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Badagry slave museum Nigeria
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The Badagry Heritage Museum in Badagry is a one storey building that houses the artifacts, records and culture of the Badagry people. Objects in this museum date back to pre-slave era, slave era and post slave era.
The people of Badagry w...
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The Badagry Heritage Museum in Badagry is a one storey building that houses the artifacts, records and culture of the Badagry people. Objects in this museum date back to pre-slave era, slave era and post slave era.
The people of Badagry wanting to keep their heritage intact and as a reminder of what happened in their town decided to resist huge buyouts of some of the things they hold dear and have instead decided to put in this museum items that are unique, old and valued historically.
At the museum, the tour guide will take you on a trip through 8 galleries all named for different periods of the slave era. From capturing slaves to chaining them to sending them abroad to abolishment laws to slaves returning back to Badagry.
The museum is very rich in culture, information and history. ]The heritage museum is a must visit if you are looking to see a part of the African Origin.
It is often said that the African story did not begin with slaves and this museum shows it. You will find the culture & records of the people who inhabited Badagry long before the setllers came and changed everything.
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Ikogosi Warm Springs
Ikogosi Warm Springs
...Ikogosi Warm Springs
This warm spring runs down a hilly landscape where it forms a confluence with another cold spring from an adjoining hill and merges into one continuous stream. The evergreen tall trees which surround the spring provide the canopy under which visitors relax. The people of Ikogosi worship the goddess of the water and have strong belief in the myth around it. The undulating landscape adds natural beauty to the scenery. it is located in Ekiti State.
The Ikogosi Warm Springs is a tourist attraction located at Ikogosi, a town in Ekiti State, southwestern Nigeria. Flowing abreast the warm spring is another cold spring which meets the warm spring at a confluence, each maintaining its thermal properties. These attributes make the spring a tourist attraction in Nigeria. Research suggested that the warm spring has a temperature of about 70oC at the source and 37oC at the confluence.
In 1952, Southern Baptist missionary, Rev. John S. McGee, from his mission base in the nearby Ekiti town of Igede, went to the source of the hot and cold springs, about which he had heard from the Ikogosi people. Initially, he was discouraged from doing this, for reasons of the tradition he had heard from the local residents, which was that nobody should ever visit the source of these two streams, because of the idea that to do so would be to invite death from the supernatural forces that were responsible for this strange, and most unusual, feature of nature. In spite of these "warnings," Rev. McGee made his way through the bush/forest, up the hill to the source of the two side-by-side springs. According to Rev. McGee's later brief, written account, "After seeing it, I felt that it could be used for a good purpose. I discussed the possible use of it with some of the Mission and (Nigerian Baptist) Convention friends. With the growing interest of Royal Ambassador work, and youth work, we felt that it could best be used by building a Youth Camp. I took it up with the Ekiti Association and we decided to build a camp for our R.A.s and G.A.s. The land was secured through the Convention."
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Badagry slave museun lagos state Nigeria
The Badagry Heritage Museum in Badagry is a one storey building that houses the artifacts, records and culture of the Badagry people. Objects in this museum date back to pre-slave era, slave era and post slave era.
The people of Badagry wanting to keep their heritage intact and as a reminder of what happened in their town decided to resist huge buyouts of some of the things they hold dear and have instead decided to put in this museum items that are unique, old and valued historically.
...Read moreThe Badagry Heritage Museum in Badagry is a one storey building that houses the artifacts, records and culture of the Badagry people. Objects in this museum date back to pre-slave era, slave era and post slave era.
The people of Badagry wanting to keep their heritage intact and as a reminder of what happened in their town decided to resist huge buyouts of some of the things they hold dear and have instead decided to put in this museum items that are unique, old and valued historically.
At the museum, the tour guide will take you on a trip through 8 galleries all named for different periods of the slave era. From capturing slaves to chaining them to sending them abroad to abolishment laws to slaves returning back to Badagry.
The museum is very rich in culture, information and history. ]The heritage museum is a must visit if you are looking to see a part of the African Origin.
It is often said that the African story did not begin with slaves and this museum shows it. You will find the culture & records of the people who inhabited Badagry long before the setllers came and changed everything.
"We have divided the gallery into subdivisions, each showing how the slave trade started and its abolition" -
1st Gallery - The "Introductory" Gallery - This galllery is the first one you come to just as you enter the museum. There is a statue of a man with broken chains with a "Freedom at Last"expression on his frozen face. A big book containing pictures that show some parts of Nigeria's history is located just on a table in a corner in this gallery. In it, you will see pictures on Badagry, its founding era, its rulers, as well as some pictures of past rulers of Nigeria.
