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The 20 pages that link to Lagos, each with the reason it gives.

• NigeriaBroader topic: Its scale and economic influence make it a defining urban center, though it is no longer the capital.

• AfrobeatNarrower topic: Lagos provided the clubs, audiences, and political setting in which Afrobeat took shape.

• Oyo EmpireRelated: Oyo’s decline altered inland power relations around Lagos and its trade hinterland.

• African popular musicRelated: Its crowded music scene has repeatedly shaped Nigerian sounds and careers.

• MegacityBroader topic: Lagos combines rapid growth with extensive informal housing and infrastructure demands.

• Jùjú musicRelated: Lagos’s urban clubs and recording industry provided a key setting for jùjú’s growth.

• AccraCompared with: Lagos offers a regional comparison with Accra as a larger neighboring coastal metropolis.

• Benin CityCompared with: Its scale and coastal commercial role contrast with Benin City’s inland state-capital role.

• Southwestern NigeriaBroader topic: It concentrates the region’s commerce, media, migration, and cultural production.

• Lagos StateBroader topic: The state contains this sprawling metropolis, which dominates its population and economy.

• AbujaCompared with: Lagos’s coastal location and congestion helped motivate the search for a new capital.

• Herbert MacaulayNarrower topic: Colonial Lagos was Macaulay’s home, professional base, and principal political constituency.

• CalabarCompared with: Its national-scale metropolis contrasts with Calabar’s smaller regional reach.

• Economy of NigeriaBroader topic: Lagos concentrates firms, port activity, and service-sector employment.

• MinnaCompared with: Lagos has a national commercial reach unlike Minna’s primarily regional role.

• Tunde KingRelated: King developed his musical career in the city’s lively Yoruba social scene.

• WizkidRelated: Wizkid grew up and began his music career in Lagos.

• Ayinde BarristerRelated: Lagos offered Barrister a large audience and an influential platform for Fuji.

• Fela SowandeRelated: He grew up and began his musical career in Lagos.

• Folorunso AlakijaRelated: Alakija was born in Lagos, where her later businesses developed.