| 单词 | Lagos |
| 例句 | Her mother had given her a small jar of Mentholatum the day before she left Lagos, saying, “Put this in your bag, for when you will be cold.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Those Syrians and Lebanese already own half of Lagos, and they are all bloody opportunists in this country.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He remembered that when his cousin’s father died, the family had sent word to her in Lagos, telling her to come home because her father was very sick. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He would live in Lagos, after all, and he would make sure he saw her as often as he could. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I was in Lagos. Sir Winston Churchill has died, you see.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There are many young women in Lagos with Unknown Sources of Wealth. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She imagined packing her things, somehow buying a ticket, and going back to Lagos. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Ifemelu began then to visualize her new blog, a blue-and-white design, and, on the masthead, an aerial shot of a Lagos scene. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Richard read the next issue of Lagos Life, and when he saw her photo he searched her expression, looking for what he did not know. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “No, just about life. Race doesn’t really work here. I feel like I got off the plane in Lagos and stopped being black.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “But instead, all the ignoramuses in government do is lie and steal. A number of my students joined the group that went to Lagos this morning to demonstrate, you know.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “What’s interesting about him? That he is a Lagos playboy Hying off his father’s money, said money accumulated from a diesel importation monopoly that they have because of their contact with the president?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Couldn’t Miss Adebayo understand that it was best to go back to Lagos and leave them alone? Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He traveled to Lagos and to Port Harcourt and to Abuja to take assessment tests, which he found easy, and he attended interviews, answering questions fluidly, but then a long empty silence would follow. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Suddenly he didn’t mind that the flight had been delayed in London and that this stop at Kano to change planes before going on to Lagos would delay him even longer. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She shaved her underarms, dug out the lipstick she had not worn since the day she left Lagos, most of it left smeared on Obinze’s neck at the airport. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Had buildings in Lagos always had this patina of decay? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But Ifemelu was full of sanguine expectations for The Small Redemptions of Lagos, with a dreamy photograph of an abandoned colonial house on its masthead. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z If she had been in their Lagos kitchen, she would have found a broom and killed it, but she left the American cockroach alone and went and stood by the living room window. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was raining when he arrived in Lagos. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Olanna was pleased that the house in Lagos would be empty. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z After Ugwu brought the glasses, Special Julius said, “Have you heard that Harold Wilson is in Lagos? He is bringing the British army to finish us off. They say he came with two battalions.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Her flight stopped first in Lagos, and as she sat waiting in the lounge a tall, thin woman hurried past. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Days after he graduated from university, bloated with knowledge about America, he applied for a visa at the American embassy in Lagos. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “What is happening in Lagos? Did they say what is happening in Lagos?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The goal of the Lagos Conference of Independent States was to unite all African states, but it eventually disintegrated into bickering about which states to include or exclude. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had told everyone that his father was the igwe of his hometown, and had sent him to Lagos to live with an uncle until he turned twenty-one, to avoid the pressures of princely life. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Aunty Uju hugged her, both of them leaning into each other, hearing each other’s breathing, and it brought to Ifemelu a warm memory of Lagos. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Soon, word got to the district commissioner in Enugu, who sent somebody to take them to the Department of Antiquities in Lagos. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He was in Lagos and he had to hustle. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Only her old friend in Lagos, Ranyinudo, had made her return seem normal. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “They are waiting for seats on a flight to Lagos,” Obinze said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They themselves eat in shacks like these, and if all the shacks like these disappeared in Lagos, they will go lunchless, unable to afford anything else. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Oh, stop it, nkem. It’s not as if I go that often to see her, and I did ask you the last time but you were going to Lagos.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Lagos? Is it safe? You know what he has been through. I don't think he can handle it.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A voice, speaking English with an elegant Hausa accent, announced that the passengers from the London flight should proceed to board the flight for Lagos. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to stay much longer in Lagos. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She helped him find a small flat, buy a small car, get a driver’s license, go to the Lagos and Ibadan museums. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The money was good, Nigel could now live the kind of life in Essex that he would never have imagined before, but he wanted to live in Lagos, at least for a while. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I spent the morning reading The Small Redemptions of Lagos. Scouring it, actually,” he said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He was newly back from England, had been in Lagos for only a week, but Nneoma was already grumbling about how he could not just lie around in her flat reading and moping. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “It’s you. But Ifem, seriously, Don is a good man o. Not like many of these useless Lagos men running around town.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Our troops have lost all the captured territory in the midwest and the march to Lagos is over. Nigeria now says this is war, no longer a police action.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The first thing he noticed when he arrived in Lagos was Susan’s sparkle, her posh prettiness, the way she focused entirely on him, touched his arm as she laughed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Seeing her in Lagos, in brief meetings at the hotel, he had not realized that hers was a life that ran fully and would run fully even if he was not in it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I’d forgotten that Lagos is so expensive. I cant believe how much money the Nigerian wealthy spend.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And so they both agreed to make the University of Lagos their second choice. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was here, at a Lagos salon, that the different ranks of imperial femaleness were best understood. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The air in Lagos was humid; standing next to Madu, it seemed suffocating. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She was no longer sure what was new in Lagos and what was new in herself. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “You would like Lagos, I think,” she said, and he, eagerly, surprisingly, said, “Can I come visit you, Coz?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She was jealous even of the women who liked him, imagining how much attention he got here in Lagos, good-looking as he was, and now also wealthy. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She visited friends and went to parties, wishing Obinze lived in Lagos. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Brighten up, inugo? And please pray for my visa interview. I will leave for Lagos tomorrow.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He talked about how frustrated they felt to have to drive all the way from Lagos because the federal government blockade meant Nigeria Airways was no longer flying to the southeast. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Lagos has never been, will never be, and has never aspired to be like New York, or anywhere else for that matter. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Still, she was at peace: to be home, to be writing her blog, to have discovered Lagos again. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Ifemelu stared out of the window, half listening, thinking how unpretty Lagos was, roads infested with potholes, houses springing up unplanned like weeds. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In Lagos, the harmattan was a mere veil of haze, but in Nsukka, it was a raging, mercurial presence; the mornings were crisp, the afternoons ashen with heat, and the nights unknown. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She was flipping through the copy of Lagos Life, her silk robe tied tight around her skinny waist. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “They have finally removed that Igbo vice chancellor from the University of Lagos,” he said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z What if she got back to Lagos and realized what a mistake it was to move back? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Some years later in Lagos, after Chief told him to find a white man whom he could present as his General Manager, Obinze called Nigel. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Those belong to my madam, Mama. She brought many things from Lagos,” Ugwu said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The first and only time Odenigbo visited her in Lagos, they had stood looking down at the swimming pool and Odenigbo threw a bottle cork down and watched it plunk into the water. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “We’ll catch the first flight to Lagos tomorrow, Ari, so you can rest before we start shopping. I don’t want to do anything that will be difficult for you,” Olanna said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Abuja was more conservative than Lagos, Chidi said, because it was more Muslim than Lagos, and at parties women didn’t wear revealing clothing, yet you could buy and sell sex so much more easily here. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When she got to Kano, it struck her once again how different it was from Lagos, from Nsukka, from her hometown Umunnachi, how different the North as a whole was from the South. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z How common that word was in Lagos, and how popular: event. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I am thinking of how all the paintings in Lagos always look crooked, never hung straight,” she said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She took the SATs at a Lagos center, packed with thousands of people, all bristling with their own American ambitions. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Abuja had far-flung horizons, wide roads, order; to come from Lagos was to be stunned here by sequence and space. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She did not have to lie to her old friends about Blaine, but she did, telling them she was in a serious relationship and he would join her in Lagos soon. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was the first time she felt detached from him; while he was murmuring in her ear, she was mourning her money in the bank in Lagos. