THE PROPOSED BILL BY LAGOS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY TO DEMOLISH HERITAGE SITES IN BADAGRY IS A THOUGHTLESS, UNINFORMED AND MISPLACED PRIORITY
“It is UNESCO’s concern that the present and future generation should be enlightened on the issues, problems and consequence associated with slavery to enable them fully understand the present and prepare them for a better future in the world free from all types of enslavement, injustices, discrimination and prejudice.” Robert V. Daniels once said of History in the following words, “History is the memory of human group experience. If it is forgotten or ignored, we cease in that measure to be human. Without history we have no knowledge of which we are and how we came to be, like a victim of collective amnesia groping in the dark for identity.” It is events recorded in history either tangible or intangible that have generated all the emotions, the value, the ideals that have made life meaningful, that have given humans something to live for, struggle over and die for. What is the fate of a people who forget their past? What future awaits a race that keeps its history in garbage hea...