Meet Madam Efunroye Tinubu, the powerful slave trader who controlled Lagos

Born in Abeokuta in the early 1800s, she married and had two sons, but her husband passed away soon after.

Efunroye Tinubu was a powerful female political and economic figure in both Abeokuta and Lagos.

They moved to Badagry, where Tinubu built a thriving business empire by trading slaves for salt and tobacco with European merchants.

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