Tag: Taiwo Olowo
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Daniel Conrad Taiwo (alias Taiwo Olowo) was a 19th Century manufacturer born 1781 circa in Isheri. Taiwo, a son of Oluwole the Olofin of Isheri, came to Lagos in 1848 as an apprentice basket maker. He quickly learnt his trade and was able to establish his own business. Olowo’s success in the highly feudalistic Lagos…
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Taiwo Olowo Monument, along Broad Street Lagos Island, was made for Chief Daniel Conrad Taiwo (alias Taiwo Olowo) a son of Oluwole the Olofin of Isheri, who came to Lagos in 1848 as an apprentice basket maker and made fortune doing business. The building has a main entrance and many rooms opening to a central…