2nd Gallery - The "Capture" Gallery - This gallery will definitely move you, almost to the point of tearss. It houses and displays chains, mouth muzzles used to hold captured humans captive all through their life from capture to death. There are pictures hanging that show real time frames of captured humans in this gadgets of captivity.
3rd Gallery - The "Transportation" Gallery - This gallery shows how the slaves were transported from one place to another. You will also see how the slaves were fed(or hear what they were fed & how often). You will see a replica of a ship with an upper & lower deck. Captured humans & cargo often travelled together. A drinking pot with sharp edges marks the end of this gallery.
4th Gallery - The "Equipment" Gallery - This gallery houses the original safe used by the colonial masters of the house before they left. It is said there are still documents, money and other important files remaining in the safe till date.
5th Gallery - The "Resistance & Punishment" Gallery - What you will notice in this gallery as you enter is the display of love between a dog and a human lying on the floor. On closer look (and with the tour guides narration), you will come to understand that the dog is trying to bith off the throat of the human who is a slave trying to escape or is being punished for any number of reason. The slaves are divided into Field slaves & Domestic slaves. The Domestic slaves were the "well to do" slaves as they lived in the masters house and did his bidding. Some got the opportunity to read & write for their masters even going on to managing their Master's slave business themselves while still remaining a slave under the master.
6th Gallery - The "Industry" Gallery shows the bar racoons that housed the captured humans awaiting slave dealers from over the seas. A bar racoon is a room that captured humans are kept to wait for buyers. A ship surgeon inspects every slave its ship wants to purchase. The sound and fit slaves are separated from the unfit who they call Makrons After he declares a slave fit enough to be bought, the slave is branded(stamped) with the initials of the slave dealer or nationality to ensure slaves are not mixed up when they arrive in their destinations.
7th Gallery - The "Integration" Gallery shows the way the slave dealers absorbed/adapted the slaves into their new environment to get the best out of them. You will see clippings showing live auctions & shippings.
8th Gallery - The "Abolition" Gallery: In here, you will see the people who fought for the end of slavery. There are real heroes among the numbers you will see, including the woman who rescued 300 people without anyone dying. Slavery continued 100 years after it was publicly declared illegal/over.
There is a balcony where you get your first sighting of the Island of no Return. Ships came across the water to Badagry to pick up captured humans for slavery.
"A visit to the gallery is highly recommended on a trip to Nigeria & Badagry
$255 Per Day
lagos 4 days experience with confidence
4 days lagos tour
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Experience culture, market, night life, lifestyle and the day to day lives of the Nigerian people. This is one of those tours where Lagos Nigeria west Africa gets under your skin and you can appreciate the circle of life. Most of us live for moments where nature is so astonishing that our breath is taken away. I will be your guide on this trip.
Day 1: - Arrival
Arrival and picked up by confidence from the Murtala mohammed international Airport and then drop off at the hotel. Initial orientation and coming back the next morning to pick you up as the tour begins
Day 2: Lagos
Pick you up from your hotel in Lagos for a quick run through Lagos mainland and off to the island to relish the Lekki conservation center, the craft market, the national museum and Nike art gallery. O/N at your hotel
Day 3: Abeokuta
We shall explore the town of Abeokuta,visisting the olumo rock, the olusegun obasanjo presidential library . a return trip to Lagos and overnight at your hotel.
Day 4: Visit the Inagbe resort for relaxation and back to hotel for departure. drop you off at the airport.
Arrival and picked up by confidence from the Murtala mohammed international Airport and then drop off at the hotel. Initial orientation and coming back the next morning to pick you up as the tour begins
Day 2: Lagos
Pick you up from your hotel in Lagos for a quick run through Lagos mainland and off to the island to relish the Lekki conservation center, the craft market, the national museum and Nike art gallery. O/N at your hotel
Day 3: Abeokuta
We shall explore the town of Abeokuta,visisting the olumo rock, the olusegun obasanjo presidential library . a return trip to Lagos and overnight at your hotel.
Day 4: Visit the Inagbe resort for relaxation and back to hotel for departure. drop you off at the airport.
What's Included?
* Guiding Services
* Private Transportation
* Airport pick up
* Airport drop off
* Letter of invitation for visa
* Other miscellaneous support.
