“Lagos”

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 were responsible for his breaking the law of not putting on helmet on a bike. In Nigeria people who are on the wrong side of the law when caught tend to blame forces from back home or basically the devil for thier wrong doing. Tuoyo Omagba
Tuoyo Omagba – Lagos Lab

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

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

Around one of Lagos’ many iconic statues (this one representing the Eyo, the symbol of the city), a typical scene unfolds here at an intersection between Lagos Island and Dolphin…
Folarin Shasanya – Lagos Lab

On the edges of the Lagos lagoon near Lekki, one of Lagos’ wealthiest areas and a “gated community” seemingly trying to isolate itself from the rest of the city, a…
Folarin Shasanya – Lagos Lab

Shehu Saleh, 30 years arrived a cobbler arrived Lagos from Katsina ten years ago on invitation of his elder brother who is a business man in Lagos. He came to…
Andrew Esiebo – Migrationpapa

Call the welder, call the plumber, call the carpenter, call the electrician etc. Other craftsmen advertise in the same way. Sometimes they make a small installation to show off their…
Lino Hellings – Lagos Lab

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

The five of us where just about leaving for Lagos Mainland when a group of artists/painters of trucks and busses arrived. AAF is running a project with these ‘grass roots’…
Lino Hellings – Lagos Lab

The Obalende Flyover busstation, mosques, several small kiosks, mobile phone shops, petrol station etc. At the end of the day it is a very large market. Lagos Nigeria Toye Gbade…
Toye Gbade – Flyoverpapa

One brother leads another on the unforgiving streets of Lagos.…
Zemaye Okediji – Lagos Lab

Children trekking home from school because their school bus couldn’t get through the traffic. Tuoyo Omagba…
Tuoyo Omagba – Lagos Lab

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

With a handfull of cables and a lot of skills Toye made it work on the slow and unreliable internet connection we have here. Apart from being a good observer…
Lino Hellings – Lagos Lab

Bread hawker in Lagos.…
Andrew Esiebo – VKMobileLifeNigeria

A young boy who recently migrated from the nothern Nigeria to Lagos is assisting and learning the business of legiums at the Iddo terminus market. The market is popular for…
Andrew Esiebo – Migrationpapa

Young boys sitting on of the many commercial motor bikes also known as Okada became visible on the road in Lagos as community transportation has now come to be one…
Andrew Esiebo – Migrationpapa

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…
Adolphus Opara – Lagos Lab

One of the many barbershops that dots over the city of lagos. It is not a place only for hair dressing but a social hub where people from all walks…
Andrew Esiebo – VKMobileLifeNigeria

You do not have to starve in the traffic jam.…
Tuoyo Omagba – Lagos Lab

The street salesman in this shot is trying hard to convince the man in the vehicle why he needs to buy a shoe rack from him. Check out his shoes…
Tuoyo Omagba – Lagos Lab

Here is a local restaurant running from under a bridge in Obalende, one of the busiest motor parks in lagos. It basically caters for the traffic of commuters daily plying…
Toye Gbade – Flyoverpapa