Lagos eats superlatives for breakfast. With a side of moi moi. “This city has the largest concentration of black people on the planet,” says architect Theo Lawson. “It gives Lagos its spirit of resistance.”
It is also one of the top 10 fastest-growing cities according to the UN; from 15 million people in 2021, it is slated to hit 25 million by 2035. “We have about 1,000 people arriving to settle every day,” Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu tells The Africa Report.
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