The Diary Game||20-05-2025||Tour of National Museum Lagos

The first thing our group was opportuned to see was the Car Murtala Ramat Muhammed the former Head of State was assassinated. The tour guide told us the story of Murtala Ramat Muhammed, a prominent Nigerian military officer and politician who served as the Head of State in Nigeria from 1975 to 1976. He was assassinated during a failed coup attempt on February 13, 1976. The coup was motivated by unhappiness of junior officers at the lack of progress Gowon had made in moving the country towards democratic rule, while Garba's role as an insider is credited with ensuring that the coup was bloodless, The Coup succeeds. Yakubu Gowon is removed and replaced with Murtala Mohammed. The coup attempt aimed to overthrow his government, but it ultimately failed, resulting in his death.

Another thing we saw was a board display of our heroes past, starring from the First Republic to our present day.
A great stature of Queen Elizabeth 2 ,Queen Idia,different cylindrical stones were on display, including the carved stone.

Another picture on display on the wall just beside the slave trade statue is about the transatlantic slave trade in Nigeria. The picture shows how many Nigerians were forcibly taken from their homeland and sold into slavery in the 15th-19th century.

A picture of manilla which is an arm bracelet that was worn by Igbo people who resided mainly in calabar region ,where they were often sold off or exchanged for money,which was later called slave trade money was also on display.
This picture showed the struggles we faced as a Nation and how we have overcome such challenges and are scaling to better times.

The part i particularly liked among the exhibition is Prof. Victor. E. Ecoma work.
A Cross Riverian who studied Arts & African studies and anthropology in University of Nigeria Nsukka, and University of Ibadan, University of Uyo respectively. He is well known
for his mixed-media twine techniques of animating surfaces in textiles relief and stimulation that mediates between what a painting is and what a sculpture can be.

His paintings have been widely exhibited locally and overseas and we were so fortunate to meet him in person as he interacted with us,an even took us around explaining what motivated each took us around explaining what motivated each painting and the idea behind each painting.

A stop by the Art Gallery Studio which hold many cultural memories. We were able to see write up of how civilization and religion has impacted the Nigerian traditional art.

The fertility and birth studio was another fascinating experience.
The tour guide told us the story of how young women were groomed back in the days to look robust enough to attract a possible suitor during marriageable age.

The tour guide mentioned that it is believed that it is easier to initiate girls into womanhood as compared to boys into manhood. She stated that initially girls were circumcised, taught all matters pertaining to intimacy with their husbands,as well as the act of taking care of their children, husband,and home.
Some of the items used during this preparation were put on display like:Comb,mirror, a mat,etc.
The maternity figure was also on display.

We finally made a stop at Tafewa Balewa Square(TBS) race course,Lagos Island. The tour guide told us the story of resilience,growth and how we gain our independence. It is a rememberance Square. It is a place where the pigeon is released and the wreath is laid in honour of soldiers who gave their lives for the nation.
The trip to this museum and TBS has helped me to see how far Nigeria has come as a Nation. We are growing and we can only believe in a better Nigeria.

The hope is that the younger generation can take us to greater heights from were our heroes past stopped.

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