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PAPA-Lab Lagos Nigeria has taken place from 7th till 28 th of September 2009. The hosting organisation is The African Artists’ Foundation. Final presentation Exhibition Initial Pattern on Friday 25th of September 2009 at African Artists’ Foundation. PAPA-Lab Lagos has worked with a mixed group of artists and photojournalists. Director: Lino Hellings Participating artists: PAPA Nigeria are: Toye Gbade, Tuoyo Omagba, Israel Ophori, Folarin Shasanya, Andrew Esiebo, Adolphus Opara, Eremina Jumbo, Babasola Bamiro , Zemaye Okediji, Godswill Ayemoba. The program has been mainly be developed on the spot.
Monday 7th of September 2009
Lagos -
Bread hawkers in Lagos used to go around with butter or margarine; some people who buy the bread would like to have it cut in half with butter richly spread…
Toye Gbade –
Lagos Lab
Lagos -
This is a cobbler, He does his trade on the streets looking for clients while walking.…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
The mobile shopkeepers and craftsmen look so well dressed and clean. How do they do that? ‘This is a girl who is supposed to be in school but is out…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
N.F.A. Nigerian Football Association. NO FUTURE AMBITIONS as well. These are children who should be at school. They are roaming, begging and playing on the streets. If the…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Northerners, newcomers, exhausted from the many days journey southward, onboard goods and livestock supply truck, can always…
Toye Gbade –
Lagos Lab
This NHL person has a heavenly smile on his face. Definitely a ‘No Hurry in Life’ man. Notice the little straw he holds in his right hand. His slogan is…
Lino Hellings –
Lagos Lab
NYSC TREK – National Youth Service Corps also known as ‘Now Your Suffering Continues’.University students have to do community when they graduate. A compulsory right of passage into working…
Zemaye Okediji –
Lagos Lab
OYO: (you are) On Your Own is a common expression here. Some OYOs:
1. Car park OYO: see picture
2. Area boys area OYO: if you go in their area alone
3…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
Life in Lagos is completely mobile. Everything that doesn’t work in Lagos – and that is a lot – is made operative by the people themselves. The shopkeepers and…
Lino Hellings –
Lagos Lab
Nigerian Television Association, the largest TV Station in Africa. NTA for me means Nigerian Trekkers Association where people have to walk long distances to save money for other purpose and…
Israel Ophori –
Lagos Lab
NFA No Future ambition. Nigerian Football Association Western couples adopting African children has dominated the media recently, sparking debates about whether these children have a better future at home or…
Babasola Bamiro –
Lagos Lab
At the end of Marina on Lagos Island, this night bus waits to ferry travelers to Ajah in Lekki. Three megaphones in the tree above the bus blare out information…
Folarin Shasanya –
Lagos Lab
An old man at sleeping at football pool betting office. Sleeping during working hours is often experienced in many small-scale business places. This habit struck me. As I tried to…
Andrew Esiebo –
Lagos Lab
Angry waves captured a photographer who came to capture the Lagos Barbeach. Capture and being captured.
Eremina…
Eremina Jumbo –
Lagos Lab
Street Hawkers (Mobile shops) emerge to do their trade while the hold up continues, left with them the traffic should go on as it makes them do their trade. Different…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
NYSC National Youth Service Corps is the compulsary service to the country for every graduate untill the age of 30. You are send to another part of the country. After…
Israel Ophori –
Lagos Lab
NFA
No Future Ambition.
A prayer man at the beach. A common practices in many spaces and beaches in Lagos. In a country where our future is characterized with uncertainties…
Andrew Esiebo –
Lagos Lab
The notice on the wall asks people not to urinate on the fence. Though the spelling is wrong, if you make an attempt when pressed, you will be amazed where…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
You often see people sleeping during working hours in small-scale business places. This habit struck me. As I tried to find out why this man was sleeping at that time…
Andrew Esiebo –
Lagos Lab
On Obalande Motor Park mobile shop selling icecream and gala.…
Eremina Jumbo –
Lagos Lab
NEPA, The Nigerian Electric Power Authority, is so unreliable that people started calling it Never Expect Power Always. Then the company changed its name to PHCN, Power Holding Company of…
Andrew Esiebo –
Lagos Lab
NFA – Nigerian Football Association or ‘No Future Ambition’. The way this man sleeps and is dressed indicates that he does not have many plans for the future.…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
NTA – Nigeria Television Authority is one of the largest TV networks in Africa, also known as Nigeria Trekkers Association. The image shows school children walking home from school either…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
The discussion on the meaning of art was full of shouting humor. Quotes: In our country so many things are not pleasantly looking. Art serves a function here/ Art is…
Lino Hellings –
Lagos Lab