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    • Lagos: Life in Makoko Slum 6

    • Feel the energy, celebrate the resourcefulness, admire the courage of those who choose to live and work on the waters of Lagos Lagoon, in the Makoko slum, the Venice of Lagos. Chubbey is a fisherman who lives in a house built on stilts. With 18 children and five grandchildren to support, he has become an expert at making money from the most unlikely of places. Whether he is building a fish pond in the same water he uses as a lavatory, or renting out a spare room which he has not even built yet, he has always got some scheme or another on the go. But when his teenage son starts to hang out with a local gang, he is left with a dilemma familiar to parents all over the world.Paul is a saw operator at Ebute Metta, the largest timber yard in West Africa. All the wood that goes into building Lagos passes through this place, floated in on enormous rafts, some over a kilometre long. Paul still sleeps in the saw mill, and would like nothing more than to get a place of his own in Makoko. But so many of his fellow workers keep getting killed that he finds it very hard to save any money, because he keeps having to spend it all on funerals.Kissme and Daniel are two 'sandboys', who make their living diving for sand from the bottom of the Lagoon and selling it to the building trade. Between them they can fill two dumper trucks a day, collecting every grain of it by hand, with an old iron bucket.As humans begin to come to terms with an increasingly urban future, this series offers unprecedented access and insight into the lives of just some of the millions of slum dwellers who are living at the sharp end of the fastest growing megacity in the world. Source: BBC  

    • Lagos: Life in Makoko Slum 5

    • Feel the energy, celebrate the resourcefulness, admire the courage of those who choose to live and work on the waters of Lagos Lagoon, in the Makoko slum, the Venice of Lagos. Chubbey is a fisherman who lives in a house built on stilts. With 18 children and five grandchildren to support, he has become an expert at making money from the most unlikely of places. Whether he is building a fish pond in the same water he uses as a lavatory, or renting out a spare room which he has not even built yet, he has always got some scheme or another on the go. But when his teenage son starts to hang out with a local gang, he is left with a dilemma familiar to parents all over the world.Paul is a saw operator at Ebute Metta, the largest timber yard in West Africa. All the wood that goes into building Lagos passes through this place, floated in on enormous rafts, some over a kilometre long. Paul still sleeps in the saw mill, and would like nothing more than to get a place of his own in Makoko. But so many of his fellow workers keep getting killed that he finds it very hard to save any money, because he keeps having to spend it all on funerals.Kissme and Daniel are two 'sandboys', who make their living diving for sand from the bottom of the Lagoon and selling it to the building trade. Between them they can fill two dumper trucks a day, collecting every grain of it by hand, with an old iron bucket.As humans begin to come to terms with an increasingly urban future, this series offers unprecedented access and insight into the lives of just some of the millions of slum dwellers who are living at the sharp end of the fastest growing megacity in the world. Source: BBC  

    • Lagos: Life in Makoko Slum 4

    • Feel the energy, celebrate the resourcefulness, admire the courage of those who choose to live and work on the waters of Lagos Lagoon, in the Makoko slum, the Venice of Lagos. Chubbey is a fisherman who lives in a house built on stilts. With 18 children and five grandchildren to support, he has become an expert at making money from the most unlikely of places. Whether he is building a fish pond in the same water he uses as a lavatory, or renting out a spare room which he has not even built yet, he has always got some scheme or another on the go. But when his teenage son starts to hang out with a local gang, he is left with a dilemma familiar to parents all over the world.Paul is a saw operator at Ebute Metta, the largest timber yard in West Africa. All the wood that goes into building Lagos passes through this place, floated in on enormous rafts, some over a kilometre long. Paul still sleeps in the saw mill, and would like nothing more than to get a place of his own in Makoko. But so many of his fellow workers keep getting killed that he finds it very hard to save any money, because he keeps having to spend it all on funerals.Kissme and Daniel are two 'sandboys', who make their living diving for sand from the bottom of the Lagoon and selling it to the building trade. Between them they can fill two dumper trucks a day, collecting every grain of it by hand, with an old iron bucket.As humans begin to come to terms with an increasingly urban future, this series offers unprecedented access and insight into the lives of just some of the millions of slum dwellers who are living at the sharp end of the fastest growing megacity in the world. Source: BBC  

