01 Lost history · Lagos
The man who would not bow
Bode Thomas & the Alaafin →02 Legend · Osun
The queen who let herself be captured
Moremi Ajasoro →03 Place name · Lagos
Two names for one city
Why Lagos is called Lagos (and Eko) →04 Place name · Ogun
The city under a rock
How Abeokuta got its name →05 Lost history · Lagos
The house that lied about its age
Ilojo Bar, Lagos Island →06 Lost history · Lagos
The Sultan's gift to a Lagos mosque
Shitta-Bey Mosque →07 People · Lagos
The captive who came back as a slave dealer
Seriki Williams Abass →08 Lost history · Ogun
The farmers who tore up the railway
The Adubi War, 1918 →09 Legend · Ogun
The great ditch of a childless queen
Sungbo's Eredo →10 Place name · Ogun
The house in Barbados named after a Nigerian town
Ilaro Court, Barbados →11 Lost history · Oyo
The Welshman who built Ibadan's landmarks
Taffy Jones & Mapo Hall →12 Place name · Oyo
The town where twins are everywhere
Igbo-Ora, twin capital →13 People · Oyo
The richest woman in Ibadan
Efunsetan Aniwura →14 People · Oyo
The general who said no to the king
Kurunmi of Ijaiye →15 People · Osun
The Austrian woman who saved a sacred forest
Susanne Wenger, Osogbo →16 People · Osun
The warrior they could not keep
Ogedengbe of Ilesa →17 Legend · Ekiti
Where hot water meets cold
Ikogosi warm springs →18 Legend · Ondo
The festival when the king plaits his hair
Igogo festival, Owo →19 Lost history · Ogun
Ten thousand women at the king's gate
The Abeokuta Women's Revolt →20 People · Kwara
Afonja Lost Ilorin to His Own Allies
Afonja of Ilorin →21 Custom · Kwara
The Women Who Shape Ilorin's Clay
Dada women potters →22 Legend · Kwara
The People Who Became Stone
Esie stone figures →23 People · Ondo
The schoolteacher who sent a hunter into the forest of spirits
Fagunwa and the first Yoruba novel →24 People · Ekiti
The governor who would not leave his guest
Fajuyi and the road to Lalupon →