ABEOKUTA  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa in the Egba See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the Yoruba See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, S . See also:

• NIGERIA

Nigeria See also:

• PROTECTORATE

Protectorate . It is situated in 70 8' N., 30 25' E., on the Ogun See also:

• RIVER

river, 64 m . N. of See also:

• LAGOS

Lagos by railway, or 81 m. by See also:

• WATER

water . See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

Population, approximately 6o,000 . Abeokuta lies in a beautiful and fertile country, the See also:

• SURFACE

surface of which is broken by masses of See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite . It is spread over an extensive See also:

• AREA

area, being surrounded by mud walls 18 See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles in extent . Abeokuta, under the reforming zeal of its native rulers, was largely transformed during the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early years of the loth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law courts, See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government offices, prisons and a substantial See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge were built, See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good roads made, and a large See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of sanitary inspectors appointed . The streets are generally narrow and the houses built of mud . There are numerous markets in which a considerable See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade is done in,, native products and articles of See also:

• EUROPEAN

European manufacture . See also:

• PALM (Lat. palma, Gr. iraX6.jn )
• PALM, JOHANN PHILIPP (1768-1806)

Palm-oil, See also:

• TIMBER

timber, See also:

• RUBBER, INDIARUBBER

rubber, yams and shea-See also:

• BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. 0obrvpov, apparently connected with $ous, cow, and rvpbs, cheese, but, according to the New English Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin)

butter are the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief articles of trade .

An See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official newspaper is published in the Yoruba and See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages . Abeokuta is the headquarters of the Yoruba See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church Missionary Society, and British and See also:

• AMERICAN

American missionaries have met with some success in their civilizing See also:

• WORK

work .. In their See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools about 2000 See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children are educated . The completion in 1899 of.a railway from Lagos helped not only to develop trade but to strengthen generally the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white Mari . Abeokuta (a word meaning " under t,.l rocks " ),; dating from I82g, ewes its origin to the incessant inroads of the slave-hunters from See also:

• DAHOMEY (Fr. Dahome)

Dahomey and See also:

• IBADAN

Ibadan, which compelled. the See also:

• VILLAGE

village populations scattered over the open country to take See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in this rocky stronghold against the See also:

• COMMON

common enemy . Here they constituted themselves a See also:

• FREE

free confederacy of many distinct tribal See also:

• GROUPS
• GROUPS, THEORY

groups, each preserving the traditional customs, religious See also:

• RITES

rites and even the very names of their See also:

• ORIGINAL

original villages . Yet this apparently incoherent aggregate held its. grotifhd successfully against the powerful armies often sent against the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place both by the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Dahomey from the west, and by the See also:

• PEOPLE

people of Ibadan from the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east . The See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Egba, of which Abeokuta is the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, has an estimated area of 3000 sq. m. and a population of some 350,000 . It is officially known as the Abeokuta See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of the See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern Nigeria protectorate . It contains luxuriant forests of palm-trees, which constitute the chief See also:

• WEALTH

wealth of the people . See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

Cotton is indigenous and is grown for export . The Egbas are enthusiastic farmers and have largely adopted European methods of cultivation .

They are very tenacious of their See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence, but accepted without opposition the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of a British protectorate, which, while putting a stop to inter-tribal warfare, slave-raiding and human sacrifices, and exercising See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control over the working of the See also:

• LAWS

laws, See also:

• LEFT

left to the people executive and fiscal See also:

• AUTONOMY (Gr. abr6s, self, and v6pos, law)

autonomy . The See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration is in the hands of a See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of chiefs which exercises legislative, executive and, to some extent, judicial functions." The See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of this council, or ruling chief —chosen from among the members of the two recognized reigning families—is called the alake, a word meaning "See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord of Ake," Ake 'being the name of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of Abeokuta, after the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient capital of the Egbas . The alake exercises little authority apart from his council, the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of government being largely democratic . See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

Revenue is chiefly derived from tolls or import duties . A visit of the alake to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1904 evoked considerable public See also:

• INTEREST

interest . The chief was a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of See also:

• GREAT

great intelligence, eager to study western See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization, and an ardent agriculturist . See the publications of the Church Missionary Society dealing, with the Yoruba See also:

• MISSION

Mission; See also:

• COL
• COL (Fr. for " neck," Lat. collum)

Col . A . B . See also:

• ELLIS (originally SHARPE), ALEXANDER JOHN (1814-189o)
• ELLIS, GEORGE (1753-1815)
• ELLIS, ROBINSON (1834- )
• ELLIS, SIR HENRY (1777-1869)
• ELLIS, WILLIAM (1794 – 1872)

Ellis's The Voruba-speak,ng Peoples (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1894) ; and an See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article on Abeokuta by See also:

• SIR

Sir Wm . See also:

• MACGREGOR, JOHN [" Roc RoY "] (1825-1892)

Macgregor, sometime See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Lagos, in the See also:

• AFRICAN

African Society's See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal, No. xii . (London, See also:

• JULY

July 1904) .