Tag: lagos

Joseph Gergel: Nigerian Nostalgia Project
November 2012A massive collection of pre-digital photography shows a nation in transition—and manages bring Facebook-level connectivity into a gallery space.

Medina Dugger: Images from Underground
November 2012Young Lagosian photographers examine the corners of their city that often go unseen.

Glenna Gordon: LagosPhoto 2012
November 2012A month-long photography festival aims to capture the spirit of one of Africa’s biggest and busiest cities.

Glenna Gordon: Andrea Stultiens’s Images of Emptiness
July 2012Photos of empty performance spaces in Lagos capture the spirit of Fela Kuti’s famous nightclub and strip back the chaos of one of the world’s busiest cities.

Picturing Africa
December 2011Lagos Photo Festival founder Azu Nwagbogu on combating Afro-pessimism, the dialogue between Africa and the West, and depicting the “other Africa” of industry and intellect.
When Rain Hits This City Already Floundering
By A. Igoni BarrettJanuary 2008
The sergeant dealt him a series of rapid-fire slashes across the face with his whip, and then dragged him to the edge of the flooded pit.