Not included:
International air flights
Entrance fee
Visa and visa fees
Travel insurance and immunizations
Between meal snacks & drinks or extra meals alcoholic beverages.
Any hotel incidentals
Any non-essential public transit taken, for you and your guide
Discretionary gratuity for excellent service
* Guiding Services
* Private Transportation
* Airport pick up
* Airport drop off
* Letter of invitation for visa
* Other miscellaneous support.
Not included:
International air flights
Entrance fee
Visa and visa fees
Travel insurance and immunizations
Between meal snacks & drinks or extra meals alcoholic beverages.
Any hotel incidentals
Any non-essential public transit taken, for you and your guide
Discretionary gratuity for excellent service
$2900 Per Day
NIGERIA-BENIN-TOGO- GHANA – 9 DAYS PRIVATE TOUR
The tour will focus on African and American history, Africa European history, the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Cultural Education. We shall Visit Slave Castles of 15/16th centuries, markets and other historic sites. This tour will give you the opportunity to discover Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana traditional music,dance, costume, food, open-air vibrant markets and natural sights against the backdrop of traditional rural communities.(Accra, , Cape Coast) Togo ( Lome, Togoville) Benin (Ouidah, Cotonou, Abomey,Lagos Nigeria).
The tour will focus on African and American history, Africa European history, the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Cultural Education. We shall Visit Slave Castles of 15/16th centuries, markets and other historic sites. This tour will give you the opportunity to discover Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana traditional music,dance, costume, food, open-air vibrant markets and natural sights against the backdrop of traditional rural communities.(Accra, , Cape Coast) Togo ( Lome, Togoville) Benin (Ouidah, Cotonou, Abomey,Lagos Nigeria).
The tour cost is the total trip package for 1 or 2 persons
Day 1: Arrival
Day 2: Early morning, I will pick you up for a quick run through lagos mainland and island.
A tour to the national museum, lekki conservation center, lekki craft market. The tinubu square, the agudas and drop you off at your hotel for O/N
Day 3: Badagry- Cotonou ABOMEY
Eraly morning, we shall leave your hotel and drive towards badagry. At badagry we shall visit the Mobi/abass seriki slave musuem. Arrive Cotonou and have a quick city tour of the capital of Benin and then proceed onward to Abomey. Tours today include the Royal Palace Museum where you may have an audience with the King of Abomey. Abomey retains many reminders of its magnificent past including the Palace, the Historical Museum and the Royal Sepulchers bearing witness to a brave and powerful people. we can also go by small boat to Nokoue Laketo Ganvie, the biggest stilt village in Africa. Visit the "Maison de la Francophonie", the Lovers' Lane and the floating market.
DAY 4: OUIDAH, BENIN -
After breakfast, drive to Ouidah the spiritual capital of voodoo religion and was once a major slave-trading post. You will explore major slave-trading post. You will visit the Voodoo Museum, the Sacred Forest, the Cathedral and the Temple of the sacred Pythons where you will see the 41 writhing pythons (41 is voodoo's magic number).
Day 5 : A Lome Togo
LOME, TOGO -leave for Lome very early in the morning THE TOUR ON THIS DAY IN LOME Today we travel to Togo. After a 3 hour drive you will be assisted through Togo immigration then begin the city tour of Lome and vicinity. Visits include Independence square, the Artisans village, the national museum, the fetish market- the heart of traditional medicine, the fishing harbour, Art Street and the grand Marché, realm of the famous Nana Benz ladies. Overnight at Palm Beach Hotel or similar.LOME - TOGOVILLE-LOME - Today visit the Akodesséwa fetish market and the slave house in Agbodrafo. Continue to Togoville, a red-earth village which was the homeland of numerous slaves taken to Haiti. Here you will find magic remedies and voodoo charms used by local sorcerers. Late afternoon return to Lomé.
Day 6: Accra
Depart for Accra Arrival and checking into hotel for relaxation (maybe a night out to osu oxford street) Other activities today will depend on our arrival time and preference.
Day 7: A city tour of Accra
ACCRA City Tour (visit to historical landmarks such as W. E. B. Dubois Center for Pan African Culture,Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, Independence/Black Star Square, National Museum,Osu (formerly Christiansborg) Castle-the previous seat of the Ghanaian Presidency,Jamestown, Flagstaff House (official seat of the president), Kane Kwesi Carpentry workshop.
Day 8: Travel/ Trip to cape coast/ Elmina.
