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Saturday 21 February 2015

Photo: Check out what Lagos clubs looked like in the 50s

Photo above shows inside a night club in Lagos in 1959. Credit: BAHA

237 comments:

  1. MR EDDY said this heat wan kill person o.

    Lwkmdo. Lmfao. Hahaha.

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  2. Abio oooo, Dancing to CHAKA CHAKA...
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    .NOTE: Raise Your Words, Not Your Voice. It Is Rain That Grows Flowers, Not Thunder..

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  3. Okokobioko , Oghene bikooooo Lmfaorotfl

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  4. Okokobioko , Oghene bikooooo Lmfaorotfl

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  5. Women and their wrappers, lol. The good old days

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  6. Lol. Omo I can feel their gbedu no be small hehehehehe. ThankGod for transformation #onelovefromsnow#

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  7. Linda abeg nor make me laugh u hear. Vry funny.


    @Sophia Stephen

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  8. History 101.
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    @Carlos via Nokia Lumia

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  9. But linda this no b club ooo,abi na sleep eye u take post am???

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  10. But linda this no b club ooo,abi na sleep eye u take post am???

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  11. Hahaha. The setting is quite sweet. I live the dressing though.

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  12. Owambe. This nor be Yoruba people sha because the dressing nor enter. Na village association for Lagos.

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  13. Going to party in SUITS? Enough flexing.
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    @Carlos via Nokia Lumia

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  14. i can see wrapper everywhere, nowadays miniskirt has over







    #Commenting thru Glo 4G LTE

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  15. i can see wrapper everywhere, nowadays miniskirt has take over







    #Commenting thru Glo 4G LTE

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  16. Hmmm, life goes on. Everything has change now, that's why we also need change in the Villa this year, sai Buhari.
    ⌣̊┈̥-̶̯͡»̶̥♡thanks ⌣̊┈̥-̶̯͡»̶̥ 

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  17. See their wrapper those dayz so funny I no fit shout

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  18. 50s is so cool going to night club with 3 yard of rapper nd galaa

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  19. You see how our mothers be giving our fathers the back since the 50's? Looool

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  20. The man on suit reminds me of one of my course mate that is addicted to wearing suit...even wen there is a heavy rain the dude will wear suit and sun glasses enter class ...lol 1980's lifestyle...


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  21. Omg dey used to tie wrappers to the club? ....lol... well no be today ppl start to dey grind.

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  22. Hehehe looks more like cultural festival.
    Lol Atilogwu dancers.

    ~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

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  23. Yesso
    See flexing o
    Even the dance sef
    Lol

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  24. see as decent women dey buggy down....story story- story

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  25. Would like to know what song they r dancing to cos that looks like some cultural dance lol #SeunLondon

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  26. Lmao LiLi u won't kill ooo, OMG! Some even tie wrapper, hahaha thank God for Civilization.






    ***floxycares***

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  27. Hahaha childish

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  28. Lawd... 😂😂 N dey had fun anyways. Deze days it's d opp. Ladies striving 4 d look of d baddest girl..

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  29. MGbeke na mgbaafo haha
    Lovely
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  30. MGbeke na mgbaafo haha
    Lovely
    get ur bbm blog updates
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  31. Linda go 2 bed wit ur lame picture!!!

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  32. And this news doesn't change the fact that 1 dollar is equivalent to N223 today

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  33. Lmao! What type of song did they play












    Lin Lin where are you?

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  34. See groove. Faji kelele. U dey feel?

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  35. I haff die for laugh

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  36. Were they dancing kukere? Lmao

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  37. Hmmmm Nawao u go fear dressing with traditional dance for night club ehyaaaaaaaaa gone are those old school days how time flies

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  38. Lol.. And it seems as if they have the same styl of dance.
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  39. imagine what song they were rocking...uhm

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  40. And dey were all dancing with dier bottomszzz. And now we are d sinful ones. Smh for our forefathers. Lolll

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  41. Originality.....Days of shagari awolowo en oduduwa!

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  42. Lol... Girls barely put on clothes 2 d club nowadays..

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  43. Hmmmmm... So local in akwaibom voice

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  44. seen
    xyz(dara-ima/aittyfinest)

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  45. Wrapper in the club. How times have changed. I wonder what kind of music they were dancing to. Lol.

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  46. ROTFL, na cultural dance dem dey go do there??? Thank God for civilization biko. Linda take note!

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  47. ROTFL, na cultural dance dem dey go do there??? Thank God for civilization biko. Linda take note!

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  48. ROTFL, na cultural dance dem dey go do there??? Thank God for civilization biko. Linda take note!

