Nigerian locals standing and walking past shops in Poka, Epe, Lagos, Nigeria

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Lagos was formally annexed as a British colony in 1861. This had the dual effect of crushing the slave trade and establishing British control over palm and other trades. The remainder of modern-day Nigeria was seized in 1887, and when the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was established in 1914, Lagos was declared its capital. It continued to be the capital when Nigeria gained its independence from Britain in 1960. Lagos experienced rapid growth throughout the 1960s and 1970s as a result of Nigeria's economic boom prior to the Biafran War.

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Size: 5400px × 3600px
Location: Poka, Epe, Lagos, State, Nigeria, Africa
Photo credit: © John Hopkins / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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