KAKUM NATIONAL PARK/CAPE COAST/ACCRA -
This morning we visit Kakum National Park, one of Ghana's most famous parks. Take a brief walking tour on the forest floor; see birds, butterflies, and perhaps catch a glimpse of the forest. Proceed to the canopy walkway. Kakum is home to Africa's only aerial walkway through the treetops, a 1000 foot long and seven-bridge walkway with viewing platforms that reach heights of over 150 feet above ground. After lunch return to Cape Coast and visit Cape Coast Castle and the Castle Museum for a guided tour. Cape Coast Castle is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and was one of the departure points for Africans being sent into slavery in the Americas. The castle is home to the infamous "Door of No Return". A return trip to accra and O/N at your hotel
Day 9: Drive Back to Accra, relaxation at a drumming session/ Departure
The tour will focus on African and American history, Africa European history, the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Cultural Education. We shall Visit Slave Castles of 15/16th centuries, markets and other historic sites. This tour will give you the opportunity to discover Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana traditional music,dance, costume, food, open-air vibrant markets and natural sights against the backdrop of traditional rural communities.(Accra, , Cape Coast) Togo ( Lome, Togoville) Benin (Ouidah, Cotonou, Abomey,Lagos Nigeria).
Day 1: Arrival
Day 2: Early morning, I will pick you up for a quick run through lagos mainland and island.
A tour to the national museum, lekki conservation center, lekki craft market. The tinubu square, the agudas and drop you off at your hotel for O/N
Day 3: Badagry- Cotonou ABOMEY
Eraly morning, we shall leave your hotel and drive towards badagry. At badagry we shall visit the Mobi/abass seriki slave musuem. Arrive Cotonou and have a quick city tour of the capital of Benin and then proceed onward to Abomey. Tours today include the Royal Palace Museum where you may have an audience with the King of Abomey. Abomey retains many reminders of its magnificent past including the Palace, the Historical Museum and the Royal Sepulchers bearing witness to a brave and powerful people. we can also go by small boat to Nokoue Laketo Ganvie, the biggest stilt village in Africa. Visit the "Maison de la Francophonie", the Lovers' Lane and the floating market.
DAY 4: OUIDAH, BENIN -
After breakfast, drive to Ouidah the spiritual capital of voodoo religion and was once a major slave-trading post. You will explore major slave-trading post. You will visit the Voodoo Museum, the Sacred Forest, the Cathedral and the Temple of the sacred Pythons where you will see the 41 writhing pythons (41 is voodoo's magic number).
Day 5 : A Lome Togo
LOME, TOGO -leave for Lome very early in the morning THE TOUR ON THIS DAY IN LOME Today we travel to Togo. After a 3 hour drive you will be assisted through Togo immigration then begin the city tour of Lome and vicinity. Visits include Independence square, the Artisans village, the national museum, the fetish market- the heart of traditional medicine, the fishing harbour, Art Street and the grand Marché, realm of the famous Nana Benz ladies. Overnight at Palm Beach Hotel or similar.LOME - TOGOVILLE-LOME - Today visit the Akodesséwa fetish market and the slave house in Agbodrafo. Continue to Togoville, a red-earth village which was the homeland of numerous slaves taken to Haiti. Here you will find magic remedies and voodoo charms used by local sorcerers. Late afternoon return to Lomé.
Day 6: Accra
Depart for Accra Arrival and checking into hotel for relaxation (maybe a night out to osu oxford street) Other activities today will depend on our arrival time and preference.
Day 7: A city tour of Accra
ACCRA City Tour (visit to historical landmarks such as W. E. B. Dubois Center for Pan African Culture,Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, Independence/Black Star Square, National Museum,Osu (formerly Christiansborg) Castle-the previous seat of the Ghanaian Presidency,Jamestown, Flagstaff House (official seat of the president), Kane Kwesi Carpentry workshop.
Day 8: Travel/ Trip to cape coast/ Elmina.
KAKUM NATIONAL PARK/CAPE COAST/ACCRA -
This morning we visit Kakum National Park, one of Ghana's most famous parks. Take a brief walking tour on the forest floor; see birds, butterflies, and perhaps catch a glimpse of the forest. Proceed to the canopy walkway. Kakum is home to Africa's only aerial walkway through the treetops, a 1000 foot long and seven-bridge walkway with viewing platforms that reach heights of over 150 feet above ground. After lunch return to Cape Coast and visit Cape Coast Castle and the Castle Museum for a guided tour. Cape Coast Castle is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and was one of the departure points for Africans being sent into slavery in the Americas. The castle is home to the infamous "Door of No Return". A return trip to accra and O/N at your hotel
Day 9: Drive Back to Accra, relaxation at a drumming session/ Departure
The tour will focus on African and American history, Africa European history, the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Cultural Education. We shall Visit Slave Castles of 15/16th centuries, markets and other historic sites. This tour will give you the opportunity to discover Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana traditional music,dance, costume, food, open-air vibrant markets and natural sights against the backdrop of traditional rural communities.(Accra, , Cape Coast) Togo ( Lome, Togoville) Benin (Ouidah, Cotonou, Abomey,Lagos Nigeria).
