Tiny Nigerian museum marking a forgotten British invasion pushes for recognition
by Eromo Egbejule in Warri from World news | The Guardian on (#6V0PK)
Museum in Koko, Niger Delta, commemorates important exiled merchant prince Nanna Olomu - but it has no cooling and a termite issue
In the sleepy Nigerian port town of Koko, the reminder of a forgotten invasion by the British more than a century ago has itself been forgotten.
A statue of Nanna Olomu, the Nigerian merchant prince forced into exile by the British in Accra in 1894, stands outside the bungalow where he lived from when he returned in 1906 until his death 10 years later. Officially known as the Nanna Living History Museum, the building was designated a national monument in 1990.
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