Tag: Abeokuta
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Bekuta, or in some literatures, Abekita, was a 19th Century settlement in the Waterworks country of Westmoreland, Jamaica, formed by a group of Yoruba slave descendants who were called Nagos. Bekuta was formed when indentured workers of Egba origin was brought to Jamaica. While a few followed through with their demand to be returned to their…
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Alake title literally means ‘Lord of Ake’, Ake being the principal quarter of the Egba town of Abeokuta that was established in 1830 east of Ogun River and 70 miles north of the coast. The concept of a single king did not exist among the Egba Yoruba sub-group until the ancient title of Alake, the…
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Abeokuta Grammar School was the first secondary school in Nigeria to be established outside Lagos, founded in 1908 and managed by the Anglican District Church Council in its first decades. The school had enjoyed the goodwill of Abeokuta royalty and the entire town since its inception. The sizeable football pitch that is in the campus is…