Gberefu Island
Gberefu Island also known as Point of No Return is a populated historical island located in Badagry, a town and local government area of Lagos State, South-Western Nigeria. Symbolized by two poles slightly slanted towards each other and facing the Atlantic Ocean, the island was a major slave port after it was opened in 1473 during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade era.According to Nigerian historians, as many as 3 million slaves were believed to have been shipped to the Caribbean and Americas between 1518 and 1880 from the island.
People
Gberefu Island is headed by two chiefs, both crowned by the same Akran of Badagry Kingdom, and they are Chief YovoyanII. and the late Chief Najeemu. The island's first settlers and real landlords are two Ewe communities under one umbrella, which are Gbragada, and Kofeganme.
The Ewes of this island were salt merchants and fishermen from Keta around 1734, but the majority of them are fishermen and farmers by occupation in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, although there are other ethnic groups living in the area, which comprises the Egun and Ilajes living in one harmony with their landlords.