“Lagos”

area boy

Lagos -  In every tourist guide about Lagos you can read about the ‘area boys’, gangs of men and boys who ‘own’ the place (unofficially). They supply services you have not asked for. For money. Games people play.
Adolphus Opara – Lagos Lab

African Artists Foundation

Lagos -  You cannot see it so much but this building is an artpiece in itself. The tables, chairs, the bathroom floor; all the doors are genuine artworks. It is a pleasure…
Lino Hellings – Lagos Lab

Acronyms Lagos

Lagos -  The Nigerians have a lovely way to deal with all the institutions that deliver badly. They change the letters in the acronyms into new sayings. In this way they made…
Lino Hellings – Lagos Lab

A young girl walking

Lagos -  A young girl walking through the frontage of a Nigerian traditional designed house in Ibadan, Nigeria.…
Andrew Esiebo – Lagos Lab

A university graduate?

Lagos -  This image is representative of how many Nigerians struggle to eke out a living. it is possible that this man could be a university graduate, but has to push carts…
Babasola Bamiro – Lagos Lab

A tailoring apprentice

Lagos -  A taloring apprentice who recently migrated from the nothern Nigeria to Lagos sewing cloth at the Iddo terminus market. The market is popular for transtional trading. This has made it…
Andrew Esiebo – Migrationpapa

Bread helmet

Lagos -  A bread seller on the bike (Okada) without an helmet, though has the box of bread on his head as his helmet. If caught will usually claim some hidden forces…
Tuoyo Omagba – Lagos Lab