Track: Heart is Breaking - Self-Taught Beats Remix
Album: Special Kind of Fool
Genre: Hip-hop
Country: UK / Nigeria
Release date: June 2010 (The remixes) Read more about this artist »
Adapting to Lagos, the fastest growing city in the world
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
2008 marks a milestone in human history (as mentioned in the video, courtesy of boingboing), with more people living in urban areas worldwide than in rural areas.
The harsh reality of rural-urban migration Lagos represents the most extreme example of this movement, and Palmgrove and Jibowu are two bus parks “famous” for being the landing spots for new migrants.
With all the pre-Olympics coverage and hype, nobody wants to be left out, least of all the “street athletes” in Nairobi’s Majengo slum, such as the chaps in the video: Bag an imaginary gold with a bit of boxing, and settle a score while you’re at it.
The scene: Outside a pub selling “Busaa”, a traditional fermented drink. The boxers: The guy dressed in a white vest bumped into the other guy, who had just stepped out of the Busaa pub to urinate.
Transport: The Car Rapides ("fast cars") of Senegal
Friday, 08 August 2008
Car rapides ("fast cars") are anything but fast, but they are dirt cheap, 100cfa a trip ($0.23 USD), and as such, are the most popular form of transportation in Senegal, particular in the ghettos.
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