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He had never told himself his own story, never allowed himself to reflect on it, because he was too disoriented by his deportation and then by the suddenness of his new life in Lagos. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z My stomach was unsteady until Aunty Ifeoma came back from Lagos. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z A rare declaration, in a city like Lagos for a man like him, that she had his absolute attention. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z At the Abuja airport on his way back to Lagos, he thought of going to the international wing instead, buying a ticket to somewhere improbable, like Malabo. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Before they returned to Lagos, her father said, with that intimidated awe he had in the face of the well-educated, “She has BA London First Class.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I was planning to come up to Lagos to see you.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She felt cut away from him, each of them living and breathing in separate spheres, he bored and spiritless in Nsukka, she bored and spiritless in Lagos, and everything curdled in lethargy. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Of course I do. I just hope it doesn’t spread to Lagos. One really can’t predict these things.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z So when the news that Biafra had captured the midwest and Biafran troops were marching to Lagos came over the radio, he felt a strange mix of relief and disappointment. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He made vague references to visiting her in Lagos and she made vague sounds of assent. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “They said they shot you in Kaduna, then they said they buried you alive in the bush, then they said you escaped, then they said you were in prison in Lagos.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She began to plan and to dream, to apply for jobs in Lagos. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He rarely left with the gossip magazines; copies of Vintage People and Prime People and Lagos Life littered Aunty Uju’s house, with their blurry photos and garish headlines. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “You can find work here in Lagos and travel down to see him during weekends.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to work in Lagos. I want to work in the university, and I want to live with him.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Kainene said on the phone, when he told her that he would be going to Lagos for the memorial at the British High Commission. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z What troubled her mother was not the mistress, she knew, but the significance of what her father had done: buying the mistress a house in a neighborhood where Lagos socialites lived. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A city of contrasts, Lagos is home to a minority of wealthy elites, a growing middle class and an overwhelming majority of people just trying to get by. Tradition meets modernity at Nigeria fashion show 2011-03-13T16:16:04Z “Better Change Your Mind,” a song from “Atomic Bomb,” was reissued on the 2001 compilation “Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970s Funky Lagos” and sparked increasing interest among musicians and disc jockeys. William Onyeabor, Reclusive African Electro-Funk Pioneer, Dies at 70 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z He has other concerns, like the smog in Lagos, Nigeria’s capital and Burna Boy’s current residence. Burna Boy Faces Success and Second Thoughts on ‘Love, Damini’ 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z After Lagos, a store is planned for Luanda, Angola, in 2013; Alexandria, Egypt, in 2014; and three other sites are being evaluated in Libya, Kenya and Algeria. Zegna Tailors an African Plan 2012-11-14T11:07:03Z “You have photographers in Lagos, London, Johannesburg, New York and Los Angeles making images that defy easy categorization and that are emphasizing Black desire, Black beauty and Black community. For me, that is significant.” Beyond Beyoncé Fame, Awol Erizku Expands What Black Art Can Be 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z The result is Nok by Alara in Lagos, Nigeria, a restaurant whose celebratory feel is informed by both its hip ambience and its new takes on regional staples. A Rare Gem of a Restaurant in Lagos 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Duboc will also report from Lagos, Nigeria and Phnom Penh, Cambodia in future installments. On the Runway Blog: Fashion Without End 2011-11-18T21:54:35Z He seized a lavish, five-star hotel I had just completed in Lagos, and froze most of my local and foreign bank accounts. The Swimming Pool by Jekwu Anyaegbuna 2013-03-16T09:01:08Z Profoundly disappointed by this turn of events, Achebe left his job at the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation in Lagos and returned with his family to the south-east, now calling itself the Republic of Biafra. There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra by Chinua Achebe - review 2012-10-05T21:55:01Z This Monday, however, the roads were not filled with cars, but with people celebrating the Lagos Carnival. AP PHOTOS: Nigeria's biggest city holds a carnival 2013-04-01T19:37:10Z “When we got into our house, that was Lagos to us, that was Nigeria,” Boyega said in a recent interview. John Boyega Won’t Let Go of ‘Star Wars’ or ‘Coming to America’ 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Occupancy rates now generally hover around 30 percent instead of 65 percent at this time of year, and the drop is even higher for bar and restaurant traffic in Lagos, he said. Rampant Ebola fear takes toll on Africa tourism 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z I was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. Beaten, raped and forced to work: why I'm exposing the scandal of Nigeria’s house girls 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z It’s Lagos, instead of Moscow, that’s now the unreachable destination of their dreams. Reimagining Old Friends at the National Theater in London 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Her mother, who also works in Lagos, is a senior partner at TLcom Capital, a venture capital firm based in Nairobi, Lagos and London. Morenike Johnson, Ademola Adewale-Sadik 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z That was the environment, and that contrast is more stark, if not as stark as his transition from London to Lagos. "It's a quiet revolt": Filmmaker on how "The Last Tree" moves between Black and white spaces 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Casa Mae in Lagos, Portugal, has done the same: Guests stay in rooms decorated with locally made textiles, pottery and art, which they can also snap up in its Loja shop. At hotel gift shops, local artisans’ wares replace kitschy keychains and T-shirts 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z A DVD shop at the Nigerian film market in Lagos. Nigeria's entertainment industry eager to make pirates part of sea change 2012-12-14T07:00:01Z It is unlikely other people would be infected on the plane – one man flew from Liberia to Lagos in Nigeria, where he became ill, but no other passenger appears to have contracted the disease. Ebola: what is the real risk to the UK? 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Soul & Surf, which runs surfing and yoga breaks in Sri Lanka and Kerala, southern India, is opening its first permanent European base – a farmhouse in the hills near Lagos in the Algarve – in April. 20 of the best activity holidays in the UK and Europe 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z Bannister is from Chesterfield in Derbyshire but he was brought up in Lagos in Portugal "so has a nice Portuguese tinge" according to Dennis. Explorers – New Band Up North #26 2013-05-13T16:00:01Z “Music is a spiritual thing,” he said in an interview via video call from his studio in Lagos. Burna Boy Has the Whole World Listening 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Between now and then, Lagos will have to make room for 67 new arrivals per hour. The urban age: how cities became our greatest design challenge yet | Justin McGuirk 2010-03-29T13:39:00Z The American Society of African Culture in Lagos had mounted a retrospective of Mr. Lawrence’s work and invited him to lecture. A Tribute to Black Artists Could Signal a Change for Museums 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Parts of the special are also shot in Lagos. Yvonne Orji, the ‘Insecure’ Star, Returns Confidently to Stand-Up 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z That same mural also mentions the Nigerian city Lagos, a reference to a scene from “Captain America: Civil War” when Wanda accidentally destroyed a building full of Wakandan civilians while trying to disarm a bomb. ‘WandaVision’ Fills In Gaps in Marvel History 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z At her store on Victoria Island in Lagos, the fashion designer Deola Sagoe infuses African fabrics with Japanese and Italian influences. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z With Akinbode Akinbiyi, a British citizen of Nigerian descent, we walk the streets of Lagos and the alleyways of Cairo, where pyramids loom like mirages. Philadelphia Offers a Full-Fledged Summer of African Art 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Learning from Lagos … not the chaotic frenzy of ad hoc urbanism it appears to be. Are building regulations the enemy of architecture? 2013-02-28T13:11:49Z She does that on a small scale with studio visits, and on a large scale as a speaker, curator and founding director of the Center for Contemporary Art, Lagos. Discovering Contemporary African Art, With a Curator as a Guide 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Raja noted the nonstop will give American a partner in Africa, allowing “for even more connections farther into Africa, to places like Marrakesh, Lagos and Accra.” Wheels Up on More Flights to the African Continent 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z I’m not a vegetarian, but in Lagos, nutrient-dense produce surrounded me, inviting me to cook with it. A Bright, Comforting One-Pot Stew With West African Roots 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z When Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February last year, martial law meant that Hutsuliak couldn’t leave, while Kehinde, a Nigerian citizen originally from Lagos, could. Undaunted by Air Raids, a Ukrainian Duo Gets Ready for Eurovision 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Olatuja, who grew up in both Lagos, Nigeria, and London, favors an amalgam of West African styles, often overlaid with soul and gospel harmony. Music Review: E. J. Strickland Project and Olatuja Project at 92Y Tribeca 2012-01-19T23:32:37Z On Friday, Ms. Hill was also forced to pull out of a show in Lagos, Nigeria, due to travel issues. Lauryn Hill Cancels Performance in Israel 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Yet they maintain a constant, magnetic stage presence, dancing and singing at Fela’s nightclub, the Shrine, in the Lagos of the late ’70s. Finding Depth in Fela?s Women 2009-12-17T15:17:00Z In his speech on Nov. 28 at the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, Mr. Macron said, “African heritage must be highlighted in Paris, but also in Dakar, in Lagos, in Cotonou.” After a Promise to Return African Artifacts, France Moves Toward a Plan 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Open Cityby Teju Cole That honour belongs to Every Day is for the Thief, a novella about a young Nigerian man's return home to Lagos from New York. Open City by Teju Cole ? review 2011-08-06T23:05:38Z But despite the blunders, missteps and excessive plot twists of “Welcome to Lagos,” its dialogue rings true. Going AWOL in Africa’s Largest City 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z In Nigeria, where a Liberian civil servant died of ebola after flying to the commercial hub of Lagos, airport authorities began screening passengers arriving from places at risk for high temperatures. Ebola outbreak sparks states of emergency in Liberia and Sierra Leone 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Cole recently traveled to Lagos for research on a new book about the African megacity. Nigerian authors look West to gain their fame 2012-01-26T11:21:09Z Lockdowns, initially slated to last 14 days, began in Lagos and the capital, Abuja, on March 30. Lockdowns: Saving lives, but ruining livelihoods in Africa 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z They fled to Lagos, but the violence followed them there, so they moved to London. This Basketball-Loving Poet Resists Categorization 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Olowu discussed his early fascination with textiles as a child in Lagos, and with the idea of “something that is made flat coming to life” when draped on the body. The Anti-Power Couple: Duro Olowu and Thelma Golden 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z And we had the incredibly privileged experience of being driven around Lagos by chauffeurs and VIP entrance everywhere. Naomie Harris: 'I want to play Elizabeth Bennet' 2010-03-21T00:07:00Z Lagos comes most alive early in the novel, when survival is the group’s only concern. Going AWOL in Africa’s Largest City 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Abudu, who was born in London and educated in Britain, moved to Lagos a few years after she got married. