Agiya Tree Monument
The Agia Tree Monument Agiya Tree Monument is on the site once occupied by the Agia Tree (Egun: Asisoe Tin) close to the Badagry Town Hall.[1] The Agiya tree was a 160 feet (49 m) tree with a circumference of 30 feet (9.1 m).[2] Significantly remarkable for being the tree under which Christianity was first preached in Nigeria by Thomas Birch Freeman and Henry Townsend on September 24, 1842,[3][4] the tree lived for over 300 years until it was uprooted by a storm on June 20, 1959.[5]
In place of the tree, an obelisk was erected in 2012 in celebration of 170 years of Christianity in Nigeria.
References[edit]
- ^ Oluwadahunsi, Olawale (25 March 2015). "Badagry... -Footprints of slavery". National Mirror.
- ^ History in Africa. African Studies Association. 1992.
- ^ L. C. Dioka (2000). An Unsung Hero of the Church and Society: A Biography of Dominic Ogbonna Dioka. L.C. Dioka.
- ^ Ige, Betty (10 June 2014). "Badagry: Recapturing lost history". The Herald News. Retrieved 18 January 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Toyin Falola (1999). Yoruba Gurus: Indigenous Production of Knowledge in Africa. Africa World Press. pp. 220–. ISBN 978-0-86543-699-2.
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