    • Lagos: Life in Makoko Slum 3

    • Feel the energy, celebrate the resourcefulness, admire the courage of those who choose to live and work on the waters of Lagos Lagoon, in the Makoko slum, the Venice of Lagos. Chubbey is a fisherman who lives in a house built on stilts. With 18 children and five grandchildren to support, he has become an expert at making money from the most unlikely of places. Whether he is building a fish pond in the same water he uses as a lavatory, or renting out a spare room which he has not even built yet, he has always got some scheme or another on the go. But when his teenage son starts to hang out with a local gang, he is left with a dilemma familiar to parents all over the world.Paul is a saw operator at Ebute Metta, the largest timber yard in West Africa. All the wood that goes into building Lagos passes through this place, floated in on enormous rafts, some over a kilometre long. Paul still sleeps in the saw mill, and would like nothing more than to get a place of his own in Makoko. But so many of his fellow workers keep getting killed that he finds it very hard to save any money, because he keeps having to spend it all on funerals.Kissme and Daniel are two 'sandboys', who make their living diving for sand from the bottom of the Lagoon and selling it to the building trade. Between them they can fill two dumper trucks a day, collecting every grain of it by hand, with an old iron bucket.As humans begin to come to terms with an increasingly urban future, this series offers unprecedented access and insight into the lives of just some of the millions of slum dwellers who are living at the sharp end of the fastest growing megacity in the world. Source: BBC  

    • Lagos: Life in Makoko Slum 2

    • Feel the energy, celebrate the resourcefulness, admire the courage of those who choose to live and work on the waters of Lagos Lagoon, in the Makoko slum, the Venice of Lagos. Chubbey is a fisherman who lives in a house built on stilts. With 18 children and five grandchildren to support, he has become an expert at making money from the most unlikely of places. Whether he is building a fish pond in the same water he uses as a lavatory, or renting out a spare room which he has not even built yet, he has always got some scheme or another on the go. But when his teenage son starts to hang out with a local gang, he is left with a dilemma familiar to parents all over the world.Paul is a saw operator at Ebute Metta, the largest timber yard in West Africa. All the wood that goes into building Lagos passes through this place, floated in on enormous rafts, some over a kilometre long. Paul still sleeps in the saw mill, and would like nothing more than to get a place of his own in Makoko. But so many of his fellow workers keep getting killed that he finds it very hard to save any money, because he keeps having to spend it all on funerals.Kissme and Daniel are two 'sandboys', who make their living diving for sand from the bottom of the Lagoon and selling it to the building trade. Between them they can fill two dumper trucks a day, collecting every grain of it by hand, with an old iron bucket.As humans begin to come to terms with an increasingly urban future, this series offers unprecedented access and insight into the lives of just some of the millions of slum dwellers who are living at the sharp end of the fastest growing megacity in the world. Source: BBC  

    • Lagos: Life in Makoko Slum 1

    • Feel the energy, celebrate the resourcefulness, and admire the courage of those who choose to live and work on the waters of Lagos Lagoon, in the Makoko slum, the Venice of Lagos. Chubbey is a fisherman who lives in a house built on stilts. With 18 children and five grandchildren to support, he has become an expert at making money from the most unlikely of places. Whether he is building a fish pond in the same water he uses as a lavatory, or renting out a spare room which he has not even built yet, he has always got some scheme or another on the go. But when his teenage son starts to hang out with a local gang, he is left with a dilemma familiar to parents all over the world. Paul is a saw operator at Ebute Metta, the largest timber yard in West Africa. All the wood that goes into building Lagos passes through this place, floated in on enormous rafts, some over a kilometre long. Paul still sleeps in the saw mill, and would like nothing more than to get a place of his own in Makoko. But so many of his fellow workers keep getting killed that he finds it very hard to save any money, because he keeps having to spend it all on funerals. Kissme and Daniel are two 'sandboys', who make their living diving for sand from the bottom of the Lagoon and selling it to the building trade. Between them they can fill two dumper trucks a day, collecting every grain of it by hand, with an old iron bucket. As humans begin to come to terms with an increasingly urban future, this series offers unprecedented access and insight into the lives of just some of the millions of slum dwellers who are living at the sharp end of the fastest growing megacity in the world.   Source: BBC.  

