The Universe Called Lagos Traffic.

Our latest audio documentary focuses on the inside life of Lagosians and the people often caught in road traffic congestion: the agberos, hawkers and commuters.

This episode was reported and scripted by Adejumo Kabir.

Edited by ‘Kunle Adebajo and Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu.

Mixed and Mastered by Anthony Asemota.

Additional assistance by Jurbe Simon and Ibrahim Adeyemi.

The executive producer is Ahmad Salkida.

On February 13, 1958, hundreds of women from different communities in Epie, a kingdom in southern Nigeria, trooped out in a protest that had lasted many days. Some of them who were nursing mothers had their babies tied to their backs. Some were pregnant. They demanded free education and spoke against the proposed policy to tax women. But the British colonial authorities responded with force. Security agents opened fire on the protesters. Many of them were arrested. Villages were looted and burnt. People became displaced. Some lost their lives. But stories of this incident have barely been documented. They are passed from generation to generation by word of mouth. The victims of the savagery from the colonial forces have been reluctant to share their experiences.

However, 65 years later, HumAngle is able to piece together what happened based on interviews with multiple eyewitnesses, families of victims, and others who have studied the events.