Bobasuwas House keeps Nigerian history standing
A House That Refused to Become History
In Lagos Garage, Ijebu Ode, a late-1930s house is still standing. Bobasuwa’s House was built by Chief Okunowo, and its survival feels less like nostalgia than a quiet argument with demolition.
Reading Memory in Bobasuwa’s House Imagine every old Nigerian house carrying a readable archive in its walls: who built it, which children grew up there, which festivals passed its doorway, which storms it outlasted. Before the city gets its glass towers, it should learn to read the buildings already keeping its memory.