Olowogbowo is an area in the west of

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, also known as Apongbon. The area is in the central business district. The community was founded after 1851, when freed Yoruba captives and their descendants who had been set ashore in

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returned in successive waves to Lagos, and were granted land to settle in the Olowogbowo and Breadfruit areas of the island. The name Apongbon is a garbled version of the Yoruba phrase ''a l'agbon pipon'' ("man with the red beard"), a name given to William McCoskry, acting governor of the newly established

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in 1861.

Jùjú music Jùjú is a style of Yoruba popular music, originated in Lagos, Nigeria. It first began developing in the 1920s with Tunde King (Abdulrafiu Babatunde King). Early styles of jùjú music consisted of banjo or acoustic guitar, drums, gourd rattle, ...

originated in the Olowogbowo area in the 1920s, when area boys used to gather in a motor mechanic workshop to drink and make music. Tunde King was the leader of this group, generally considered the founder of the style. Other well-known people from the area include * G.B.A. Coker, Former Supreme Court Justice of Nigeria and Olori Eyo Adimu. * Muiz Banire, Senior Advocate of Nigeria and National Legal Adviser of APC * H. O. Davies, a Nigerian nationalist, lawyer, journalist, trade union organizer,

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, international statesman and politician during the nation's movement towards independence in 1960 and afterward. * Christopher Oluwole Rotimi, a Nigerian Army officer, diplomat and politician * Musiliu Smith, an Inspector General of Police of Nigeria * Munirudeen Adekunle Muse, member of the Senate for Lagos Central

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