MY BRAZILIAN DREAM: THE LAGOS OF MY CHILDHOOD.
My recent trip to Brazil on assignment for my organization was like an holiday back in motherland Nigeria precisely speaking.
I was dispatched to Salvador da Bahia and Lord behold I felt as if I was in the Brazilian quaters of old in Lagos island in the 60s & 70s.
The atmosphere coupled with the intergration of Yoruba culture or Africanism that I experienced threw me back to my days at ST. JOHN'S ANGLICAN AROLOYA PRIMARY SCHOOL LAGOS ISLAND in the 70s., that was when Nigeria, Lagos, was a lovely romantic beautiful place with tree lined streets.
I could remember taking a walk with my father along; Marina and Broad street, down to Igbosere and Ricca street, Evans street, Koilo street, or playing football at Amuto playground or Onaola playground, not forgetting Sangross market, Jankara market, Itafaji market, Massey children hospital, or picking fruits when going to Barbeach in and around Racecourse for marchpast or School inter house sports.
The place is now Tafawa Balewa square just to mention a few places.
I saw all the images of my childhood places ''mirroring'' in my medulla Oblongata, the impression I had led to a spontaneous blood flow to my jugular vein as if I was hallucinating.
what a beautiful place; with gigantic eclectic collection of Portuguese Gothic architecture not to mention the rich varieties of gourmet and culinary wonderfulness from various parts of the world as a manifestation of the multiculturality of Salvador da Bahia a potpourri of what is good about our racial democracy and ethnic diversity.
The number of tourists worldwide visiting Salvador da Bahia yearly are enormous and they are magnetized to visit because of the cultural richness of Salvador da Bahia, which is predominantly ''Lusoafricanism'' and the Yoruba culture is of significant importance there.
While other countries are capitalizing, harnessing the benefit of our cultural diversity and richness for economic growth.
What are we doing in Nigeria to attract tourist to visit us as a people I asked myself rhetorically...
THIS IS A QUESTION FOR TOURISM POLICY MAKERS IN NIGERIA.
OTUNBA ADE ILEMOBADE is a philosopher
Twitter: @pearl2prince
I was dispatched to Salvador da Bahia and Lord behold I felt as if I was in the Brazilian quaters of old in Lagos island in the 60s & 70s.
The atmosphere coupled with the intergration of Yoruba culture or Africanism that I experienced threw me back to my days at ST. JOHN'S ANGLICAN AROLOYA PRIMARY SCHOOL LAGOS ISLAND in the 70s., that was when Nigeria, Lagos, was a lovely romantic beautiful place with tree lined streets.
I could remember taking a walk with my father along; Marina and Broad street, down to Igbosere and Ricca street, Evans street, Koilo street, or playing football at Amuto playground or Onaola playground, not forgetting Sangross market, Jankara market, Itafaji market, Massey children hospital, or picking fruits when going to Barbeach in and around Racecourse for marchpast or School inter house sports.
The place is now Tafawa Balewa square just to mention a few places.
I saw all the images of my childhood places ''mirroring'' in my medulla Oblongata, the impression I had led to a spontaneous blood flow to my jugular vein as if I was hallucinating.
what a beautiful place; with gigantic eclectic collection of Portuguese Gothic architecture not to mention the rich varieties of gourmet and culinary wonderfulness from various parts of the world as a manifestation of the multiculturality of Salvador da Bahia a potpourri of what is good about our racial democracy and ethnic diversity.
The number of tourists worldwide visiting Salvador da Bahia yearly are enormous and they are magnetized to visit because of the cultural richness of Salvador da Bahia, which is predominantly ''Lusoafricanism'' and the Yoruba culture is of significant importance there.
While other countries are capitalizing, harnessing the benefit of our cultural diversity and richness for economic growth.
What are we doing in Nigeria to attract tourist to visit us as a people I asked myself rhetorically...
THIS IS A QUESTION FOR TOURISM POLICY MAKERS IN NIGERIA.
OTUNBA ADE ILEMOBADE is a philosopher
Twitter: @pearl2prince
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