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z Then once she gets to Lagos and sees this wealth, I mean, that was a huge chasm. For Her Debut, Abi Daré Confronts ‘Dreams and Intelligence That We Kill’ 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z And it made me think about that when I was watching just the bits and pieces of you in Lagos. "Insecure" star Yvonne Orji is rewriting the immigrant narrative "one joke at a time" 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z His family – in 1961 he had married Christie, a psychology professor, with whom he has four children – who had to leave Lagos in the wake of the 1966 coup, were forced to go into hiding. Chinua Achebe: A life in writing 2010-12-13T08:00:00Z But if there is truly respect for the music and the message, it has to come to Africa, back to Lagos and the Shrine that we, his family, have built for him. Femi Kuti, Guarding the Legacy of His Father, Fela 2010-07-11T22:42:00Z But it is a formal style of Yoruba that goes unheard in Lagos, Nigeria's largest city, where its words get mixed into English and pidgin. 'Winter's Tale' by Shakespeare gets African reboot 2012-05-25T10:51:11Z In his memoir, “My Life, My Music,” Mr. Adé recounts how he built his first house in swampy Bariga deep inside the Lagos mainland. Running Deep, the Roots of King Sunny Adé 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z When he died in 1997, a million people attended his funeral in Lagos, Nigeria. Femi Kuti expands the legacy of legendary father 2011-04-28T13:40:53Z Returning to Nigeria just as the country was emerging from a three-year civil war, Fela renamed his band Africa '70 and quickly gained a huge following in Lagos with his new Afrobeat sound. KEXP World Music Festival features Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen 2010-06-17T20:20:00Z The groom’s mother, who is retired, was a teacher at the University of Lagos Staff School. Effie Johnson, Adetola Ladejobi 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z One of this novel’s best scenes is set in an Internet cafe in Lagos, where the narrator stumbles upon desperate men trying to scam wealthy foreigners in so-called advanced-fee frauds. Books of The Times: ‘Every Day Is for the Thief’ by Teju Cole 2014-03-25T20:21:54Z The film follows the story of a young man who comes to Lagos with a secret mission to detonate a bomb that will kill 2,500 people. Boko Haram gets Nollywood treatment as Nigerian films imitate life 2013-07-04T15:58:08Z In Nigeria, the curator Bisi Silva, who fostered contemporary art at a center in Lagos, became a mentor. Simone Leigh, in the World 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z “Fela!” is set in the Shrine, Kuti’s historic nightclub in Lagos, and uses his own music to tell the story of his life. ArtsBeat: ?Fela? May Be Headed Soon to Nigeria 2011-01-04T02:33:22Z Okeke earned a British law degree and worked in New York, Beijing and Shanghai before moving to Lagos and starting his own branding and production company. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z It features performances staged in locations from New York to Paris to Lagos, Nigeria, and Seoul, South Korea. Harry and Meghan visit UN amid world leaders’ meeting 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Eze gets scammed before he even passes through customs in Lagos and emerges into its parched, weedy cityscape. Review: Bright Young Men Stoop to Scam in ‘Nigerian Prince’ 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z The death of a Liberian man hospitalized in Lagos with the virus is raising fears that the latest outbreak could spread into Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is now the deadliest ever 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Three years ago, United discontinued a Houston to Lagos, Nigeria, route that serviced travelers in the energy and oil industries. Wheels Up on More Flights to the African Continent 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z “I just wasn’t able to communicate with people the way I wanted to, and being in Lagos you hear so many different languages and so many different tribes,” Epega told Reuters TV. Pidgin perfect: Slang spreads message for Nigeria's 'opera queen' 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z He was born in London, but moved to Lagos, Nigeria, when he was three. Go See Yinka Shonibare at the Morris-Jumel Mansion This Weekend 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z Her mother died a year later, and she was passed from one distant relative to another in Lagos while she attended school. Buchi Emecheta, Nigerian Novelist, Dies at 72 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z The arrival of aliens off the coast of Lagos transforms the area and the people, miraculously remedying centuries of oceanic destruction caused by industrial and colonial exploitation. Disney’s Black mermaid is no breakthrough — look at the literary subgenre of Black mermaid fiction 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z He created a commune in the heart of Lagos, where he lived with his 27 wives before dying of AIDS-related complications in 1997. Broadway's 'Fela!' cast performs for Nigerian fans 2011-04-15T01:38:08Z Ross and Onabolu travelled to the Nigerian capital of Lagos, to see how a less regulated building culture fares. Are building regulations the enemy of architecture? 2013-02-28T13:11:49Z In Lagos, lush, green lemongrass bushes, grassier sisters of the yellow lemongrass stalks, grow locally. Three Restorative Recipes to Warm From Within 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z The plaques were housed in the British Museum and then the National Museum in Lagos. Met Museum Announces Return of Two Benin Bronzes to Nigeria 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Nigerian writer Oyinkan Braithwaite’s first novel is set in Lagos and, as its startling title suggests, it revolves around two sisters — one good, one not so much. Review | Three great audiobooks for your holiday drive 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Q. Is it right that the middle class is growing in Lagos and that it is changing the face of shopping? My Lagos: Duro Olowu's Home Town 2012-11-14T11:30:18Z “White Cube,” a 77-minute film that is screening in art centers across the world this month, including in Eindhoven, the Netherlands; Kinshasa, Congo; Lagos, Nigeria; and Tokyo, documents that process. With a New Museum, African Workers Take Control of Their Destiny 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Ten days in Lagos – that was one of the most exciting things I've done. Kano: 'Africa Express is random and surreal. Wicked, though' 2012-08-25T23:08:32Z Our narrator, Korede, is a nurse at a hospital in Lagos. Review | A woman on a killing spree gets some help from her enabling sister 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z At a recent sale in Lagos, an auctioneer was flown in from London. Africa's art flourishes as the newly wealthy wake up to its value 2013-07-10T21:29:37Z This year the biennial will return in a new location, perhaps slightly tamed, with three Nigerian curators based in Chicago, London and Lagos. Lagos, City of Hustle, Builds an Art ‘Ecosystem’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z You'd imagine people would resent him for smashing up their homes, but, after some token resistance, they mostly shrug their shoulders, mutter, "It's best for Lagos, I suppose" and move on. Greatest Cities of the World and Welcome to Lagos 2010-04-30T07:00:00Z While thwarting the theft of a tightly guarded biohazardous substance from the Institute for Infectious Diseases, in Lagos, Nigeria, they accidentally set several floors of a skyscraper on fire, resulting in fatalities. The Stifling Decency of “Captain America: Civil War” 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z As Carlos Lagos reported in Motor Trend, “Make no mistake: The F12 is a car driven by technological advancement, but it masks its numerous processors well.” 2013 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta : Precious Metal 2012-08-24T18:33:10Z Decades after he wrote it, the Lagos audience, on the May evening I attended, cheered and cried their way through a work ringing with Soyinka’s voice, somehow both forbidding and delicate. Wole Soyinka Is Not Going Anywhere 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Ehikhamenor, who splits his time between Lagos, Nigeria, and the United States, said during a video call from his studio in Maryland. History and Humor Inspire Victor Ehikhamenor’s Art 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Randle Center, a cultural center opening next year in Lagos, Nigeria, focusing on the history and culture of the Yoruba people of Western Africa. France Vowed to Return Looted Treasures. But Few Are Heading Back. 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Among the participants was a class beaming in from Lagos, Nigeria, the pupils neatly arranged along two outdoor ballet barres. Dancing in the Streets of Harlem, and Gathering to Dance, Merce-Style 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z The choice of Lagos as a starting point is a curious but astute one. A Landscape of Organized Chaos: Nigerian Photographers at MoMA 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Okorocha’s new single, “Wetin you want”, which translates as “What do you want”, tells her story of defiance in a city full of crooks and hustlers with the catchphrase “This is Lagos”. Nigeria's 'Rock Goddess' wants to change people's minds 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Nigerian singer 2 Face, known for his catchy, fast-paced pop song "Implication," claimed both the artist of the year and best male performer awards during the ceremony held in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos. Singer 2 Face wins MTV Africa artist of the year 2010-12-12T01:16:00Z “Lagos was making room for people to come,” Onabanjo, the editor, said of this image. A Shining Moment of Pan-African Promise 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Another of the unique Nigerian references now in the dictionary is “okada”, which stems from the massive traffic jams for which megacity Lagos is internationally notorious. Nigeria and the Oxford English Dictionary 'rub minds' 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z But he then disappeared from the music scene for about 25 years and battled poverty in Lagos before making a comeback in the past decade. Nigeria mourns veteran singer Fatai 2013-06-13T10:57:38Z Last season, Adam and Eric realized they were not a match when Eric traveled to Lagos, Nigeria in a series stand-out episode, examining the nuances of the Black queer experience in Africa. On "Sex Education," Ncuti Gatwa's Eric always shines, even in a disappointing final season 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z As commissioning editor for documentaries, her many commissions include The Great British Bake Off, The Choir, Welcome to Lagos and a programme about assisted suicide featuring author Sir Terry Pratchett. Moore appointed BBC One controller 2013-06-26T08:10:51Z My grandmother had sheltered her children from Lagos’s vices. The Power of “Grease” 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Born in Lagos to a Nigerian Civil War-hero father and a mother who is a high school principal, Apata is perhaps an unlikely pop star. The New Guard of Nigerian Musicians 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Cities like Luanda in Angola, Addis Ababa in Ethiopia and Lagos in Nigeria are getting new skylines, but is life at the street level improving? Review: ‘Facing East’ Examines Chinese Influence on African Cities 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z During yet another violent raid on a village, the two men abandon their posts and head for Lagos. Going AWOL in Africa’s Largest City 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z The talented Lagos brothers, in particular, were marvelously grounded and earthy. Dance Review | New York Flamenco Festival: Flamenco Kept Simple, but Fun 2010-02-23T23:29:00Z Akin Abayomi, Lagos state’s health commissioner, launched the Art4life project last year to add music, painting and poetry to the healthcare arsenal. Nigeria taps the power of music to try to beat coronavirus 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Here are some Associated Press photographs of this year's festivities in Lagos. AP PHOTOS: Nigeria's biggest city holds a carnival 2013-04-01T19:37:10Z “I’m protesting for it to come to Lagos, so if I see it now, I will lose that fight,” he said before a performance with Positive Force, the 13-piece orchestra he leads, here Saturday night. Femi Kuti, Guarding the Legacy of His Father, Fela 2010-07-11T22:42:00Z Despite the widespread use of back-up generators, electricity blackouts are a frequent feature of Lagos life, often affecting internet connections. Lagos art lovers get chance to bid for long-lost masterpiece found in 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z It’s made up of artists and writers from Nigeria who, once a year for the past three years, have driven in vans from Lagos to other parts of the continent. Art Review: ?The Ungovernables: 2012 New Museum Triennial? 