49 years ago, these Nigerian ‘leaders of tomorrow’ were photographed on their way to school in Lagos with some smiling and others carrying their bags on their heads.

49 years ago, these Nigerian ‘leaders of tomorrow’ were photographed on their way to school in Lagos with some smiling and others carrying their bags on their heads.

The caption of the photo by Keystone adds that many children went to school for the first time at the beginning of the 1976/77 school year after free primary education was introduced in the autumn of 1976.Credit: