Nnedi Okorafor LAGOON

Dedicated to the diverse and dynamic people of Lagos, Nigeria – animals, plant and spirit

The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea

Isak Dinesen (pseudonym of Danish writer Baroness Karen Blixen)

Lagos na no man’s land. Nobody own Lagos, na we all get am. Eko o ni baje!

(Lagos is no man’s land. Nobody owns Lagos, we all own Lagos. Lagos will never be destroyed!)

A protester from Ajegunle District to local reporters, interviewed the night it all happened

Lagos, the city where nothing works yet everything happens

An American white woman in the wrong place at the wrong time

Welcome to Lagos, Nigeria.

The city takes its name from the Portuguese word for “lagoon”.

The Portuguese first landed on Lagos Island in the year 1472.

Apparently, they could not come up with a more creative name.

Nor did they think to ask one of the natives for suggestions.

And so the world turns, masked by millions of names, guises, and shifting stories.

It’s been a beautiful thing to watch.

My designs grow complicated.

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