The Floating City
Nov 01, 2019
2 minutes
by Christine Graf
“If you put a fish on dry land, can it survive? That is the way we people here are like. We cannot live on land. Living on water is part of our culture.”
-Noah Shemede, native of Makoko
Makoko, Lagos’ largest slum, is nicknamed the “floating city.” It is located underneath the city’s most heavily traveled bridge, the Third Mainland Bridge. Everyone who crosses the bridge can see the slum. Government
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