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LAGOS
01 / POP 25 MILLION
Lagos is the largest city in Africa; it has wall-to-wall people, bumper-to-bumper cars, noise
and pollution beyond belief, an intimidating crime rate, and maxed-out public utilities. El-
evated motorways ringing the island city are jammed with speed freaks and absurd traffic
jams ('go-slows') on top, and tin-and-cardboard shacks underneath.
Named after the Portuguese word for lagoon, Lagos has been a Yoruba port, a British
political centre and, until 1991, Nigeria's capital. The economic and cultural powerhouse of
the country, and with much thanks to an absurd influx of oil money, it has an exploding arts
and music scene that will keep your
yansh
engaged far past dawn. If you're headed to Ni-
geria, you'll have no choice but to jump right into the madness here.
