Michael Palin visits the extraordinary floating village of Makoko, Lagos

Michael Palin visits the extraordinary floating village of Makoko, Lagos | Michael Palin in Nigeria

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Home to more than 200,000 people, the village of Makoko in Lagos is a community the local government has been trying to dismantle for over a decade. 🛶
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@user-zm7xs6cf4m Ай бұрын

Palin's doing well for 80, isn't he! Especially after the loss of his wife of 60 years - then straight off to Nigeria. He's seriously impressive - and that mind of his is still fizzing away. Great to see.

@florafola5186 Ай бұрын

Thanks for visiting us in Nigeria. We are happy people despite our difficulties and development is happening at a rapid rate. Pls also show the other 99.9% of our country which is much vibrant and innovative. Hopefully you will get to visit more often and witness the resilience and innovativeness of our people. Safe travels to Michael and his team.

@HM-ls5eg Ай бұрын

Regardless of how "horrible" you try to depict Nigeria and Lagos, all you've got to look at, is the fact that, in a slum like Makoko in Lagos, the kids are full of resilience, passion and determination, towards EDUCATION... Even in a slum environment, the kids look happy go lucky and healthy!!

@adeniyiadeoluwa6412 Ай бұрын

There are so many amazing places in Lagos, what the west only wants to show is the down part of Africa. Always quick to present us as the poorest.

@user-zm7xs6cf4m Ай бұрын

If it helps, there's some more opulent stuff later on in the episode.

@scotthai62 Ай бұрын

Please do not tar everyone with the Same Brush.....as we do not Tar all Nigerians with the same brush....!!

@radianceaghedo3563 29 күн бұрын

There's nothing wrong in showing any part of the country. This is not a publicity stunt and we must be aware of this place as Nigerians as it is not to be assumed that all Nigerians are aware of this place. You interprete the motive without any facts but your sentiment. It's just a documentary and you can choose to watch to and be informed or leave it. But don't paint a bad brush over a journalist that just made a video.

@danizanzibar4344 29 күн бұрын

um affluence is boring theres no creativity to be had from it

@emmanuel64042 28 күн бұрын

Yes let them show this part only so that the world will see what people are going through. Life is not measured by those that doesn’t need help, is measured by those that need help.

@eikmaster8947 21 күн бұрын

Have been there as well, incredible...

@takkmoran9770 Ай бұрын

Every major city in the world has a contrast between the gleaming high rise towers of wealth and grinding poverty of the slums. But having seen a number of videos about Lagos, and having some friends there, the disparity seems particularly acute in that city. The best parts of the city rival the best parts of any major city in the world, but then you have Makoko, which appears to be a part of the city built in an open cesspool. How can we humans think we are an advanced species when we tolerate such inequality.

@A-fg7ov Ай бұрын

Where are you from? And is Lagos (one city) supposed to be the complete picture for a country with over 200 million, 36 states, and over 60 cities?

@chiomaezenwa5442 Ай бұрын

As a Nigerian, I could not agree more. You articulated this very well .

@takkmoran9770 Ай бұрын

@@chiomaezenwa5442 Thank you!

@nwamakaezeano4410 Ай бұрын

@@A-fg7ovI am Nigerian. Visited over 30 states in Nigeria and this presentation definitely does not represent our story. This is a clear danger of a single story. This is unfortunately showing in more than thousands of homes in the UK. In as much as Lagos does not represent Nigeria, yet this story is far far beyond what defines us as a nation!

@HM-ls5eg Ай бұрын

The Lagos state government has tried on many occasions, to redevelop Makoko, and build proper housing developments, schools, roads hospitals, and the various infrastructures that come with that, but it's the residents that constantly refuse... Unless the Lagos state government FORCEFULLY acts and takes matters into it's own hands, regardless of the "feelings" of the residents, then Makoko would remain the cesspool that it is, and probably even worse, in the near future.... I was born in Lagos, and as a man approaching mid life, all I can say is, Makoko has always been a fixture and a stain, on the Lagos horizon. It was way much smaller then, but has expanded, over time, as more people continue to arrive, and more kids are born into that depraved way of living.