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  49. huh??? seriously. , tins hav rily changed


    missvee

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  50. Wait oooo!!!......no be aunty ijeoma be dat.Choi! After she go sey she no rock life .ok naa make i try save this pix now.God don catch person

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  51. Wait oooo!!!......no be aunty ijeoma be dat.Choi! After she go sey she no rock life .ok naa make i try save this pix now.God don catch person

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  52. I could hear Ghana high life music blaring. Heheheheheheheheh

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  53. Hehehehe they we're dancing ogene

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  54. Ladies have been giving guys the booty dance on the dancefloor since 1950, lol.

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  55. Igbo women have been loose, since begging of time. see her twerking before yankee strippers discovered it.

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  56. in d time of old,owanbe swt.














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    TEMPLE OF JUSTIC<EQUITY N GOOD CONSCIENCE.

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  57. That can't be a night club..d ladies back in those days rocked skimpy n legged wears for clubbing, that looks more like a traditional setting...verify your facts.

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  58. Tying wrapper to club. Oh Lord this is just too much. Hahahaha

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  59. African girls have been twerkin' since the ...50s. No be today.

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  60. lol.I don't believe. looks like traditional dancers.

    www.udokajane.blogspot.com

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  61. Hahahahaha na so! So this is what our elders and forefathers were doing? It is well

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  62. e don tey wey bad things dey happen. .. see as dat guy d follow d woman Bumper to Bumper.

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  63. When Nigeria was safe, peaceful and one was proud to say I am a Nigerian.

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  64. Hmmm memories

    Meanwhile email me to know how to enlarge your joystick and stop premature ejac n let your woman respect you

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  65. people wore wrappers to clubs. lol

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  66. Abeg, Linda, make u lev me. Na atilogwu cultural dance dey go on inside the club? See the club dresscodes of those days gan. Times hv sooo changed

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  67. NIGHT CLUB ?
    It look's beautiful ,especially their dressing .
    Who knows the music playing that led to this bend your body oyorima .

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  68. But na husband and wife...

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  69. What kind of music would they probably be grooving to? Loool

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  70. What kind of music would they probably be grooving to? Loool

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  71. Same dance step of shaking d booty for the man in that position, just a diff year. Lol

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  72. OHH nooo! Tnk God I wsnt born den

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  73. Hahaha this their b4 party na die, chei see rocking tinz na Lmao!

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  74. Wrapper to to the club,that's awesome😂😂😂😂😂😂@Bia Bia

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  75. Women... Backing it up since 1959! Hehe he!

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  76. Ladies on wrappers

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  77. Shai clubbing. With raper there is God

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  78. Too cute, back in the days when women dresses up to be seen, versus today when women undress to be seen.

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  79. Times when a man can marry from the club, not now, nah Ashawo dey club now.

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  80. Omg. Laff wan scatter my belle

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  81. wow! I always wondered if they tied wrapper to club back then lol

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  82. People dey tie RAPA go club...Ewo!!! Rocking them boys!!!! Flash back....toh quality....Can we have this life biko....and not the skimpy skimpy we have these days!!!!!!

    Share a Coke with me...@iamkaypable

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  83. They were twerking back then

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  84. Hahahaha. This is hilarious. Today nudity is the bomb in club.




    Busy Fingers.

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  85. Wow! They did the cock-tease dance in 1959? Nothing is new indeed. Damn...

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  86. Lol at wrapper get up. I bet you they were dancing to cool African music

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  87. Lol. The women in the pics seem to be dancing to egwu ojorima or Osadebe. Wrapper in a club? Hmmm. This is the height of decency. Now we club almost naked. I wonder how we came this low.

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  88. Is that wrapper???

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  89. Laughing in Itshekiri.

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  90. Grandma! Welldone, I see you

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  91. Freaking fat lie! How can you go to a night club bare feet and in a freaking wrapper and blouse. Common!
    Let me show you of night clubs from my dad's archieve with the likes of Bobby Benson, Art Alade, Victor Olaiya etc rocking ebute metta etc....



    UK Tog.

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  92. Osendi owendi ooo, Osendi owendi ooo ooo.

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  93. Good lord!! Lol... Antilogwu dance all the way!!!! Now it's the shoki dance
    Mac10...

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  94. There is nothing new under the sun. Text Fortune to 33020.

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  95. Wow............. Those good old days *thamixbreed*

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  96. lolzzzzzx,traditional festival

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  97. Lol,I'm sure these women back in the days,despite being well dressed will b considered immoral and sluts then,things have changed soooo much.. Wow

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  98. Maybe it was sir Victor uwaifo or oriental brothers they were dancing to

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  99. Maybe it was sir Victor uwaifo or oriental brothers they were dancing to

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  100. Nice 1, so they shake ass 4 men too in dose days... Na wa o, luv their outfit..

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  101. Buhahaha...girl no dey where cloth again now oooo....

