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LAGOS IN PASSING
Being young in Lagos
Looking through these photos of Lagos brought back so many small things I had forgotten.
The Yellow Danfo buses. Sitting in traffic. Going out with family. The market stalls, the heat, the beach, the noise.
At the time, it didn't feel special. Now, looking at these photos, I keep thinking about how young I was and how much of that version of my life I miss.
01/WATCHING TRAFFICShebi you be danfo driver Swor
Going back now surely would feel different. I know the place, but I also don’t. I’m familiar enough to feel at home and removed enough to notice things I never cared about before.
Very inconvenient identity crisis, really.
02/CROSSINGTraffic, heat and a city moving all at once.
03/FROM THE WINDOWA view across the Lagos skyline.
04/FRESH EGGSFresh eggs, a goat and an ordinary Lagos afternoon.
05/LOOKING UPCoconuts overhead.
06/BY THE WATERA quieter side of my city by the sea.
07/ FOR SALEColour everywhere even at the market