Freedom Park wani wurin shakatawa ne na tunawa da shakatawa a tsakiyar garin Legas a cikin tsibirin Lagos Island, Najeriya wanda a da ya kasance gidan yari na Broad Street. Architect Theo Lawson ne ya tsara shi.
An gina dajin ne domin adana tarihi da al'adun 'yan Najeriya. Abubuwan tarihi a wurin shakatawa sun bayyana al'adun mulkin mallaka na Legas da tarihin gidan yari na Mai Martaba Broad Street. An gina ta ne domin tunawa da bikin cika shekaru 50 da samun ‘yancin kai a watan Oktoba, 2010.[1] Wurin shakatawa yana aiki azaman Tunatarwa na Ƙasa, Alamar Tarihi, Wurin Al'adu, Cibiyar Fasaha da Nishaɗi.[2][3]
A lokacin da yake gidan yari, Dajin ya karbi bakuncin wasu masu fafutuka na siyasa da suka yi fafutukar kwato 'yancin kan Najeriya.
Wurin shakatawa, wanda yanzu ya zama wurin kwanciyar hankali ga daidaikun mutane, tunanin baki da mu'amalar baƙi na buɗe wa jama'a kowace rana. A yau, wurin shakatawa na 'yanci ya zama wurin zama na al'amuran zamantakewa daban-daban da nishaɗin nishaɗi.[4]
Tarihi
An kafa gidan yarin Broad Street bayan Birtaniya ta mayar da Legas a matsayin Mallaka a 1861 (duba yarjejeniyar tsagaita wuta ta Legas ). An gina tsarin gidan yari na farko a shekara ta 1882 tare da bangon laka da ciyawa amma bai daɗe ba saboda zagon ƙasa daga abokan adawar gwamnatin mulkin mallaka. A cewar Theo Lawson, masanin gidan shakatawa na Freedom, masu adawa da mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya a Legas "sun ci gaba da jefa wuta a cikinta tare da cinna mata wuta don haka a 1885 gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta shigo da bulo daga Ingila tare da sake gina gidan yari". [5] Kudaden da gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta kashe a gidan yarin a shekara ta 1882 (£16,000) ya bayyana fifikon gwamnati kan doka da oda da sauran tsare-tsare kamar ilimi da gwamnati ta kashe fam 700 a kai. [5] Rahoton mulkin mallaka na 1898 ya nuna cewa maza 676, mata 26, da yara ƙanana 11 an daure su a gidan yarin Broad Street na wannan shekara.
An rushe gidan yarin Broad Street a cikin shekarar 1979 kuma an rage shi zuwa wurin zubar da ruwa har zuwa 1990s lokacin da aka tsara shirye-shiryen canza wurin zuwa sararin samaniya.