the skies of lagos

abstract:

lagos means ‘lakes’ in portuguese, the language of first european-settlers known to visit the settlement, then already inhabited by the awori people, in 1472. from the first contacts with the region until the early 20th century, another portuguese name for the city that was interchangeably used was onim, finally abandoned in favor of lagos.

prior to lagos being adopted, the settlement was called eko by its kingdom of benin conquerors, which stems from either oko [yoruba: ‘cassava farm’] or eko [‘war camp’].

modern-day lagosians have so intermingled that no single tribe or people can claim it even though the predominant language is yoruba - wikipedia.

now, the above explains lagos from a peep hole of a historian. now what is lagos from a photographers peep hole? today i chose to  concentrate on the heights of lagos, hence, 'the skies of lagos'.

one: the deep blue building

                           

two: haunted mansion

three: canted among the counted

four: the purpulation of 'one thousand and one'

five: the jagaban of eko

six: the fluorescenting black sun

seven: gun to heaven

eight: two trapeziums

nine: first round of eti-osa local government

ten: jackals of lagos island

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