My Mushin, the beautiful city that never goes to sleep, omo oni mushin ajina, omo oni mushin Ana doru
My Mushin the city that knows no dull moment no matter the chaos in the land.
The uniqueness of my Hood is it's comparison to certain major cities of the world that bears striking resemblance to it's socio-economic tendencies, cities like Peckham, Brixton or Hackey, Brooklyn etc.
Welcome to Mushin Ajina a south-western part of Lagos State and largely inhabited by Yorubas but also inhabited by the Hausas who largely dominate the area called Idi-ara and the Igbos aren't left out has they dominate Ladipo market a place known for its sales of Vehicle Spare parts and Papa Ajao, the GRA of Mushin.
Mushin is a town in Lagos founded over 600 years ago, history tells us it was a jungle that nobody wanted to live in, it was a jungle they passed on their way to Eko, nobody then knew it would today become a glory known to the world. There were two hunters who came from different directions whose mindset was to explore the jungle, they normally meet under a tree called Ish in tree with its juicy fruits as a shield, sooner other hunters joined them in meeting at this particular spot. These two hunters, one was called Odu-Abore who hailed from Ile-Ife and have a Primary school in mushin named after him while the second hunter was called Aileru who hailed from Benin and have the Great King of Mushin Oba Fatal Aileru has his lineage. Mushin connotes it's name from the Ishin tree, the name was coined from
Mu - a Yoruba word meaning Pick
ISHIN- the fruit on the tree they normally meet
MU- ISIN means Pick the Ishin fruits
Today it is pronounced MUSHIN.
The indigenes of Mushin are the Awori speaking tribes who has the Owoye shrine located in Ojuwoye, a popular markey in mushin. Mushin is bounded on the North by Oshodi while in the South by Surulere. With the help of Civilization, Mushin has seen the creation of industries in her locality like cotton manufacturing industry, shoe manufacturing industry, bicycle and tricycle assembling industry, beverage company, the popular Daleko food market, Schools and hospitals.
Mushin to the world is a popular and vibrant town known for her vigorous act, Mushine are known to be vocal, hardworking, hustlers, courageous, rugged minded, and fighters for the course of their belief. It is only the bad eggs among them that portrays the evil deeds of Mushin to the world, a town with over 1million inhabitants, has different meaning to different people all over the world. A Nigerian Music legend once sand a song that; If you come to lagos and you have not been to Mushin, then you are not in Lagos ( To ba wo Eko to ba de Mushin, o ti de Eko). Mushin a place known for sagacity and violent side, political and communal riots, they never take intimidation as an approach by any other part of the State, Mushine never accept defeat which is a trend in all children born and breed in mushin. They are one of the greatest hustlers anywhere in the world who could do anything for survive and you find them the Mushine in almost every part of the world.
Welcome to my Hood, which had produced and still producing figures and personality repping mushin to the world.
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