That ends up being in the middle of the fishermen’s navigation channels. The dredgers are meant to clear built-up sand that blocks jetty traffic, but the churning silt has to land somewhere. A group of fishermen on small-engined boats chat as they submerge branches to attract and trap fish in a traditional technique called Acadja, using light from their cell phones to cut the darkness.Īs the sun breaks over the water, several boats head back to shore - passing two mammoth dredging machines stirring up muck as they collect sand from the lagoon floor. Maggie Andresen: At 5:30 in the morning, the water is still in the Lagos Lagoon, at the edge of Nigeria’s most populous city. You can also subscribe to The Undark Podcast at Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, or Spotify. 57: In Lagos, Vulnerable Communities Buried by Urbanizationīelow is the full transcript of the podcast, lightly edited for clarity.
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