Sunday, May 9, 2010

Makoko floating slum-the Venice of Lagos


There's 100,000 people living on houses built on stilts where we stumbled across Mr Chubbey-authentic, admirable, resourceful.

He has 18 children to look after, and is always on the look out for some scheme or another which will help him make more money. He's like a character from Only Fools And Horses, buying selling, wheeling and dealing, doing dodgy deals and getting by on his charm and his luck. All that's missing is the camel skin coat.

With thanks to BBC documentary "Welcome to Lagos"

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