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Akinwumi Ogundiran, Chancellor’s Professor, and Professor of Africana Studies, Anthropology & History, University of North Carolina – Charlotte

Nigeria’s city of Ilé-Ifẹ̀ has survived and thrived for 1,000 years: here’s how

Men arrive for the celebrations for the Olojo Festival in Ile-Ife. Samuel Alabi/AFP via Getty Images

By the end of this century, the three most populous cities in the world are expected to be in Africa, with Lagos in Nigeria leading as home to 88.3 million people.

When thinking about what city life is like now and could be like in future, it’s helpful to know something about African urban history.

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