2012-02-16T23:45:32Z In 2015, she opened her gallery and quickly attracted attention; a year later, Vogue named her one of “the 5 Coolest Women in Lagos.” From Lagos to Los Angeles, an African Art Gallery Arrives 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Here, he describes the formation of a creative relationship with his late wife, Linda, and why he chose to record the album in Lagos, Nigeria. Exclusive: Paul McCartney talks about Band on the Run 2010-10-26T10:37:00Z Nigerian officials began screening airport and seaport passengers this week after a Liberian man who collapsed in Lagos airport was later confirmed to have died of Ebola. Ebola outbreak 'moving faster than efforts to control it', says WHO chief 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z I want to get a house in Lagos, and to live with her here. Welcome to Lagos: Nigeria's dirt poor 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z They decided to remodel the family home, which sits on a narrow street in Lagos' sprawling Ikeja neighborhood near the city's international airport. New Nigeria museum fetes late Afrobeat singer Fela 2012-10-16T11:31:05Z Wednesday nights are for wraps at the Sokoh home in Lagos. Weeknight Dinner Around the World 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z This year, Lagos' state government said the festival would commemorate the region's historical ties with Brazil. AP PHOTOS: Nigeria's biggest city holds a carnival 2013-04-01T19:37:10Z In 1977, his Lagos compound was burned down, and his activist mother killed, in a Nigerian army raid. Get-up-and-dance ‘Fela!’ coming to Seattle May 28-June 2 2013-05-22T23:12:41Z At the other end of the table, Damascus retained last place, followed by the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, and Lagos in Nigeria. Vienna tops Melbourne as world's most liveable city: Economist survey 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z And she does her most artful work in conjuring the corruption and ambient menace of Lagos, as Korede perceives it. Helping Out Family Is Taken to Extremes in ‘My Sister, the Serial Killer’ 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z It quickly becomes apparent that the 32-year-old, acclaimed by his peers back home in Lagos for his relentless drive, is difficult to stop once he's on a roll. I'm with D'Banj 2012-06-23T22:30:01Z “This is a very significant discovery, given my father’s contribution to Nigerian art and African art, more broadly,” he told Reuters in Lagos. Lagos art lovers get chance to bid for long-lost masterpiece found in 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Rapping about Lagos, Nigeria, on the new song “Pandemonium”? Music Review: A Quick Study of Status (Fine Watches Set to Rap) 2011-03-06T22:43:04Z In cities like Lagos, Nigeria, Idowu connects with food and hospitality folks about how they use and sell these spirits. The delicious, diverse world of spirits from the African continent 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z When the narrator spies a young woman on a Lagos bus reading a Michael Ondaatje novel, it “makes my heart leap up into my mouth and thrash about like a catfish in a bucket.” Books of The Times: ‘Every Day Is for the Thief’ by Teju Cole 2014-03-25T20:21:54Z It takes all day to get there from Yaba, Lagos State, where I live. This is 18 Around the World — Through Girls’ Eyes 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Advertisement Mr. Olaiya, now 84, is not only the most famous Nigerian exponent of high-life music but was a mentor to many of the later Lagos musicians. Running Deep, the Roots of King Sunny Adé 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z “I grew up listening to her music,” Alade said in an interview from Lagos. Angélique Kidjo Connects With Africa’s Next Musical Generation 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z During the strikes, government officials put increasing pressure on broadcasters not to show images of protests, which at one point saw tens of thousands in the streets of Lagos. Nigeria censors documentary in growing crackdown 2013-04-21T11:53:55Z In the 1950s, the British Museum sold several plaques to Nigeria for a planned museum in Lagos, for instance, and sold others on the open market. This Art Was Looted 123 Years Ago. Will It Ever Be Returned? 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Lagos is growing at such an astonishing rate that by 2015 it is predicted to be the third largest city in the world, behind Mumbai and Tokyo, but it is an unlikely model metropolis. Welcome to Lagos: Nigeria's dirt poor 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z And if Lagos gets too hot, or they can’t find a store carrying the Prada bag they want, they fly to Dubai or Cape Town for the weekend. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z As age 11, she attended boarding school in the more cosmopolitan city of Lagos. Njideka Akunyili Crosby: The painter in her MacArthur moment 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z A graduate of the University of Lagos, Mr. Ogundipe had enrolled at the University of San Francisco to earn a master’s degree in computer science. Halfway Around the World, Their Paths Finally Crossed 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z He was eventually expelled, and his mother sent him to boarding school, five hours from Lagos. Tunde Baiyewu 2013-02-02T08:00:55Z Will Anderson, the series producer of Welcome to Lagos, a fascinating new three-part documentary, agrees. Welcome to Lagos: Nigeria's dirt poor 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z Victory and her mother prepare lunch in Lagos, Nigeria. This is 18 Around the World — Through Girls’ Eyes 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Through Cole's eyes, we experience Lagos as a city that is at once a product of its history and captive to its present, swerving between optimism and uncertainty. Open City by Teju Cole ? review 2011-08-06T23:05:38Z The show, which takes place during what is advertised as the last concert in Fela’s self-contained nation of a compound in Lagos, features a variety of striking set pieces. Theater Review: ‘Fela!’ on Broadway at Al Hirschfeld Theater 2012-07-13T02:00:00Z The BBC's Will Ross in Lagos says the musician was influenced by Ghana's highlife scene, as well as calypso from the Caribbean. Nigeria mourns veteran singer Fatai 2013-06-13T10:57:38Z It’s about a young Nigerian, also a psychiatry student in New York, who returns home to Lagos for a short visit. Books of The Times: ‘Every Day Is for the Thief’ by Teju Cole 2014-03-25T20:21:54Z Victory is a first-year student at the University of Lagos. This is 18 Around the World — Through Girls’ Eyes 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Our family always went as a group to the airport to pick up whoever was coming home from Boston, London, or Lagos. My father loved epic solo road trips. But for his final journey, we all came along 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z This album is very angry and it really sounds like Lagos -- quite rough at the edges. Nigeria's Femi Kuti lauded as best World Music artist 2011-04-28T13:53:03Z A set of everyday Nigerian travelers board the last Flamingo Airways flight scheduled to fly from Lagos to Abuja on a fateful Friday night in 2006. Nollywood goes to Paris 2013-05-07T15:04:08Z Damascus in war-torn Syria remained the worst-ranked city, below Lagos in Nigeria and the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, which swapped places. Vienna holds off Melbourne to top EIU ranking of most liveable cities 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z That book, about a young Nigeria returning home to Lagos after a long absence abroad, was published in 2007 by Cassava Republic Press, a small publishing house based in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. ArtsBeat: Hemingway/PEN Award Goes to Teju Cole 2012-03-08T20:48:31Z When the massacre of Igbos began in the north following the coup, Achebe was working for the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission in Lagos. Chinua Achebe obituary 2013-03-22T13:56:09Z This novel, longlisted for the Booker Prize, follows the fates of two women in Lagos, a city that strives to repress women. New in Paperback: ‘How to Stop Time,’ ‘Flash’ 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z With an election nearing, Obalola is caught between the realities of an oncoming gang war and his dream of leaving Lagos. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z To the uninitiated, the complexity of Lagos can seem like chaos. Going AWOL in Africa’s Largest City 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z How London reacts remains to be seen, but in Lagos this summer I met Kuti's daughter Yeni, who said she approved of the Broadway show. Fela Kuti: Spliffs, riffs . . . and 27 wives 2010-10-26T20:31:00Z Friends of his traveled across the world to be there, too, the bride said, “from as far away as London, Hong Kong and Lagos in Nigeria.” Slowing Down Sped Up Their Relationship 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z He conceded that the way business is done in Lagos, especially the closed circle of wealth and the official corruption, is discouraging. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z An engraving shows the Namur, centre, fighting in the Battle of Lagos, a key incident in the Seven Years' War. Discover me timbers: experts identify remains of 18th century warship 2012-08-16T16:28:53Z How to classify someone who is born in Lagos, splits their time between there and Brussels, and does residencies in Hong Kong and New York? African horizons 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The traditional clothes worn by Fela’s so-called queens, some of them also his wives, at his Lagos nightclub risked losing something in translation to Broadway, Ms. Draghici explained. A Wizard Who Works With Color and Pattern 2009-12-17T17:19:28Z With great effort, Fela’s survivors have built a New Africa Shrine in a different area of Lagos. Femi Kuti, Guarding the Legacy of His Father, Fela 2010-07-11T22:42:00Z In Lagos, the largest city, traffic halts movement for hours, as suggested by Uche Okpa-Iroha’s pictures of public buses seemingly piled up, back to back. Art in Review: ‘Go-Slow’: ‘Diaries of Personal and Collective Stagnation in Lagos’ 2013-07-04T23:28:40Z Adebayo Oke-Lawal, 28, the creative director of Orange Culture, stocked his wares at Stranger Lagos while the store was in business. What It Means to Dress in Lagos 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z More Photos > IF you plan on conjuring up a 1970s dance club in Lagos, Nigeria, on Broadway, a fine place to start is a patch of Africa tucked along a Harlem cross street. A Wizard Who Works With Color and Pattern 2009-12-17T17:19:28Z The historian was born in Lagos to a Nigerian father and a white British mother. David Olusoga Wants Britain to Face Its Past. All of It. 