    • Bamboo bikes, Ghana's green transport

    • Ghana's abundant resources of bamboo gave an American engineer the idea of helping people get around cheaply: bikes made from bamboo  the ultimate green transport. Sourece: AFP

    • Inspiration from Togo: High School Student Makes Robot from Scraps

    • A 17-year-old high school student in Togo shows off his self-taught robotics skills with ‘Sam Ten,’ a robot he made from recycled materials. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports. (msnbc.com)

    • LAGBAJA Sobolation

    • MOTHERLAN' the official video channel, presents SOBOLATION, the first of a series of new videos from Lagbaja's new albums - Paradise & Sharp Sharp

    • Kwame Nkrumah - Part 2

    • Adam Curtis (BBC) - Pandora's Box: Black Power (1992)A look at how former Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah set Africa ablaze with his vision of a new industrial and scientific age. At the heart of his dream was to be the huge Volta dam, generating enough power to transform West Africa into an advanced utopia. It brought with it dangerous forces Nkrumah couldn't control, and he slowly watched his metropolis of science sink into corruption and debt.

    • Kwame Nkrumah - Part 3

    • Adam Curtis (BBC) - Pandora's Box: Black Power (1992)A look at how former Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah set Africa ablaze with his vision of a new industrial and scientific age. At the heart of his dream was to be the huge Volta dam, generating enough power to transform West Africa into an advanced utopia. It brought with it dangerous forces Nkrumah couldn't control, and he slowly watched his metropolis of science sink into corruption and debt.

    • Kwame Nkrumah - Part 1

    • Adam Curtis (BBC) - Pandora's Box: Black Power (1992)A look at how former Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah set Africa ablaze with his vision of a new industrial and scientific age. At the heart of his dream was to be the huge Volta dam, generating enough power to transform West Africa into an advanced utopia. It brought with it dangerous forces Nkrumah couldn't control, and he slowly watched his metropolis of science sink into corruption and debt.

    • Kwame Nkrumah - Part 4

    • Adam Curtis (BBC) - Pandora's Box: Black Power (1992)A look at how former Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah set Africa ablaze with his vision of a new industrial and scientific age. At the heart of his dream was to be the huge Volta dam, generating enough power to transform West Africa into an advanced utopia. It brought with it dangerous forces Nkrumah couldn't control, and he slowly watched his metropolis of science sink into corruption and debt.

    • Kwame Nkrumah - Part 5

    • Adam Curtis (BBC) - Pandora's Box: Black Power (1992)A look at how former Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah set Africa ablaze with his vision of a new industrial and scientific age. At the heart of his dream was to be the huge Volta dam, generating enough power to transform West Africa into an advanced utopia. It brought with it dangerous forces Nkrumah couldn't control, and he slowly watched his metropolis of science sink into corruption and debt.

    • Nigeria Central Bank Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi On the Recent Crisis in Banking Sector

    • With all the news coverage given to the Nigerian banking sector, the Central Bank of Nigeria invited stakeholders to a presentation by the Governor to address recent developments in the macroeconomic environment and banking sector in Nigeria. ABNs Alishia Seckam spoke to Nigerian Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, ahead of his presentation.

    • Ghana's Space Engineer Ave Kludze

    • "I never imagined I would have the opportunity to work for Nasa. Not with my background" Ave Kludze was born in Hohoe, in the Volta Region of Ghana. He is a Rocket Scientist, an African pioneer, U.S. Civil Servant, Complex Systems Engineering and Design Expert, and a senior NASA Spacecraft Systems Engineer. Video from CNN.

    • Ghana goes Obama-mad in preparation for president's visit

    • Ghanaians are getting ready to welcome Barack and Michelle Obama who arrive in the country on Friday. ITN News

    • Obama Visit to Highlight Ghana Democracy

    • As Ghana prepares for Friday's arrival of U.S. President Barack Obama, President John Atta Mills says the visit highlights Ghana's democratic credentials. Members of the Ghanian group Friends of Obama ride through the streets of the capital on the back of a truck, handing out t-shirts and encouraging people to come out and cheer the American president when he arrives late Friday. - VOA

    • Obama's Kenya snub?

    • As Obama visits Ghana, many Kenyans want to know why he isn't coming "home." CNN's David McKenzie explains.

    • Ghana Ready for Obama

    • As Ghana prepares for President Obama's first official visit to Africa, NBC's Mara Schiavocampo spoke to Dr. Erieka Bennett, head of Mission for the Diaspora African Forum, who said the whole country is ready for the historic visit. Source MSNBC.

