Lagos Urine, Sweat and Trash
The slums of Lagos: People call the boards you see here "major roads."
The men start drinking by 10 o'clock in the morning and women are left caring for far too many children.
The lack of personal barriers, the all-encompassing sense of being assaulted and the constant aggression pitting everyone against everyone else -- this is Lagos.
"White man, we need your money", "white man, help us all."
A man stricken with leprosy in Ossiomo: Without money, one has little hope of getting any antibiotics.
A public health warning: "Society is filled with prejudices, there is not one iota of tolerance," says nurse Tive Dogba.
Faith is practically an industry in countries like Nigeria, where otherwise there is little hope.
A Lagos jail: Without money, one has little hope of justice in Nigeria. John Ampan spent six months in jail without ever being accused of committing a crime.
"Lagos: Center of Excellence" is the slogan featured on every license plate in the city.
Rich or poor, residents of Lagos are scared -- especially the poor. They live in fear that they will never have peace and that they will never get anything to eat.
John Ampan visits his old neighborhood in Lagos: Children sit in front of oil drums and play with sticks floating in the muck, as piles of garbage grow in front of huts.
There are few better cities in the world for facilitating the spread of a virus than Lagos.