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z The actors appeared live from London, Barcelona and Lagos. Digital theatre: 'A new sort of artform' 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z "Lagos is not a kind of backward situation but an announcement of the future," the architect Rem Koolhaas has said. Welcome to Lagos: Nigeria's dirt poor 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z The swagger of the Lagos man was captured by the jaunty tailoring of Emmy Collins or the mix of Madras checks from Kola Kuddus . Nigeria, on the Fashion Catwalk 2012-11-14T10:36:25Z “But I would like to host more pop-up shops, and I am planning one in Lagos later this year.” Cape Town Shines in London 2012-05-14T16:47:19Z Young Jetlag is so impressed that he joins the local chapter of the Lagos Recovering Criminals Association. Meet Nigeria's Captain Rugged - a superhero who can dance 2014-02-26T09:12:25Z Fifty years ago, Nigeria's capital, Lagos, was a city the size of today's Bradford, with a population of a little less than 300,000 people. Welcome to Lagos 2010-04-16T05:45:00Z “Welcome to Lagos” starts this way, but by the end Onuzo has split her narrative into too many parts. Going AWOL in Africa’s Largest City 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Can you describe what the reaction in Lagos was like to the musical? 'Finding Fela!' uses musical bio as entry point to tell Fela Kuti story 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z During the news conference he stated his commitment to helping the fight against Islamist militants in the northeast, before embarking on the hour-long flight to Lagos to visit the New Afrika Shrine. France's president visits Nigerian music legend's nightclub 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z These include Slum Survivors, a three-part series that tests young people's resourcefulness in the slums of Lagos, Mumbai and Jakarta, and The Human Tissue Team, a two-part look at tissue donation. series 2013-10-23T15:41:20Z Just before the pandemic, I began writing a cookbook about the food I’ve always known and loved and longed for: the many cuisines of Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city and a cultural nexus. What the Food We Cook Reveals About Us 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z The dance floor’s famous sound system booms with a sound piece by the Nigerian artist Emeka Ogboh — an aural pastiche of Lagos street noise, rather than thumping techno. While Berghain Is Closed, There’s Art on the Dance Floor 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Pedralva The final push to the western edge of the Algarve, Europe’s far southwestern corner, landed me briefly in the port town of Lagos. The Other Algarve 2013-07-19T16:35:02Z In an environment where design expertise is lacking, Bassey is also notable for starting a fashion school in Lagos. Tradition meets modernity at Nigeria fashion show 2011-03-13T16:16:04Z In Lagos I was struck by the extremes of wealth. Rio Ferdinand: 'I love the rawness in African music' 2012-08-25T23:08:35Z The growing fashion sector, like Nollywood, is indicative of a nation on the cusp of wider prosperity, explains Omoyemi Akerele, the founder of Style House Files, which organizes Lagos Fashion & Design Week. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z I did a show years ago at The Studio Museum in Harlem called “The World Stage: Africa, Lagos ~ Dakar.” Kehinde Wiley, Spoiler of Artists 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z The play, set in Lagos, Johannesburg, Harare, Accra, Kampala and London on the same day, depicts barbershops as places where Black men can be vulnerable or argumentative. For Hurvin Anderson, the Barbershop Is Haven and Inspiration 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Flea, following a 2008 concert in Lagos, declared it "without a doubt, the craziest show I have ever played in my life". Tony Allen and Rizzle Kicks join Damon Albarn's Africa Express 2012-08-14T09:06:49Z It appeared at an art show in Lagos the following year, but its whereabouts after that were unknown, until it re-surfaced in north London. Nigeria's 'Mona Lisa' shown at home for first time since it resurfaced 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Today’s Lagos throws shadows, too, over the doctor’s more golden memories of the city from his childhood. ‘Every Day is for the Thief:’ back home in tumultuous Lagos 2014-03-20T21:15:07Z She began a piece about moving to the UK – good topic – by noting that buses in London and Lagos are different. You can't teach creative writing. Can you? 2012-07-05T15:21:47Z Shot in Lagos, all three films are told in a simple but dramatic visual style, thanks to the macabre instincts of the cinematographer Femi Awojide. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z One of these is in west Africa, where the cities of Lagos, Ibadan, Lomé and Accra are threatening to merge. The urban age: how cities became our greatest design challenge yet | Justin McGuirk 2010-03-29T13:39:00Z On Monday, there were 2,558 confirmed cases in Nigeria, home to large Christian and Muslim communities, 1,107 of them in Lagos. Nigeria taps the power of music to try to beat coronavirus 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Louis may be a master of faux-naive inquiry, but in Lagos he encounters several connoisseurs of the freely given but totally disingenuous answer. TV review: Single Father and Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos 2010-10-11T05:45:00Z One of the most striking photographs in the book depicts a man in Lagos, nattily dressed in a vivid pink suit. What You Didn’t Know About Barkley L. Hendricks 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z In this episode of Quick Hits, we visit with Seun in Lagos and capture exclusive performances centered around his second album, "From Africa with Fury: Rise." Quick Hits: Afrobeat sensation Seun Kuti performs live 2011-08-27T16:01:00Z My parents moved us back to Lagos after completing graduate school in Berlin, and they shared eintopf with me and my siblings. A One-Pot Short Rib Stew That’s Brimming With Memories 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z “In Nigeria, for example, where health systems are stronger, the number of cases has so far been limited, despite the introduction of infection into the large cities of Lagos and Port Harcourt.“ As many as 1.4 million could be infected with Ebola by January, CDC warns 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z Plastic waste, in the form of discarded bags, food and drink packaging, is ubiquitous in Lagos, a city of 20 million people where dropping litter is commonplace. Nigerian artist turns plastic waste into fashion to raise awareness 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z And I know the grinding stone, called olo in Yoruba, that she was working with on that day in 1982 in Lagos, Nigeria. Mortars, Pestles and the Comfort of a Culinary Ritual 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Bands and dancers performed in succession, a professional actress emceed and business and blood royalty mingled with state governors and the archbishop of Lagos. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z One is in a private collection in Lagos, while Peppiatt is hunting the third in Washington D.C., the expert said. Nigeria's 'Mona Lisa' shown at home for first time since it resurfaced 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z The third part of the film takes Femi and his mother to Lagos where their relationship takes an unlikely turn. ‘The Last Tree’ Review: Struggles of a New Life 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z “Castle & Castle,” which Abudu co-created and executive produces, is about a Lagos law firm run by a husband and wife, whose respective cases threaten to destroy their marriage. Mo Abudu Isn’t Waiting for Permission 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z In 1964 — at the very moment when the civil rights movement was transforming America and when West Africans were feeling the hopeful beginnings of political independence — the Lawrences touched down in Lagos. A Tribute to Black Artists Could Signal a Change for Museums 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z "There is no known corruption in Lagos," declares the local kingpin's spokesman confidently as everybody smiles and blood spatters the pavement. BBC Election 70 2010-10-09T05:45:00Z He presents a Lagos of eccentricities and of joyousness as well as shocking levels of callousness. Open City by Teju Cole ? review 2011-08-06T23:05:38Z Despite the widespread use of back-up generators, electricity blackouts are a frequent feature of Lagos life, often affecting internet connections. Lagos art lovers get chance to bid for long-lost masterpiece found in 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Scheduling the Lagos catwalk shows back-to-back was slightly frustrating. Nigeria, on the Fashion Catwalk 2012-11-14T10:36:25Z Wavy the Creator, started to perform on the Lagos music scene in 2017. The New Guard of Nigerian Musicians 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z A near accident with a motorcycle snaps Chike out of a daydream and reminds him that “Lagos would kill you if you wasted time on yesterday.” Going AWOL in Africa’s Largest City 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z “The designers from Lagos offer our customers the opportunity to discover new ways to experience luxury fashion,” he adds. Nigeria, on the Fashion Catwalk 2012-11-14T10:36:25Z LAGOS, Nigeria — The chaos of Nigeria's largest city of Lagos gets boiled down to prose as a narrator notes "how unpretty" its sprawl looks, with "its unplanned houses sprouting like weeds." Nigerian authors look West to gain their fame 2012-01-26T11:21:09Z Nor do we suspect that Santa Claus Is Coming to Town was inspired by nights in Lagos. 12 songs of Christmas: Tosin Martins – Silent Night 2012-12-17T12:59:00Z My last trip to Lagos, Nigeria, where I grew up, was in January 2020, and the visits I took to market apothecaries with her have stayed with me. Three Restorative Recipes to Warm From Within 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z I'd been to the continent only once before: to Nigeria, at seven and without my mum, whose painful adolescence in London and Lagos had left her with no love of home. Taiye Selasi: "I'm Afropolitan dammit!' 2013-03-22T10:54:01Z "Our collection features a complimentary color palette, so you can create a more drama by stacking several borders on top of one another," Lagos says. The classic decorating trick that’s making a comeback 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z “Now it’s like, ‘Oh, Bisi, I want to go to Lagos, I want to go to Ghana,’ or they’ve already been there,” she said. Discovering Contemporary African Art, With a Curator as a Guide 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Tillmans lives between Berlin and London, though he travels frequently; in July, he wrapped an eight-city tour of Africa with an exhibition called “Fragile” that concluded in Lagos, Nigeria. Wolfgang Tillmans: Older, Wiser, Cooler 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Her new book, “Last Day in Lagos,” gathers over 100 of these images with essays by artists and curators. A Shining Moment of Pan-African Promise 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z He spends most of his time in his remote ancestral village, a five-hour drive northeast of Lagos, and rarely performs. Running Deep, the Roots of King Sunny Adé 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z So far, there are five episodes with locations in Paris, Vietnam, Beirut, Lagos and Bali. Dance in NYC This Week 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Mansions boast water views along Queen’s Drive in Lagos’s exclusive Ikoyi neighborhood. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z One highlight is his “Fourteen Stations of the Cross” series of prints, which is based on murals he completed for a Catholic church in Lagos in 1967. At These American Museums, You Can Travel the World 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z “Lagos has always been an important hub in Africa and the world – but it is now emerging as one of the world’s foremost metropolitan cities,” Adjaye wrote in an email. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z The four generations of guests at Balogun’s 80th were all as tied to London as to Lagos, but the younger generations have almost no links to the provincial and traditional Nigeria of Balogun’s generation. