While many Nigerians would rather spend Independence day going on about how there is absolutely nothing to celebrate in Nigeria and yet many others choose festivities, some have found new ways to set the date apart. This thread by @kelechinaba shows 13 colonial structures around Lagos and Ibadan.
We are not sure whether this is celebratory or a put down considering the fact that the buildings predate our independence but it is certainly a very creative way to mark our Independence as a country.
The Old Secretariat, 1895. Built with imported bricks all stamped with armorial bearings (‘broad arrow’) of the Quartermaster Gen of Britain pic.twitter.com/mwRC5etr82
— ka (@kelechinaba) October 1, 2016
St. George's Hall. Built in 1907 and was opened by then Governor Sir Walter Egerton. It now belongs to the Mason’s Lodge. pic.twitter.com/2umHLzfj8B
— ka (@kelechinaba) October 1, 2016
Christ Church Cathedral. The foundation stone was laid by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) on 21 April 1925. Completed in 1946. pic.twitter.com/9ua0Bj1d9u
— ka (@kelechinaba) October 1, 2016
Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Ebute Ero. pic.twitter.com/frjehEYKk1
— ka (@kelechinaba) October 1, 2016
The Government Printing Press built in 1894 & lies by Broad Street & Joseph Street (after the 1st Baptist Minister, Joseph Harden (1855)). pic.twitter.com/nn8SaTQWsT
— ka (@kelechinaba) October 1, 2016
The Salvation Army.
Odunlami Street. pic.twitter.com/2wWTkZZSrz— ka (@kelechinaba) October 1, 2016
Ibadan.
Just by the Cocoa House. pic.twitter.com/ly0dY0738x— ka (@kelechinaba) October 1, 2016
Doherty Villa. pic.twitter.com/fyM9RIp4d2
— ka (@kelechinaba) October 1, 2016
Residential on Tokunbo Street. Finesse in Afro-Brazilian architecture. pic.twitter.com/5QohSz3xAm
— ka (@kelechinaba) October 1, 2016
Obviously, the great square where our independence was held and the Union Jack lowered. pic.twitter.com/yUtLuABr8E
— ka (@kelechinaba) October 1, 2016
The Nigerian Railway Corporation/Legacy Mini Museum. The Jaekel House. Over 100 years of age. pic.twitter.com/k9XfeOmA5M
— ka (@kelechinaba) October 1, 2016
The Mapo Hall.
The greatest. pic.twitter.com/mnvzrVOWeh— ka (@kelechinaba) October 1, 2016
This historical clock tower stood close to the SOJADUMOTA [unknown soldier] that was built and erected in 1948 by the Nigerian government. pic.twitter.com/yPDUg3KxRw
— ka (@kelechinaba) October 1, 2016
Ibadan.
Residential property.
"What are we all waiting for?"
"What are we all hoping for/on?" pic.twitter.com/jN0QjmdDAU— ka (@kelechinaba) October 1, 2016
Kelechi Anabaraonye is all for the preservation of colonial structures and this thread is not even the half of the wonders he has subjected to his lens over time.
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