We start this story with Amos Shackleford moved to Nigeria from Jamaica in 1913, specifically Ebute Metta in lagos to join the railway industry but quit in 1921 and embarked on a new venture: bread making Amos and his wife Catherine were one of the first people to set up a bakery in Nigeria specifically in Agege, Lagos.
Prior to this, bread was mostly imported from the West Indies.
He introduced the dough brake, a kneading device which gives the agege bread texture that we all know as Agege bread today.
Culled from Nigeria Stories @NigeriaStories