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z “This country has the biggest G.D.P. in Africa,” one oil industry expat said at the Lagos Yacht Club, a hangout where British and Nigerian sailors sip gin and tonics. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z At the private Lagos Yacht Club, members sail in crafts both large and small. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z Its technology was more advanced than that of the major labels in Nigeria’s capital, Lagos, and it drew musicians to Enugu to record. William Onyeabor, Reclusive African Electro-Funk Pioneer, Dies at 70 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Mr. Onobrakpeya, who divides his time between Lagos and the Niger Delta region, where he was born and runs a residential workshop, is one of the best known and most prolific African printmakers. Art in Review: Bruce Onobrakpeya: ‘Jewels of Nomadic Images’ 2012-11-15T23:28:43Z Lagos’s billionaires and multimillionaires spend up to $50 million on long-range jets, and Nigeria has one of the fastest-growing markets for private aircraft in the world. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z Today Mr. Olubi attends investor meetings in San Francisco and Lagos with tousled dreadlocks, long nails painted in bright colors and lipstick. What It Means to Dress in Lagos 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z After an exhibition of his work was mounted in Oshogbo, he moved to Lagos and later to London. Prince Twins Seven-Seven, Nigerian Artist, Dies at 67 2011-07-03T23:00:06Z In “The Water Will Come,” partly built on stories he’s written for Rolling Stone, he visits cities in peril around the globe: New York; Lagos, Nigeria; Norfolk, Va.; Miami; Venice; Rotterdam. Not if the Seas Rise, but When and How High 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Over a week he will give arts management seminars in five cities: Lagos, Nigeria; Kampala, Uganda; Nairobi, Kenya; Zanzibar, Tanzania; and Harare, Zimbabwe. ArtsBeat: Head of Kennedy Center to Give Management Seminars in Africa 2011-01-05T15:17:49Z But while celebrity beckons, many of Nigeria's unemployed youth find the dark side of Lagos' tooth-and-claw environment. Africa's 'Big Brother' again sees Nigerian winner 2011-09-06T21:43:15Z Saro-Wiwa travels from Lagos to the archaeologically rich town of Ikom and many points on the map in between to try to understand the country her family left behind. Dear Match Book: What Should I Read on My Summer Vacation? 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z The American edition of “Thief” includes photos that Mr. Cole took in Lagos, a Sebaldian touch that is likely to keep the comparisons coming. New York Times Critics on What They Want to See 2013-12-31T23:10:26Z The flurries of narration allude to socialistic objectives in architecture, whether in a Yugoslav company’s construction work for the International Trade Fair in Lagos, Nigeria, or the plans for the 20th-century city of Brasília. Review: ‘All the Cities of the North’ Explores Architecture and Men 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Welcome to Lagos offers genuine insights into the lives of those on the edge, but the script accentuates the positive rather too determinedly. The Book Show 2010-04-15T05:45:00Z “African heritage,” Mr. Macron said, “must be highlighted in Paris, but also in Dakar, in Lagos, in Cotonou,” referring to major African cities. Emmanuel Macron Says Return of African Artifacts Is a Top Priority 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Later this year, the Lagos Biennial will return. Lagos, City of Hustle, Builds an Art ‘Ecosystem’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Welcome to Lagos Metropolitan Lagos is a chaotic mega-city of around 16 million souls, many of whom live in terrible conditions. The Book Show 2010-04-15T05:45:00Z The Nigerian Commission for Museums and Monuments and the Nigerian National Museum in Lagos did not respond to requests for comment on the Christie’s sale. Disputed African Artifacts Sell at Auction 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z It's a dense groove that continues, frequently varied, but barely interrupted, for nearly two rapt hours, like a particularly uninhibited Radiohead gig relocated to Lagos. Atoms for Peace – review 2013-07-27T23:05:19Z His lyrics, partly in pidgin, called out the Nigerian military dictatorship; at home he declared his Lagos house to be an independent territory. ‘Finding Fela,’ From Alex Gibney 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Sonariwo, who plans to divide her time between Los Angeles and Lagos, said she looks forward to bringing more African artists to American audiences. From Lagos to Los Angeles, an African Art Gallery Arrives 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z People try to compare Lagos to New York City, and I’m like, Lagos is New York multiplied by 25, bruh. Yvonne Orji, the ‘Insecure’ Star, Returns Confidently to Stand-Up 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Korede and Ayoola have grown up in Lagos, a city that is bulging with people streaming in from the countryside in search of jobs. In This Novel, One Sister Is a Nurse. The Other Is a Murderer. 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Outside before the show a correspondent for the Lagos radio station Cool 96.9 FM was recording a report on the scene. Music Review: D?Banj and Other African Stars at Irving Plaza 2012-02-22T23:24:21Z What does identity entail in Lagos and Berlin? Ten Cities, a million tunes 2013-07-07T18:00:02Z “It was a time when Lagos was full of people from around the world, amazing weeks of parties, a time when there was possibility.” A Shining Moment of Pan-African Promise 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Born in Lagos, Nigeria, he moved to Ireland when he was 9. ‘Artists Are Migrants’: A Nigerian-Irish Dancer’s Multiplicities 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z That kind of scene in Lagos — or anywhere in the region — is hard to find. A Rare Gem of a Restaurant in Lagos 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z The Lagos scene, however, joins homegrown artists with those who lived or studied abroad but moved back, inspired to create amid the energy of the city. Lagos, City of Hustle, Builds an Art ‘Ecosystem’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Lagos, the commercial hub of Africa’s most populous nation, largest economy and leading energy producer, would have been an ideal springboard for Ebola to spread across the country. How Nigeria successfully curbed its Ebola outbreak 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Kuti insisted on “Africa for Africa,” as one song title put it, but seemed to be angling for a World Bank loan when he pressed his desire for a highway from Lagos to Johannesburg. Femi Kuti’s energy is as tireless as his message during 9:30 Club concert 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z He is now working on a nonfiction book about Lagos. Teju Cole’s ‘Every Day Is for the Thief’ Comes to the U.S. 2014-03-19T21:01:25Z Accra — Lome, Monrovia and Lagos as well — are teeming with ads that depict beauty as light-skinned. What Is the Color of Beauty? 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z Some 300 other volunteers will be deployed to help the federal and Lagos state governments in providing protective equipment and educational and hygiene materials. Ebola: Nigeria confirms new case in Lagos 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Kaiser said in an interview that 300 people had signed up to attend the seminar in Lagos, 150 each in Nairobi and Harare, and sizable groups in the other cities, as well. ArtsBeat: Head of Kennedy Center to Give Management Seminars in Africa 2011-01-05T15:17:49Z One minute we’re in Lagos and a shop with a single chair and a mattress the proprietor sleeps on, and the next we’re in a roomy London shop where Samuel wants a better sound system. Review | ‘Barber Shop Chronicles’ eavesdrops on men getting haircuts 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z The Brazilian dishes Ms. Sokoh discussed arrived in West Africa with formerly enslaved people from Brazil who settled in Lagos in the 19th century. A Stew That Captures the Essence of the Sea 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z It's a small stretch of sand attached to Victoria Island, one of the most upmarket neighbourhoods in Lagos. Welcome to Lagos: Nigeria's dirt poor 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z In Lagos, Nigeria, a young pop star, closeted in a deeply homophobic country, writes a hit song and begins to reclaim his true identity. ‘The Anomaly,’ Part Airplane Thriller and Part Exploration of Reality, Fate and Free Will 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z “I really love maps of cities that sprawl out of control, like Mumbai or Lagos,” Mr. Morellet said. Up Close: Now Re-Mapping His Life 2011-05-18T18:00:47Z Back then the streets of Lagos were still brightly lit, he said. Running Deep, the Roots of King Sunny Adé 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z I'm invited to speak at festivals all over the world – Dubai, New Zealand, Lagos. Kate Mosse: a life in writing 2012-10-12T21:55:18Z Arguably the best book about contemporary Lagos published in the past decade, received enthusiastic reviews on its publication in Nigeria. Open City by Teju Cole ? review 2011-08-06T23:05:38Z One can only imagine what Updike would have made of the Lagos of power cuts, traffic congestion, armed robbers and other hustlers, but Cole's gifts more than measure up to the task before him. Open City by Teju Cole ? review 2011-08-06T23:05:38Z About a week after Davido’s meetings in Abuja, Nigerian soldiers shot and killed peaceful protesters in the Lekki neighborhood of Lagos. The Afrobeats Star Davido, an Upbeat Voice in a Turbulent Time 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z It was potent enough that they counterattacked with weapons rather than instruments, invading and destroying the Kalakuta Republic, the communal compound in Lagos where Fela lived and worked. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z She writes of a Lagos filled with climbers, debating the merits of American affectations versus English ones for their children, gravitating to those who hold enough power to dispense favors. Books of The Times: ‘Americanha,’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2013-05-19T20:26:59Z Sprawled between lagoons and the sea, Lagos faces high risks from climate change. Lagos, City of Hustle, Builds an Art ‘Ecosystem’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Everyone knows Lagos is a bit of a dump; they just all have a dream that some day it won't be. Greatest Cities of the World and Welcome to Lagos 2010-04-30T07:00:00Z Shell’s job is to sleep for 10 years alongside her passengers while Ragtime keeps the ship running, docks at Space Station Lagos for maintenance and proceeds to orbit Bloodroot, the destination planet. Memory, That Unreliable Narrator: New Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Home to great petro-fortunes, Lagos is Dallas minus the glittery malls and pedicured blondes – although the shops are starting to come in. