I was reminiscing last week by going through some of my picture albums and I absolutely forgot about the pictures from my trip to Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State.
My friend, Nwanneka, mentioned a Saturday road trip to Abeokuta’s Olumo Rock with her co-workers and I, of course, immediately jumped on board. We left Lagos around 8am, so the traffic to Abeokuta was not ridiculous. We got into town in less than 2 hours.
This was the first time I really got to take in the city. Prior to this trip, I went with my family for a burial ceremony a couple of months earlier for the first time and I was too distracted by my large family’s antics to take in the city properly.
This time around, with Nwanneka in charge of my camera, we were able to capture a small bit of Abeokuta in the local market.
Please enjoy 🙂Hello abeokuta, time to rock the rock. #dryjoke. Abeokuta translates to ‘under the rock’Market hunts in abeokuta, time to buy fresh elubo – elubo is the flour form of cassava or yam and it is used to make amala, a popular nigerian starch.Amala + gbegiri + ewedu + stew + pomo = food for champions…now you know what to order at the next owambe.This lady is the inspiration behind my company’s logo, iyaoloja. ComAbeg, where we fit buy elubo?Still looking for eluboAnd this is why you need to soak your veggies in milton sterilizer before gobbling.Ehmm, madam, come and buy the latest fashion. No thanks, but where can find elubo?We found elubo!!Now known as keke napep, but i still fondly call it keke marwa, the name given to when it was first introduced to nigeriaBack to lasgidiOdabo – i have issues staying awake in a moving vehicle