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  103. And d men gats de behind protecting their own,See dance steps..

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  104. Oh boi! Sure she they were rocking to surugede. Lol.

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  105. Hahahaha, atilogu dancers!

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  106. Na cultural dance? Abeg na lie!

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  107. I guess this lady at that time would have been seriously dressed for the outing. How things change.

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  108. Lol...shit b gettn real 4rm way bck

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  109. Hahaha lol! I can't laugh o, dancing in the club with wrapper, I wish that will be the dress code for clubbing these 21st century hehe *evil grin* it will be so cool lol!!!

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  110. Hahaha lol! I can't laugh o, dancing in the club with wrapper, I wish that will be the dress code for clubbing these 21st century hehe *evil grin* it will be so cool lol!!!

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  111. Do u no wrapper tinz hahaha bebes una dey c am kai

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  112. Days of our father's, and the days of rocking row lol

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  113. I wish I was in the era lol.. only because, I will wat to see how they danced to music
    Fashionitazbybuiti.blogspot.com

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  114. I remember those old beautiful yrs. Ubanagum

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  115. dress go club lyk dis 2day,dey go shoot u b4 u even enter.....buh wait o, whch kind song dem dey play?? coz dier dance get as e be

    #Skookid

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  116. Lol..... Linda take am easy oh.

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  117. Lol if u try this sort of thing today eh....Yaba left straight!

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  118. Heehhehehehhehe. U go fear groove nau!

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  119. These are the best times I swear#mind over matters#

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  120. this is to confirm the fact that no matter how holy an older generation would claim to be over the younger generation,there is no taking away the fact that the foundation of whatever ill you see in the society today was actually laid by the so-called holy or better generation. just see as the women dey rock the men. but if them see am today,dem go pretend as if to say na today such tinx start

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  121. Linda dt might be ur grandmother o

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  122. Nawa oh. No be small shoki and sekem.

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  123. Dat has to be wiz khalifa.lol

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  124. This ws wen d world ws stil sane. Nw there ar so many terrible thgs done in cloth n girls nw go naked to club

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  125. What we gona do is go back! way back, back in the time when we have real men and beautiful women not these fake ass generation..

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  127. Dats shoki thn nah...hahahaha...

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  128. Hohohohohooho, I remember those days shaa *smiles* when Men were Men. Dats d way we roll

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  129. Buhahahahahahahahahahaha.

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  130. Lmao..check out wrapper for night club like say na church them dey...

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  131. Tie wrapper 2 a club *hehehehe* I should try dis

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  132. I no fit laugh,aunty Linda don kill person o

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  133. Lmao, nd they were having mad fun sha......







    Currently hustling 4 LIB giveaway.....

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  134. a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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    ***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

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  135. see groove.... no be now grabbing of waist start

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  136. Buahahahahahahahahahahahaha. lol I just can't stop laughing infact the world has really been transformed, hahahahahahaha someone should please tell me to stop laughing biko

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  137. That boy is cute!should i say was?

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  138. Wow so lovely, gurls tying wrapper to club! Lmao......buh dese days. Gurls wear just pants to club, and I predict in d future gurls wil start going naked to club. Lmao

    FF on IG n Twitter @Osirmah

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  139. Nice, just d dress diff d men still act d same always pressing closer from d back

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  140. Oshey. Akanchawa



    OKORO UPGRADED**

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  141. That's a very nice picture.
    All the women are rubbing their bums on the men. *coverseyes*
    I guess aside from the dressing, and the music, not much else has changed in Lagos clubs

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  142. Lol...wrappers,they were decency bk den not dis our modern age

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  143. At least they tied their wrapper their thing. And they are really shaking Ukwu.

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  144. Awwwwwww lol....now clubs has turned into sodom and gomorrah

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  145. Sekem sekem hold hand for your waist !

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  146. Groove has bee here long ago... I think a party like that should come back.

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  147. lmao,bonario dats ur mum rocking onyex dad's hahahaha#bebo#

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  148. GOODLUCK: WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE? http://wp.me/p5m7Al-c

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  149. Linda how u take know! =))º°˚˚˚°ºнaĦĦнaº°˚˚˚°º‎​=))

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  150. Hahahahah nah cultural dance dem dey dance 4der ohh.imagine club of nowadays to b lik dat,nah serz bad market club go get..jst Tinking of d music dey r dancing to.

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  151. Compare with today wey them they naked go club.

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  152. that was when bump shorts were wrappers and pencil jean trousers were balazo trousers. Lol

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  153. Choiii it's wrapper and slippers things oh 😲😲😲🙈🙈🙈🙈

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  154. Hahahahahahahaha na my village dance that lady dey display soo lmaooo my mum can give us gist abt their night life and disco party eh.

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