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z When the dark side of the fantasy arrived — this was in Lagos, in December 2016 — it was as sudden as it was severe. How to Date a Lot of Billionaires 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z A string of them — Lagos, Nigeria; Kinshasa, Congo; Cairo — are already more populous than New York. ‘Architecture of Independence’ in Africa’s Fast-Growing Cities 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z They say Lagos state government will provide support for the performances. Award-winning musical 'Fela!' coming to Nigeria 2011-02-28T20:56:08Z Many who saw the show at a studio in Lagos said they were overwhelmed by the contortionists’ feats. Nigeria's contortionists go out on a limb for recognition 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z The parents’ desperation became a national cause, and hundreds of women rallied in the capital of Abuja and the metropolis of Lagos, demanding that the government do more to bring back the girls. Rush Limbaugh ignores existence of Nigerians, pretends Michelle Obama holding a sign is only response to abducted girls 2014-05-09T20:57:00Z He is onstage throughout, with two other musicians, the singer David Lagos and the guitarist Alfredo Lagos. Flamenco by Israel Galv?n - Review 2011-09-22T15:59:55Z First time round in Lagos, this upbeat approach to street entrepreneurialism was a dynamic liberation from the usual developing world tales of despair and suffering. Rewind TV: Hunted; Monroe; Arena: The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour; Best Possible Taste: the Kenny Everett Story; Exposure: the Other Side of Jimmy Savile; Welcome to India – review 2012-10-06T23:05:46Z In July, the United States Consul General in Nigeria Jeffrey Hawkins said “The last thing anyone in the world wants to hear is the two words, ‘Ebola’ and ‘Lagos’ in the same sentence.” Nigeria and Senegal are officially Ebola-free 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z I went to Lagos to promote a local soccer campaign: it was a chance for kids to get scouted by bigger teams. Rio Ferdinand: 'I love the rawness in African music' 2012-08-25T23:08:35Z Paris, New York, Shanghai, Bombay, Lagos and Tokyo each had its own version, which was also part of larger trend. Art Review: ‘Tokyo 1955-1970: A New Avant-Garde’ at MoMA 2012-11-15T22:48:46Z “I’m a huge admirer,” Shoneyin said in a video call from her home in Lagos. Mo Abudu Isn’t Waiting for Permission 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The film's last act takes place in Lagos, where Femi and his mother travel to meet his father, a fascinating, revelatory sequence. "It's a quiet revolt": Filmmaker on how "The Last Tree" moves between Black and white spaces 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Uwechue got his start singing in the choir at House on the Rock Pentecostal church in Lagos, Nigeria. Nigerian Finds Pop Stardom in Beijing 2011-03-15T20:49:01Z The messages are getting through, said Cyril Oto-Obong, a comedy fan who works as an accountant in Lagos. Nigerian comics fight COVID-19 with gags and slapstick slaps 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z He declared his little parcel of land in Lagos to be its own sovereign nation, the Kalkatua Republic – which probably wasn’t the smartest thing to do. Finding Fela: the strange life of Afrobeat's forefather – first look review 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Sports car maker Porsche AG also recently opened a showroom on Lagos' Victoria Island, home to many company headquarters and homes for the nation's wealthiest citizens. Luxury brands target Nigeria's wealthy elite 2012-03-22T10:37:32Z Her latest film, "Frontieres", centers on four market women who travel across West Africa from Dakar, Senegal to Lagos, Nigeria, braving corrupt border guards and the ever-present threat of violence to earn a living. Burkina Faso director gives African women authentic voice 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z Ms. Darnton, a journalist who lived in Africa for five years, including two in Lagos, knows this world well. Newly Released Books 2011-07-20T21:21:46Z She eventually escapes the marriage and heads to Lagos, where she works for a wealthy family and encounters yet more punishing setbacks. 14 New Books to Watch For in February 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Rapid digitalisation in Nigeria is heavily concentrated in the country’s metropolitan megacity, Lagos. Breaking the code: how women in Nigeria are changing the face of tech 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z “This is a very significant discovery, given my father’s contribution to Nigerian art and African art, more broadly,” he told Reuters in Lagos. Lagos art lovers get chance to bid for long-lost masterpiece found in 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Today, he lives in Lagos, where he moved for a job at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research. A ‘Lucky Child’ Writes His Way From Nigeria to the Global Stage 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z Ms. Silva works from Lagos, Nigeria, as an independent curator and artistic director of the coming ART X Lagos Art Fair. Discovering Contemporary African Art, With a Curator as a Guide 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z At the outset, though, her description of the buses in Lagos was unpromising: they were crowded, slow, dirty, and uncomfortable. You can't teach creative writing. Can you? 2012-07-05T15:21:47Z In Lagos, I would feel like a foreigner. God save the Queen 2010-05-15T23:05:00Z But while the military built the country's National Theatre in Lagos, a massive building in the shape of an officer's cap, it now sits largely unused and in poor condition. 'Winter's Tale' by Shakespeare gets African reboot 2012-05-25T10:51:11Z That the Lagos of Every Day is for the Thief is a more hopeful place than the New York of Open City is testimony to Cole's refusal to write to stereotype. Open City by Teju Cole ? review 2011-08-06T23:05:38Z Philip Adebowale, the Nigerian police official who detained the sisters in Lagos and issued the warrant that resulted in Kiran’s arrest, said that he had not colluded with Mr. Otedola and had not demanded bribes. How to Date a Lot of Billionaires 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z “I lived in Nigeria; I lived in London; I lived in America,” she said via Zoom from her home in Lagos, casually dressed in a T-shirt and, she noted, not wearing makeup or eyelashes. Tiwa Savage, Queen of Afrobeats, Makes a New Start 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z “And No Longer at Ease” transcended the story of an educated young Nigerian struggling with the pressure of new urban expectations in Lagos, and became the story of my father’s generation. Chinua Achebe: The man who rediscovered Africa 2013-03-22T14:45:00Z After a farcical exit from Lagos airport, he is finally installed in a decent room when the phone rings: "The caller was impatient, on the brink of rage." The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief by VS Naipaul 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z Like many veteran artists in Lagos, his practice is in effect a small business, with staff and contractors often supporting families in the countryside. Lagos, City of Hustle, Builds an Art ‘Ecosystem’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z An exhibition of photographs by teenagers from Makoko, a poor neighbourhood in Lagos, adds their windows to the houses built on water. Makoko exhibition opens a window on a Nigerian world 2013-03-28T14:04:50Z He started filming in late April in Lagos. Nollywood Seeks a Hit With ‘Doctor Bello’ 2012-09-23T03:17:19Z Stopping through Lagos is a good bet, however. The Southern Charms of Spain and Portugal 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z In 1444, the citizens of Lagos in southern Portugal witnessed a novel spectacle. A History of Modernity That Puts Africa at Center Stage 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z A Chinese friend, Li Yayu, who was working in Lagos at the time, was aware of Mr. Uwechue’s interest in singing. Nigerian Finds Pop Stardom in Beijing 2011-03-15T20:49:01Z “Polo has shifted from just the sports to a fashion statement,” said Mudrakat Alabi-Macfoy, wearing an airy white kaftan with a multi-colored floral necklace and head wrap at the Lagos Polo Club. Fashion and champagne grace Nigeria polo party 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Despite inevitable privations, this new three-part series on Lagos' slums suggests that many adapt surprisingly well to their extreme environments. The Book Show 2010-04-15T05:45:00Z In 2009, she opened the Nike Centre for Art and Culture on the edge of Lagos, near the sea. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z “PETA hopes Lagos doesn’t see a rise in the number of abandoned bunnies once lockdown is over, as we often see after Easter.” Nigerians turn to rabbits for consolation during coronavirus lockdown 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z And the nature of Mr. Okoro’s project posed an additional challenge: He would be shooting in Lagos, Nigeria, far from their New York support systems. He Won $1 Million to Make a Movie. Then the Problems Set in. 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z And so the stories on the shortlist will be debated over Guinness at Bogobiri's Bamboo bar in Lagos and Castles at the Book Café in Harare. Caine prize 2010-04-26T14:36:00Z Almaty in Kazakhstan was the least expensive, followed by Lagos in recession-hit Nigeria. Of bread and wine: the world's most expensive cities 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Daré, who lives in London but grew up in Lagos, told her that there were girls her age in Nigeria who did housework for a living. For Her Debut, Abi Daré Confronts ‘Dreams and Intelligence That We Kill’ 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z Its ambitious undertaking, and many others like it, are another side of the Lagos picture. Art in Review: ‘Go-Slow’: ‘Diaries of Personal and Collective Stagnation in Lagos’ 2013-07-04T23:28:40Z No one says Lagos is lovely any more. Welcome to Lagos 2010-04-16T05:45:00Z On Nov. 15, the couple took part in a traditional Yoruba wedding ceremony at Harbour Point, an events space in Lagos. Morenike Johnson, Ademola Adewale-Sadik 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z Cole has said in interviews that he will turn his attention back to Lagos for his next book, a nonfiction account of the city. Open City by Teju Cole ? review 2011-08-06T23:05:38Z He decides: “Lagos is a city of Scheherazades. The stories unfold in ever more fanciful iterations and, as in the myth, those who tell the best stories are richly rewarded.” Books of The Times: ‘Every Day Is for the Thief’ by Teju Cole 2014-03-25T20:21:54Z His interpretations of Lagos are gritty and fast paced, matching the environment in which he works, yet he manages to elucidate things that can only be apparent to someone looking closely. A Landscape of Organized Chaos: Nigerian Photographers at MoMA 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Born in London, Abudu was sent by her parents to Nigeria at age 7 to live with her grandmother in Ondo, a city about 140 miles northeast of Lagos. Mo Abudu Isn’t Waiting for Permission 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z “It is a literature more about being a citizen of the world — going to Europe, going back to Lagos,” he said. New Wave of African Writers With an Internationalist Bent 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z Achebe’s second novel, “No Longer At Ease,” would skip a generation and tell the story of Okonkwo’s grandson, Obi, a civil servant in 1950s Lagos. Chinua Achebe: The man who rediscovered Africa 2013-03-22T14:45:00Z Even if Greatest Cities of the World were, by some hideous mischance, to run to 20 series, Griff would be unlikely to make it to Lagos. Greatest Cities of the World and Welcome to Lagos 2010-04-30T07:00:00Z And both audiences were live because I did the comedy set in Lagos and I did one in at the Howard Theater. "Insecure" star Yvonne Orji is rewriting the immigrant narrative "one joke at a time" 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z Keen for it not to be the former, his mum sent him to Lagos to sort him out. New band of the day - L Marshall (No 1,420) 2012-12-20T17:46:26Z I used to be based in Berlin, but I just created my second studio, in Lagos, Nigeria, and I’ll be going back and forth between them. Diana Ejaita’s “Portrait of History” 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Welcome to Lagos is so much better than Secret Slumdog Millionaire – for one because it's actually about the people in the slums, not someone wanting to be seen to be doing good. Welcome to Lagos 2010-04-16T05:45:00Z The artist was born in London but spent their early years with their mother in Lagos, Nigeria. The Artist Who Transforms Galleries Into Forests and Fields 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z “That gives us comfort that he will repay the loan,” Mr. Yongo said by telephone from Lagos. Nollywood Seeks a Hit With ‘Doctor Bello’ 2012-09-23T03:17:19Z When the company decided to move its headquarters from Manhattan to Lagos it encountered countless difficulties. What Netflix’s involvement in Nigeria’s massive film industry really means 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z A few months later, at Lagos Fashion Week, the country’s pre-eminent fashion event, a number of male guests showed up in a similar style. What It Means to Dress in Lagos 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Those public land papers list a legal contact for Shokunbi in Lagos, Nigeria's largest city. Fugitives enrich themselves from abroad 2011-11-02T14:00:00Z In contrast, this project launched in the Moroccan city of Casablanca last June and will end in Marrakech later in 2020, after touring south via Dakar, Abidjan, Lagos, Addis Ababa and Cape Town. Pan-African exhibition seeks to herald continent's art scene 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Over the course of the novel, he moves from place to place, including Texas, Morehouse College in Atlanta and eventually Lagos, searching for connection and a sense of himself. 