Monday, July 25, 2011

Video - The megaslums of Lagos



In 1950, Lagos had a population of just three hundred thousand. By 2004 well over thirteen million live there. By 2015 it would have grown to twenty three million according to one estimate. This video report studies how uncontrolled population growth has made one of the world's largest cities one of the world's largest slums.


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