THROWBACK TUESDAY

OK so in the spirit of throwbacks, I am going to post old pictures gotten from someone recently.
I was looking at a friends phone a couple of weeks back and was amazed at how things have changed when it comes to transportation. A lot are still in  use but some others are no longer existing or maybe in other countries.

However, transportation in Nigeria is not much different than most other countries around the world. While everyone is now in one Porsche or fancy car I can't help but smile at these pictures I got. I mean they are amazing and just puts a smile on the face.

Here I go...

This Lorry is referred to as 'Bole(ah my favorite word *grin*) so its referred to as 'Bole Kaja' in Yoruba which means 'Come down and let us fight' it is a name used by overcrowded commuter vehicles. This existed before the Molue and was common in the 70's and early 80's.

The next which has its roots in the English word ''maul' is the locally fabricated 44 seat bus that plied the roads of the city of Lagos for several decades carrying the maximum number of people possible and this is no other than our very own Molue. Yellow Molue commercial buses are still a major means of commercial commuting in the city of Lagos.

The rail, which began much before the  air transportation came into being. The rail transportation used to be one of the most popular, effective and efficient means of transportation for both passengers and cargoes in Nigeria. It still exist but I can't say if a lot of people still travel by rail.

The canoe is carved and usually burnt out from a single tree trunk. The non motorized canoes operate mostly in the creeks, estuaries and coastal lagoons and played a part in the history of coastal, lagoon and river-side people of Nigeria.For the canoe I can say people still use it a whole lot especially our fishermen.

The use of bicycle is still very popular here in Nigeria especially the rural areas. Since majority of the rural dwellers cannot afford to buy cars and most rural roads are in poor conditions, bicycles come in handy as a convenient means of transportation. But  it's also being used to exercise in the big city.

The next one is the commercial bike but as we call it OKADA. But I call it i na-aga because in the east when an Okada rider approaches you that's all he says i na-aga so for some reason I thought that was what it meant in Igbo till I discovered it means are you going? Well Okada is also known as achaba. It is a commercial motorcycle used as a vehicle for hire in Nigeria. The name okada was borrowed from Okada Air, a local airline now defunct.

I believe this large diesel lorries are still in use especially in the Northern part of the country. Far back they were used to transport logs from the forest to the nearest riverbank for exportation. These trucks popularly called ''Agbegilodo'' in southern Nigeria, were one of the most common sights on Nigerian inter-state highway roads. The term agbegilodo is a Yoruba word which means 'one who fetches from the stream' how nice.

Its just nice to read about these things. I'll continue with the rest on Thursday as another Throwback.
Till  then have a lovely Tuesday as we count down to the weekend. My weekend is going to be bliss so I'm def counting down.