Madam Tinubu’s Tomb

Madam Tinubu’s Tomb is a major tourist attraction in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Madam Efunroye Tinubu was a reputed adversary of the British colonial government during the colonial era. As punishment, she was banished from Lagos to her native Abeokuta. When she realised the relative difference between domestic slavery and the inhumane treatment of slaves in Europe and the Americas, she became an active opponent to all form of slave trading. She became the first Iyalode of the Egba clan and was able to build a small financial empire through trading in arms and salt. She is considered an important figure in West African history due to her political significance as a powerful female aristocrat of feudal Nigeria.