-most major city of West Africa

Name - République de Lagos (French) / República de Lagos (Portuguese) / جمهورية تي إيكو (Yoruba)

Capital - Lagos (city-state)

-in 1825, France, having long had a presence fighting slave trade intervenes in Lagos and restores Adele Ajosun as Oba of Lagos

-in 1827, British Isles ships storm in, remove Adele Ajosun after ship battle, and then put Osinlokun back

-but soon afterwards, word comes of Popular Revolution, French ships attack again, and British ships confused retreat and move to Sierra Leone

-French move back in

-his son Oluwole succeeds as Oba in 1837

-realizing French are trying to make him a puppet, tries to kick them out in 1843

-but they rally behind Akitoye, prop up his ambitions and send ships up and make him Oba in 1844

-in return for ban of slave trade and permanent military presence

-makes Lagos major port and base for whole region

-growth of commercial zone of influence with palm oils

-missionaries frowned upon and often kicked out

-in 1859, full ban on slavery issued

-French rescuees from many (particularly Portuguese) ships put there

-also Afro-Brazilian diaspora (Amaros) comes here, creating sizeable creole group

-resulting in Lagosien architecture being deeply based on Brazilian architecture

-and Portuguese-based creole influential, Portuguese co-official

-rail-building to and from French outposts to Lagos, connecting coastal region

-in the age of colonial nationalization, Lagos becomes the informal capital of France's Niger Coast Protectorate