Abeokuta Sentence Examples

Abeokuta lies in a beautiful and fertile country, the surface of which is broken by masses of grey granite.

Abeokuta, under the reforming zeal of its native rulers, was largely transformed during the early years of the 20th century.

Abeokuta is the headquarters of the Yoruba branch of the Church Missionary Society, and British and American missionaries have met with some success in their civilizing work.

It is officially known as the Abeokuta province of the Southern Nigeria protectorate.

The 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 "Lord of Ake," Ake being the name of the principal quarter of Abeokuta, after the ancient capital of the Egbas.

Returning to Africa, he laboured with great success amongst his own people and afterwards at Abeokuta.

Ibadan long had a feud with Abeokuta, but on the establishment of the British protectorate the intertribal wars were stopped.

Abeokuta (a word meaning "under the rocks"), dating from 1825, owes its origin to the incessant inroads of the slavehunters from Dahomey and Ibadan, which compelled the village populations scattered over the open country to take refuge in this rocky stronghold against the common enemy.

The district of Egba, of which Abeokuta is the capital, has an estimated area of 3000 sq.