Apa, Lagos
Apa bụ obodo akụkọ ihe mere eme na mpaghara Badagry nke Steeti Lagos . Ọ bụ otu n'ime ebe obibi kachasị ochie na Badagry.[1] Obodo a nwere Oba, Alapa nke Apa. Ihe ka ọtụtụ n'ime ndị si Apa bụ ndị Awori na Ogu.
N'ịbụ nke dị n'ebe ugwu ọdịda anyanwụ nke Badagry, ebe obibi ahụ nwere ókèala n'ebebe ugwu site na Badagry creek na n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ site na obodo Badagry na n'akụkụ ndịda bụ ebe obibi dị nso nke Atlantic.[2]
Ndị Awori kwagara mba ọzọ tọrọ ntọala na narị afọ nke iri na ise, obodo ahụ na Ekpe toro na mbido afọ 1700 mgbe obodo abụọ ahụ ghọrọ isi ebe ahịa ohu Trans-Atlantic n'akụkụ osimiri Porto-Novo na Badagry. N'ihe dị ka afọ 1730, Hontokonu, onye na-ere ahịa ohu na Europe biri na Apa tupu ọ kwaga Badagry. N'oge na-adịghị anya, Badagry kpuchiri Apa dị ka ebe azụmahịa na mpaghara ahụ.[2]
Na narị afọ nke iri na asatọ, ndị na-akwaga n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ site n'obodo ndị Gbe na-agba ọsọ Eze Agaja mechara soro ndị Yoruba na-asụ asụsụ Apa.
Ihe odide
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ Bamidele. "We own Lagos oil, says Apa Kingdom", 2016-07-03. Retrieved on 2019-03-03. (in en-US)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lagos State (Nigeria) (1992). Our town series (in English). Lagos: The Dept..