Sungbo's EredoTake a taxi one hour north of Lagos to see Sungbo's Eredo,
Africa's largest pre-colonial construction and a sight rated by
experts as an unknown "Wonder of the World". The Eredo is a rampart
that is 1,050 years old, 100 miles (160km) long, and 70ft (20m)
high. Locals will need to guide you in and out as the structure is
rapidly being covered by encroaching forest. The building of
Sungbo's Eredo required more earth to be moved than during the
construction of the Great Pyramids at Giza. The Eredo may have been
built as a memorial to Bilikisu Sungbo, a childless widow, whose
grave is nearby. |
