Like much of Lagos, it is highly multicultural; conversations on the floating slum are usually in a language which is a peculiar medley of Yoruba, French, and Egun, a local dialect.

MAKOKO, Nigeria (AP) — Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria’s economic hub of . Wednesday, May 28 66°F / Cape Girardeau.

But the Lagos government would prefer that Makoko does not exist. In 2012, the Lagos state government announced plans to demolish the slum and gave a 72-hour eviction notice to the residents.

Makoko is a floating slum village in Lagos, Nigeria. Buildings are set atop stilts. Kathleen Caulderwood “We love to live on the water,” resident Anthony Shemeun, 50, said through a translator.

Lagos is a huge city, with 21 million people bustling against each other within cramped quarters. Such a big city has led to some improvised living situations, with almost 70 percent of residents ...

In this photo taken Thursday, July 26, 2012, a child stand in front of his demolished stilt house at Makoko in Lagos, Nigeria. The teeming, floating Makoko slum rises out of the murky lagoon water ...

Makoko slum in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos is built on stilts and was founded as a fishing village in the 19th Century. It is home to more than 100,000 migrants from West African countries ...

World Drone project aims to put floating Lagos slum on map. By. AFP. Published. November 29, 2019 - ...

LAGOS, NIGERIA — The teeming, floating Makoko slum rises out of the murky lagoon water that separates mainland Nigeria from the island that gave birth to its largest city, a permanent haze of ...

MAKOKO, Nigeria — Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos.

How Makoko, Nigeria’s floating slum went digital with new mapping project. Andrew Cuomo. By CNN. ... a waterfront community on the Lagos lagoon in Nigeria’s southwest.

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Makoko slum floats on the murky lagoon that separates mainland Nigeria from the island that gave birth to its largest city, a permanent haze of smoke rising from homes built ...