Man rinses soot from his face after a gas pipeline explosion.
🇳🇬 II Photography by Akintunde Akinleye - Lagos, Nigeria (2006)
#AkintundeAkinleye #pipeline #explosion #lagos #nigeria #photo #art
#lagos
Erosion in Lagos chases communities away: More than 180 kilometers submerged in a decade
Climate change and resource exploitation are eating away at Nigeria's Atlantic coastline.Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from Lagos, Nigeria.Subscribe to ou...#ErosioninLagoschasescommunitiesaway #Lagos #Nigeria #Nigeriacoastalerosion #Nigeriaerosion #aljazeera #aljazeeraenglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #coastalerosioninNigeria
Erosion in Lagos chases communities away: More than 180 kilometers submerged in a decade
Young Tony Allen Jamming in Lagos [ANF].
Cool Cats
Tony Allen (The Source, 2017)
Fifth and sixth Love and Anarchy festival days. Managed to make ten out of twelve of the films I had bought tickets for. Kind of annoying to miss the few, but that happens.
Same time next year?
Warning: spoilers!
All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White (2023)
Bambino is a motorcycle courier in Lagos. During a delivery he meets Bawa, a wannabe photographer who takes his picture. The pair develop a complex relationship of mutual interest through their time together with Bambino taking Bawa around Lagos to photograph.
Throughout the film we see the conflict of Bambino realizing he may be gay and rejecting those thoughts multiple times during the film. Female friend Ifeyinwa is caught in the middle, with feelings for Bambino, who ends up using her to test whether he is gay or not. In the end, even at the risk of suffering violence for being gay, Bambino finds what is important to him and accepts his feelings for a man.
A well produced film with lots of pretty photographic shots of Lagos while taking the journey of discovery of ones preferences and learning to accept ones feelings.
And the king said, what a fantastic machine (2023)
Missed this documentary about photography and film due to not feeling to well Saturday night and wanting to sleep a bit late. Boo :(
Lola (2022)
What if there was a machine that allowed you to see future radio and TV broadcasts? Invented by two sisters at the beginning of world war 2, the machine seems like the perfect way to defeat Nazi Germany. Soon after they realize they've erased David Bowie, they end up using the machine to help sink the U-boat fleet, thinking it will provide a great victory, but at the cost of an American civilian liner being sunk. Unfortunately, this causes the US to not enter the war and the eventual invasion of the UK by Nazi forces.
How do you undo all this? You make a documentary about it, air it and hope that you view it in history, thus avoiding the whole mess from happening. Messing with time is easy, right?
Cute very indie scifi film with lots of repurposed historical footage showing Britain under Nazi rule. Unfortunately the footage of cheering crowds would have likely been very true if an invasion had succeeded.
#hiff #lgbtq #lagos #photography #scifi #ww2 #timetravel #films #movies
Boys in the Clouds
Photography by Sebastian Barros
🇳🇬 https://www.behance.net/gallery/48949067/Boys-in-the-Clouds
#SebastianBarros #AreaBoys #lagos #gang #smoke #nigeria #portrait #photo #art
Saving Nigeria's history - through the news | The Listening Post
Newspapers that once delivered news big and small are invaluable windows into our past. They risk being lost forever if not properly preserved and archived.M...#aljazeeralive #aljazeeraenglish #aljazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #AlJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #aljazeeralatest #latestnews #newsheadlines #aljazeeravideo #nigeria #nigerian #newspaper #lagos #africa #africanews #africajournalist #lagosnews #media #nigeriamedia #explainer #feature #explained #history #nigeriahistory #africahistory #documentary
Saving Nigeria's history - through the news | The Listening Post
Multiple flights of Air France airlines that fly along the Sahel route have been cancelled following the closure of the Nigerien airspace
— AF995 Johannesburg - àParis -turn to #Abidjan 🇨🇮
— AF977 Libreville - Paris U-turn to #Libreville 🇬🇦
— AF149 #Lagos - Paris canceled 🇳🇬
— AF904 #Yaoundé - Paris canceled 🇨🇲
— AF705 Abidjan - Paris canceled 🇨🇮
In the house of Fela Ransome Anikulap Kuti
🇳🇬 . Lagos, Nigeria (1977). - Photo by Bruno Barbey.
#BrunoBarbey #FelaKuti #house #lagos #nigeria #1970s #photo #art
Afrikas Seehäfen: Den Sumpf der Korruption trockenlegen | DW | 09.10.2022
Ob Mombasa, Lagos oder Maputo: In vielen Häfen sind Schmiergelder gang und gäbe, bevor die Ware gelöscht wird. Es gibt jedoch auch Ansätze, Korruption zu verringern. Die DW untersucht die Lage an wichtigen Häfen Afrikas.#Korruption #Häfen #Handel #Welthandel #Containerschiffe #Lagos #Durban #Maputo #Ghana #Mombasa #Kenia #Südafrika #Nigeria #Mosambik
Afrikas Seehäfen: Den Sumpf der Korruption trockenlegen | DW | 09.10.2022
Secret documents show UK govt knows Nigerian troops commit atrocities but it continues military aid to secure arms deals and oil supplies.
