ABSTRACT
The Colony outside Lagos is a no-man’s-land of sparse settlements on: either side and to the north of the capital. Communities are mostly small and of very diverse antecedents with traditions of comparatively recent im migration. They are the least advanced economically of all Yoruba and have received little attention. Except for Badagri, which is Egun-Awori, the population is mostly of Awori or Ijebu origin, with scattered strangers. Apart from Lagos municipal area, there are three Divisions: -
Lagos is mainly a Yoruba town. Of the 114,193 Nigerian Natives given in the 1931 Census figures, nearly 100,000 are Yoruba and about 3,500 are Hausa. There is a small colony of descendants of repatriated slaves from Brazil and a number of Syrians, nearly all of whom are traders. There are over 1,000 Europeans in Lagos.