Day 1: Arrival
Day 2: Early morning, I will pick you up for a quick run through lagos mainland and island.
A tour to the national museum, lekki conservation center, lekki craft market. The tinubu square, the agudas and drop you off at your hotel for O/N
Day 3: Badagry- Cotonou ABOMEY
Eraly morning, we shall leave your hotel and drive towards badagry. At badagry we shall visit the Mobi/abass seriki slave musuem. Arrive Cotonou and have a quick city tour of the capital of Benin and then proceed onward to Abomey. Tours today include the Royal Palace Museum where you may have an audience with the King of Abomey. Abomey retains many reminders of its magnificent past including the Palace, the Historical Museum and the Royal Sepulchers bearing witness to a brave and powerful people. we can also go by small boat to Nokoue Laketo Ganvie, the biggest stilt village in Africa. Visit the "Maison de la Francophonie", the Lovers' Lane and the floating market.
DAY 4: OUIDAH, BENIN -
After breakfast, drive to Ouidah the spiritual capital of voodoo religion and was once a major slave-trading post. You will explore major slave-trading post. You will visit the Voodoo Museum, the Sacred Forest, the Cathedral and the Temple of the sacred Pythons where you will see the 41 writhing pythons (41 is voodoo's magic number).
Day 5 : A Lome Togo
LOME, TOGO -leave for Lome very early in the morning THE TOUR ON THIS DAY IN LOME Today we travel to Togo. After a 3 hour drive you will be assisted through Togo immigration then begin the city tour of Lome and vicinity. Visits include Independence square, the Artisans village, the national museum, the fetish market- the heart of traditional medicine, the fishing harbour, Art Street and the grand Marché, realm of the famous Nana Benz ladies. Overnight at Palm Beach Hotel or similar.LOME - TOGOVILLE-LOME - Today visit the Akodesséwa fetish market and the slave house in Agbodrafo. Continue to Togoville, a red-earth village which was the homeland of numerous slaves taken to Haiti. Here you will find magic remedies and voodoo charms used by local sorcerers. Late afternoon return to Lomé.
Day 6: Accra
Depart for Accra Arrival and checking into hotel for relaxation (maybe a night out to osu oxford street) Other activities today will depend on our arrival time and preference.
Day 7: A city tour of Accra
ACCRA City Tour (visit to historical landmarks such as W. E. B. Dubois Center for Pan African Culture,Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, Independence/Black Star Square, National Museum,Osu (formerly Christiansborg) Castle-the previous seat of the Ghanaian Presidency,Jamestown, Flagstaff House (official seat of the president), Kane Kwesi Carpentry workshop.
Day 8: Travel/ Trip to cape coast/ Elmina.
KAKUM NATIONAL PARK/CAPE COAST/ACCRA -
This morning we visit Kakum National Park, one of Ghana's most famous parks. Take a brief walking tour on the forest floor; see birds, butterflies, and perhaps catch a glimpse of the forest. Proceed to the canopy walkway. Kakum is home to Africa's only aerial walkway through the treetops, a 1000 foot long and seven-bridge walkway with viewing platforms that reach heights of over 150 feet above ground. After lunch return to Cape Coast and visit Cape Coast Castle and the Castle Museum for a guided tour. Cape Coast Castle is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and was one of the departure points for Africans being sent into slavery in the Americas. The castle is home to the infamous "Door of No Return". A return trip to accra and O/N at your hotel
Day 9: Drive Back to Accra, relaxation at a drumming session/ Departure
What's Included?
* Guiding Services
* Private Transportation
* Airport pick up
* Airport drop off
* Letter of invitation for visa
* Other miscellaneous support
Not included:
International air flights
Entrance fee
Visa and visa fees
Travel insurance and immunizations
Between meal snacks & drinks or extra meals alcoholic beverages.
Any hotel incidentals
Any non-essential public transit taken, for you and your guide
Discretionary gratuity for excellent service