#British government officials believe there is “chronic corruption” among #Nigeria’s security forces and that many of the #HumanRights accusations against them are “true”. But they want #UK #military assistance to continue as the country represents a “potentially huge market” for arms sales.
That is Whitehall’s view of its key west African counter-terrorism ally, laid bare in a cache of secret UK documents obtained by Declassified. The papers were written last year, just months after Nigerian soldiers massacred 11 protesters in the port city of #Lagos in 2020.
They show #London was fully aware of the regime’s abusive nature but planned to continue offering “high risk” support to its armed forces, judging that “there would likely be minimal reporting from domestic media” in #Britain.
#Hypocrisy #Africa #Politics
https://declassifieduk.org/ghost-soldiers-britains-shadow-war-in-west-africa/
Abtreibungen: Afrika wird liberaler - nur auf dem Papier? | DW | 15.07.2022
Beim Thema Abtreibung geht der Trend in Afrika in eine andere Richtung als in den USA: Die Gesetzgebung in afrikanischen Ländern werde fortschrittlicher, sagen Experten. Doch die Lage ist widersprüchlich. Ein Überblick.#Afrika #Abtreibung #Abtreibungsrecht #Lagos #Nigeria #WHO #TedrosGhebreyesus #Schwangerschaftsabbrüche #Benin #SierraLeone
Abtreibungen: Afrika wird liberaler - nur auf dem Papier? | DW | 15.07.2022
Nifemi Marcus-Bello creates bamboo pavilion for Nigerian skateboarding brand
Nigerian designer Nifemi Marcus-Bello has created a modular kiosk made from bamboo for Lagos-based skateboarding company Wafflesncream.
Called Waf Kiosk, the six-piece structure is currently located at the Wafflesncream (Waf) store in the Nigerian city, where it houses the brand's collection of skateboarding apparel.
Nifemi Marcus-Bello designed Waf Kiosk for a skateboarding clothing company
Marcus-Bello's design pays homage to Lagos' local streetwear sellers and the ways in which independent retailers have devised their own stores from which they sell.
"Leaning toward the evolution of the brand and its use of natural materials and tones, the idea was to design a space that would embrace a singular and humble material, in this case, bamboo," Marcus-Bello told Dezeen.
"While the kiosk is in use, clothes are hung above eye level to pay homage to 'Okrika' – Lagos' streetwear vendors who have created an architectural archetype to the selling of bootleg and secondhand clothing across Lagos," he added.
The modular pavilion can be arranged in different configurations
Waf Kiosk is built from tubular steel and bamboo – a sustainable plant that is known for its natural lightness and flexibility as well as its strength. The tubular steel was used to construct the frame of each modular structure, while the bamboo was used to wrap around the final design.
Marcus-Bello sourced the bamboo from Badagry, a coastal town that straddles the outskirts of Lagos and the northern bank of the creek stretching to Porto-Novo, in neighbouring Benin.
Marcus-Bello used bamboo for its lightweight qualities
The designer became interested in the material following a research trip to the Beninese captial where he saw that many shop and home frontages featured bamboo blinds called kosinlé.
He was particularly attracted to the "beautiful silhouette effects" the blinds had on the people behind them.
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"During a research trip to the Benin Republic, I was driving from the capital city Porto-Novo to Cotonou," Marcus-Bello explained.
"As we drove to the main road leading to Cotonou I noticed these locally made blinds used to cover the front of wooden kiosks that sold confectioneries and windows of the homeowners as well."
"I tracked down a local maker and bought two of the blinds and brought them to Lagos with me" he continued.
The kiosk can be carried to different locations in Lagos
The use of bamboo strips also means that the structure can easily be transported to different locations.
The six triangular structures can also be assembled into multiple variations, creating what Marcus-Bello calls "a variety of experiences" for shoppers.
Marcus-Bellow drew on Beninese blinds for the kiosk
"One thing that stood out to me in our conversation was the necessity for modularity for both form and functionality," the designer said.
"Using one, two or three pieces you can create different setups, which allows the brand to have two or three activations across the city during busy seasons."
"The final design is able to create a variety of setups allowing modularity in not just its form but its experience," he added.
The slatted bamboo is designed to create interesting silhouettes
Due to the bamboo's versatility, the material has been used to create pavilions all over the world.
Architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates built a pavilion with a textile roof supported by bamboo stalks at a temple in Kyoto, Japan, while artist Morag Myerscough installed a colourful bamboo structure in a park in London.
The photography is byJide Ayeni.
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#all #design #highlights #installations #retail #bamboo #pavilions #kiosks #nigeria #lagos #popupshops #shops #nifemimarcusbello
● NEWS ● #VanguardNG #Rights ☞ Man, 41, arrested with fresh human parts in #Lagos https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/01/man-41-arrested-with-fresh-human-parts-in-lagos/
