibadan last November, but it was still nice to see the shots you had. Covering African traditional religion at Osogbo was brilliant . Studied African traditional Religions at the University of Ilorin many moons ago. It was nice to see my people doing it as their fore-fathers did it, and laid it down for us. As you can see, it is all about christianity and Islam everywhere you go in Nigeria now. It is still good to see that some people are still flying the flag for traditional religion.
My girl- friend is Irish. Am hoping you will still be at home when she comes home for the 1st time. She could learn so much about Yoruba people from you, lol.
Ibadan has way to many markets..haha, the picture of the Bodija market (last picture) brings back memories because I attended ISI inside U.I. and I pass through that “abe bridge” -it was a bus stop on my way to school using “danfo” everyday. Back to markets in Ibadan..hmm we have a lot of them…Dugbe, Sango, Aleshinloye, Agbowo, Bodija, Oje, Bere, Gbagi (especially if you are looking for Nigerian clothing materials), Agodi Gate, Alaakia, Iwo Road (particularly for building materials, electronics and cheap motorcycles..I call it Little Niger-Delta. Too many folks from the Eastern part of Nigeria), Oja Oba, Ogunpa and Ogbere markets… I am sure there are others…..enjoy my city of birth! Hopefully we will meet in the US someday. I still call Ibadan my home!
yea, i once passed around the bodija area, a friend lives there. still looks thesame
Ibadan looks like its the biggest City in Sub Sahara Africa..i stand to be corrected…. and probably founded in 1829 based on historian Lagelu, the Jagun (commander-in-chief) of Ife and Yoruba’s generalissimo.
Ibadan is known for its inter-locked haphazard layout of the houses but its a very famous city…dugbe market also another point of sales…