This article is about the Oba of Lagos. For other people, see Dosunmu (surname).
Oba of Lagos
Dosunmu
Oba of Lagos
Reign
1853–1885
Coronation
1853
Predecessor
Akitoye
Successor
Oyekan I
Born
c. 1823 Lagos
Died
1885 (aged 61–62) Lagos
Burial
Lagos
Father
Akitoye
Dosunmu (c. 1823 – 1885), referred to in British documents as Docemo, reigned as Oba of Lagos from 1853, when he succeeded his father Oba Akitoye,[1] until his own death in 1885.[2] He was forced to run away to Britain under the threat of force in August 1861.
^Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates, Henry Louis (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. Vol. 6. OUP USA. p. 148. ISBN 9780195382075. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
^Cole, Patrick (17 April 1975). Modern and Traditional Elites in the Politics of Lagos. Cambridge University Press, 1975. p. 170. ISBN 9780521204392.
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