Intangible Heritage took centre stage at UNESCO’s World Heritage Days on 16 and 17 September, from Congolese rumba and Brazilian capoeira to Spanish flamenco. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has considerably advanced the protection of cultural heritage, by extending its definition to ancestral practices and knowledge that play a major role in […]
Legacy posted a written reply to the call for submissions to a public consultation on a new development plan for Lagos Island prepared on behalf of the State’s Ministry of Urban and Physical Planning. The plan explicitly includes environmental resilience and restoration, and cultural and heritage policy elements, which is a very welcome development. Legacy […]
Are extravagant weddings in Lagos a modern invention, or have they always been a tussle amongst the wealthy elite as to who can afford to celebrate harder? In the article Lagos High Society Weddings of the 1920s researcher and gender data analyst Tayo Ogunbiade delves into the history of lavish weddings in Lagos. She describes […]
He was a mentor to many, a father figure to some and to all an inspiration. Architect John Godwin passed away early this year at the age of 94. His long and productive life was celebrated on Saturday June 17 in a service held simultaneously in London and Lagos, with speakers on both sides, connected […]
Despite a rainy start, a range of fun packed cultural performances, games and activities, were held in the spacious Jaekel House garden. On Saturday 27 May Legacy organised various activities at the historic Railway Compound Ebute Metta to mark Children’s Day. Over 60 children from various schools attended the event, which included an exhibition of pictures of historic railway artefacts from around Nigeria, and […]
Terreiro da Casa Branca, one of the oldest African religious temples in Bahia, is under threat from illegal construction next to it, putting the temple at risk of collapse. Casa Branca has national historic heritage and as no government action has been taken to protect it a petition has been set up on AVAAZ to […]
On April 12 Legacy was delighted to receive Prince Yemisi Shyllon, a renowned art collector, philanthropist and Grand Patron of the Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Arts, Pan Atlantic University, as a visitor to Jaekel House Mini-Museum, along with Dr Matthew Gansallo, a curator and museologist. The visit was organised by Mr Taiye Olaniyi, Legacy Vice President, other members of Legacy were present, including Lateefah Olajide, Legacy’s Hon. Secretary.Prince Shyllon […]
Nigerian architect Demas Nwoko will be awarded with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at this year’s Venice Biennale of Architecture. A well deserved honour for the 88-year-old artist whose work has been compared to that of Gaudi and Frank Lloyd Wright, but who remains relatively unknown in Nigeria and abroad. Curator of the 18th […]
It’s with deep sadness that we inform you of the passing of one of our founders and driving forces behind Legacy, Professor John Godwin. The British architect who came to Nigeria in 1954 was devoted to Nigeria’s built heritage. In 2014 he returned to the UK with his wife Gillian, but remained an active member […]
A 1930s cast iron red mailbox in the headquarters of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, the iconic name sign on Abeokuta’s train platform and the recognisable features of rural train stations with similar architecture all over Nigeria: the pictures exhibited under the neem trees in the residence of the British Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos spoke […]