    • Balancing Act in Ghana

    • NBC's Mara Schiavocampo in Ghana, practices balancing load on her head, as the natives do. Source MSNBC.
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    • Africa in words

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    • Kevin Chuwang Pam - Big Brother Africa winner

    • Kevin Chuwang Pam, Nigerian, won the $200,000 Big Brother Africa – The Revolution prize!

    • Gani, a Nigerian Icon

    • Chief Abdul-Ganiyu "Gani" Oyesola Fawehinmi, (22 April 1938 - 05 September 2009) a frontline human and civil rights crusader in Nigeria.

    • being me

    • fun, curious and a researcher. and well, the author of IN HER EYES and WHEN BAD BECOMES WORSE and THE BASKET OF TRUTH.

    • Oris Erhuero

    • Read the interview: Oris Erhuero: Our Rennaisance Man On Nollywood, Modeling and Life

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    • Shot captured in Lagos, Nigeria.

    • Africa: Going Bananas for Energy

    • Researchers have found a way for Africa to use banana skin to generate energy.  According to the BBC Science Reporter Matt McGrath, scientists have found a way to turn banana skin waste into sustainable fuel which could be relevant to many African countries.  The project focuses on developing simple technology that can be used in developing countries without investing large financial outlay.

    • Her Excellency Turai Umaru Yar-Adua of Nigeria

    • Nigeria: Her Excellency Turai Umaru Yar-Adua

    • Her Excellency Sia Nyama Koroma of Sierra Leone

    • Sierra Leone: Her Excellency Sia Nyama Koroma

    • Her Excellency Hadjia Laraba Tandja of Niger

    • Niger: Her Excellency Hadjia Laraba Tandja of Niger.

    • Her Excellency Chantal Biya of Cameroon

    • Cameroon:  Her Excellency Chantal Biya of Cameroon.

    • Ara

    • Ara is the first female talking drummer in Africa. She is from the western part of Nigeria, Ondo state to be specific. She started singing and drumming at a very tender age of 5 and ever since she has taken her art to the nooks and crannies of the world performing alongside greats and legends of music from all parts of the world. Ara in English means “mystery or wonder” a unique name given to her by her grandfather at birth. The name today is a reflection of who she is as she is indeed a wonder to behold.   Ara website

    • Lagbaja (Nigeria)

    • African music icon

    • Toumani Diabate (Mali)

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    • Femi Kuti (Nigeria)

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    • Kids on bike

    • A Nigerian bike man (Okada) loaded with  kids...with no helmets!

    • African Billionaire - Aliko Dangote, #2

    • Aliko Dangote, Nigerian, 51. Rank: 2, Africa; 261, World. Industry: Manufacturing. Net Worth: $2.5 BIllion USD. Dangote began career as trader at age 21 with loan from his uncle; built his Dangote Group into conglomerate with interests in sugar, flour milling, salt processing, cement manufacturing, textiles, real estate, and oil and gas. Photo: Reuters. Text, Forbes.com. World's Billionaires 2009.

    • African Billionaire - Femi Otedola, #4

    • Femi Otedola, Nigerian, 42. Rank: 4, Africa; 601, World. Industry: Oil & Gas. Net Worth: 1.2 Billion USD. Otedola used his majority stake in African Petroleum to get himself appointed its chief executive last year. Now he plans to merge it with his private firm, Zenon, to create the continent’s largest oil company. Photo: AFP/Getty Images. Text, Forbes.com. World's Billionaires 2009.

    • Tuareg Girl

    • The Sahara is the largest hot desert on earth and the Tuareg are its indigenous people, famous for their ability to navigate a constantly shifting, featureless terrain. For centuries they provided the guidance, transport and protection services that made traversing the Sahara possible. Today the camel has been replaced by the car, and the sword with the AK-47. But the Tuaregs’ wondrous knowledge of the land remains exactly the same. Text from Aljazeera Labs. Photo: Victor Englebert

    • Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi at African Union Summit

    • Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi the new chairman of the African Union, listens during the opening session of the 12th African Union Summit in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, February 2, 2009. Gaddafi was elected chairman of the African Union on Monday and made clear he would pursue his vision of a United States of Africa despite reluctance from many members. Reuters. GA_googleFillSlot("250x250Default");

    • Gaddafi at AU Summitt, Ethiopia

    • Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, the new chairman of the African Union, at the opening session of the 12th African Union Summit in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, February 2, 2009. Gaddafi was elected chairman of the African Union on Monday and made clear he would pursue his vision of a United States of Africa despite reluctance from many members

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