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- 1 2 3 4 Mann, Kristin (2007). Slavery and the Birth of an African City: Lagos, 1760-1900 . Indiana University Press, 2007. p. 45. ISBN 9780253348845.
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- ↑ Rufus T. Akinyele (2009). African Cities: Competing Claims on Urban Spaces. BRILL, 2009. pp. 115–117. ISBN 9789004162648.
- ↑ Mann, Kristin (2007). Slavery and the Birth of an African City: Lagos, 1760-1900 . Indiana University Press, 2007. p. 36. ISBN 9780253348845.
- ↑ Smith, Robert (January 1979). The Lagos Consulate, 1851-1861. University of California Press, 1979. pp. 11–12. ISBN 9780520037465.
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- ↑ "Oba Akiolu's Claim Being Challenged By Another Royal Family".
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