lets take a good look at this documentary in contention. From the opening lines of the documentary, the reporter states ‘Despite its reputation for corruption and poverty, Lagos is not all like that you know”. The story unfolds in parts starting from the City’s main dumpsite Olusosun which actually is a social rubbish dump. Whilst the western world are still agonizing on how to deal with the waste they produce daily, these guys called scavengers are getting on with recycling as they sell anything and everything that can be used for re-processing. Hence in this dump-site, 3,000 tons of rubbish are being filtered by hand everyday giving employment to thousands of youths. Where we see filth and rubbish, they see a source of livelihood.
As chaotic and un-organized, rough or lawless as this dumpsite might come across as , it is a well organized place