[citation needed] The 2015 Badagry festival started with a symposium tagged[9] "Toussaint L'Ouverture: The Catalyst for the struggle for liberation of the black".
The symposium was dedicated to the memory of the late Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L"Ouverture who created the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere on August 23, 1971.
But, the festival grand finale took place on Saturday, August 27th at Badagry Grammar School and features a milieu of cultural extravaganza and music.
[18] The name Badagry derives from the means of livelihood of the indigenous people of the city, which include fishing, farming, salt making.
It houses the cenotaph "Point of No Return",now called Gberefu village, a place where the well was enchanted to ensure that slaves who drank from it forgot their destinations.
[23] Presently, the site is facing massive environmental degradation due to lack of maintenance by the government, as well as the activities of commercial tree fellers.