MAKOKO - WORLD LARGEST FLOATING SLUM

Makoko is established in the 19th century, its a neighborhood situated across the coast of Lagos mainland one third of the entire community is built on states along the lagoon while the rest of it is on land. it is popularly referred to as the Venice of Lagos given that it's surrounded by water.

Makoko trading lifestyle 

It's population is considered to be at five thousand-plus however the area was not officially counted as part of the 2007 census and the population has been estimated to be much higher in this present year 2022. Everyone who flies in area to do business on the island is likely to find themselves passing over the total average which gives a full view of the slums of makoko.

In this small egg place there's a lot of hustling and bustling of human activity women smoking fish and half naked children grow in their boats or playing on the verandas on the wooden shafts dust. The landscape the houses on wards are built from hat wood supported by wood steeds driven deep into the water baby each house usually accommodate between six to ten people and a high percentage are rental properties.

Makoko living hood 

The water is about five feet deep and mochi and dark what am I understood water settlement like streets in between houses these streets act as a road system where you can find canoes carrying children to school and people to their places of work as well as the form of transporting killers are used for fishing and act as a point of SIL where we men sell food water and household goods the main activities are salt making Sandra Jean sawmills firewood and fishing there are two major schools look at that in Morocco one on land and one a water the one on land is built with bricks while the one on water is building wood a large percentage of the houses in Africa have no electricity and they mainly depend on charging stations around the community to charge their phone I spent some time one of the houses above the water reading here was really difficult at first but after a while my buddy got history even though I knew half of the hair I was taking he was filled with smoke the living conditions here are mind-blowing and I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that people can live and survive here window side.

Wow and then Asada's the living conditions ha here macoco has a lot to offer the smoke houses that smoke a sizable percentage of the fish in Legos the home building industry the boats beauty in industry

Mokoko house on water

the businesses that been clear and laterite for large view macoco is the real community built by the family Olivia it is valuable to them and to the city as a whole McCoy is very fascinating part of the world and despite the obvious poverty and swallow on the place it is a testament to human ingenuity in the battle to survive and prosper hello guys know you're democrat me with the barmaid we're going to Makoko the tundish we're gonna be shooting a documentary and Malcolm who let's show you guys what motherhood looks like from our own point of view as a guy on the via YouTube is he loved it but I am Not Afraid perspective like legend showed some new trends if deep in marketing but now that you knew in regards because because indeed what I'm seeing is actually exactly market like the market this is another market who she said in slacks so like everything here