most of all I see beautiful African faces who always find a reason to smile and to be hopeful even in the worst of conditions & suffering. This is Africa, my Africa, where we can always find a way to make due as we aspire for the best, for even through garbage and dirt creativity and innovation lives.
There is nothing embarrassing to Nigeria on the BBC program. Countries all over the world have their slums. Where the stories depicted in the documentary manufactured or fictionalized events or did they reflect the reality of some lives in Lagos? If the argument is that the documentary did not present a balanced picture of life in Lagos, that would be different but even at that Episode 3 of the series should quell that or maybe we just might have preferred a different title say ‘Welcome to the other side of Lagos’? Ever watched “Booze Britain”? “Brits Banged Up