4 Writers to Watch This Summer 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z She says she feels that Lagos needs what England has: fashion colleges as an education and a platform. Nigeria, on the Fashion Catwalk 2012-11-14T10:36:25Z The studio’s marketing chief, Asad Ayaz, orchestrated a global campaign that found the cast walking red carpets at premieres in New York, Los Angeles, London, Mexico City and Lagos, Nigeria. ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Ends Box Office Drought 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z I recommend stopping in Albufeira, roughly an hour’s drive east of Lagos. The Southern Charms of Spain and Portugal 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z It’s a perspective often seen in the work of this loose movement of emerging talents who are creating photography in vastly different contexts — New York and Johannesburg, Lagos and London. Black Beauty: Photography Between Art and Fashion 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Teju Cole’s new book extols the streets of Lagos, Nigeria, where he spent his youth. | Stillness in the Move 2014-02-25T19:46:20Z A tiny gem of a book, it is filled with acute and clear-sighted observations about Lagos, a city from which stories emerge from every direction. Open City by Teju Cole ? review 2011-08-06T23:05:38Z It was imported to Nigeria when Liberian-American diplomat Patrick Sawyer collapsed at the main international airport in Lagos on July 20. How Nigeria successfully curbed its Ebola outbreak 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z She chose to lay it out on a highway connecting the cities of Lagos and Abeokuta on 7 July. Guinness World Record: Nigerian sets record for longest wig 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z His talent was spotted by D'Prince, an artist in his own right, and younger brother of Don Jazzy, who brought him to Lagos and invested in him. Rema, the Afrobeats star who does not intend to calm down 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z “My Everyday Lagos: Nigerian Cooking at Home and in the Diaspora” is the first cookbook from New York Times columnist Yewande Komolafe, written with the deftness of a seasoned pro. 19 gifts that make life easier in the kitchen for cooks and food lovers 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Cotonou, Benin, is vastly different from Lagos, Nigeria. How 'outlier' filmmaker C.J. Obasi became Nigeria's new Oscar hopeful 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z An attorney in Lagos took on the case pro bono. Deadly explosion off Nigeria points to threat posed by aging oil ships around the world 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z This year, gamma, a music company owned in part by Apple, set up an office in Lagos, hoping to discover the next Burna Boy or even a host of smaller stars. The World Is Becoming More African 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z This year, gamma, a music company owned in part by Apple, set up an office in Lagos, hoping to discover the next Afrobeats stars. The world is becoming more African 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z He had no choice but to flee to another part of Lagos. Mass arrests target LGBTQ+ people in Nigeria while abuses against them are ignored, activists say 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z One such designer at the Lagos Fashion Week, Ejiro Amos-Tafiri, said she uses her brand to tell African stories while celebrating “the sophistication, class and uniqueness of every woman.” Africa’s fashion industry is growing to meet global demands but needs more investment, UNESCO says 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Nigeria also signed contracts with China Harbour Engineering Company for the construction of the Lekki Blue Seaport in Lagos. China's Xi Jinping commits to more investments in Nigeria 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z City Section commissioner Vicky Lagos is a former soccer player who said she understands officials’ point of view. High school soccer officials are preparing to sit out Southern Section games 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z But Cole’s writing is more interior than Cusk’s, and it does more telling than showing, except in a fascinating chapter that amplifies the voices of the people of Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city. How Teju Cole's new novel literally reframes the Black experience 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Widely known as one of Nigeria’s fastest-rising young pop stars, Aloba was confirmed dead at a Lagos hospital in unclear circumstances. A nurse is named as the prime suspect in the mysterious death of the Nigerian Afrobeat star Mohbad 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z For the first time, the police laid out the chain of events that led to Mohbad's death in the city of Lagos. Mohbad death: Nursing assistant is prime suspect after Primeboy fight - police 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z The two atheists who spoke to AP in the commercial hub of Lagos said they had never been attacked or threatened because they are not religious. An atheist in northern Nigeria was arrested. Then the attacks against the others worsened 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The two atheists who spoke to AP in the commercial hub of Lagos said they had never been attacked or threatened. An atheist in northern Nigeria was arrested. Then the attacks against the others worsened 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z “On returning to the city he found it grim and was tempted to call it a post-traumatic landscape except that would have suggested the trauma was in the past,” Tunde thinks of Lagos. How Teju Cole's new novel literally reframes the Black experience 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z The suspect is an assistant nurse who wasn’t qualified to administer the medications, Lagos police chief Owohunwa said. A nurse is named as the prime suspect in the mysterious death of the Nigerian Afrobeat star Mohbad 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z Lagos state police spokesman Benjamin Hundeyin on Tuesday said that Marley had been taken into custody "for interrogation and other investigation activities". Naira Marley: Afrobeats star taken into police custody over MohBad's death 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Prosecutors in Mexico say they have arrested a suspect in the disappearance of five young men from the city of Lagos de Moreno in August. Mexico crime: Suspect held over young men's kidnapping 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Fans mourning Afrobeats star MohBad have been teargassed in the Nigerian city of Lagos as police said they were blocking traffic on a major highway. MohBad mourners teargassed at Nigeria's Lekki toll gate after Lagos concert 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Cole’s images of the people of Lagos reflect stories that are both small and large. How Teju Cole's new novel literally reframes the Black experience 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Police in Lagos said they had exhumed Mohbad's body and conducted an autopsy, bowing to pressure from supporters who have taken to social media to demand an investigation. Nigerians march for late Afrobeats star as police exhume body 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z A concert to pay tribute to MohBad was held in a park on Lagos's Victoria Island last week, after which fans marched towards Lekki toll gate to continue their vigil. Naira Marley: Afrobeats star taken into police custody over MohBad's death 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z On 11 August they visited a local fair before going to a local lookout near their home town of Lagos de Moreno, in Jalisco state. Mexico crime: Suspect held over young men's kidnapping 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z They had congregated at the city's Lekki toll gate after a memorial concert for the 27-year-old singer, who died last week in a hospital in Lagos. MohBad mourners teargassed at Nigeria's Lekki toll gate after Lagos concert 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Aloba, widely known as one of Nigeria’s fastest-rising young pop stars, died last week Tuesday in a Lagos hospital at the age of 27 after being admitted for an unknown illness. Nigerians protest mysterious death of Afrobeat star as police exhumes body for autopsy 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Thousands of fans marched and held a candlelight vigil in the commercial capital Lagos on Thursday night, following similar processions in other states this week. Nigerians march for late Afrobeats star as police exhume body 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z MohBad, 27, died at a hospital in the Nigerian city of Lagos last month but the cause of his death is unclear. Naira Marley: Afrobeats star taken into police custody over MohBad's death 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The Lagos state governor to promise a thorough investigation. MohBad: Nigerian fans demand justice after Afrobeat star's death 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z The Lagos authorities have now exhumed his body as part of an investigation. MohBad mourners teargassed at Nigeria's Lekki toll gate after Lagos concert 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Young Nigerians on Tuesday took to the streets in Lagos to demand justice for Aloba, but the protests swelled across the country amid an outpouring of grief – and questions about what caused his death. Nigerians protest mysterious death of Afrobeat star as police exhumes body for autopsy 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z In Lagos, despite enduring power cuts on an almost daily basis, some people were surprised at the nationwide blackout. Nigeria restoring power after nationwide blackouts 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Some Nigerians are also big on American English, first imported by broadcasters at private radio stations in Lagos in the mid-2000s before spreading to other cities. The Nigerians learning to speak with British accents 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z “Not a single one as far as I know,” Mohammed Ettu, who runs Makhade Power Solutions in Lagos, said of big industrial productions in Nigeria that use solar power. As Africa Climate Summit promotes solar, off-grid power ramps up below the Sahara 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Protests have been held in cities across southern Nigeria, with his fans wanting to know how he died - prompting the Lagos state governor to open an inquiry involving the country's secret police. MohBad mourners teargassed at Nigeria's Lekki toll gate after Lagos concert 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Police in Lagos said they were investigating the death of one person during the strike in the neighbourhood of Mile 2, after suspected protesters blocked a major road and burned tyres. Nigerian workers strike to force Tinubu to reverse reforms 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Lagos officials held a formal opening ceremony for the service in December but it has not actually carried passengers until now. Start of Lagos metro offers dramatically reduced journey times 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z What Lagos has gained in tranquillity it has lost economically since President Bola Tinubu abruptly ended the supply of cheap fuel in his first day in office at the end of May. Lagos traffic jams disappear. But this isn't good news for Nigeria 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z The young men went missing Friday while on a trip to attend a festival in the city of Lagos de Moreno, which is in an area known for cartel violence. Mexican investigators find decapitated and burned bodies possibly linked to horrifying video 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z After the emotional memorial concert in Lagos, the mourners marched towards the Lekki toll gate to continue their vigil. MohBad mourners teargassed at Nigeria's Lekki toll gate after Lagos concert 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z In the commercial capital of Lagos, the strike was more muted because most workers are employed in the less unionised private and informal sectors. Nigerian workers strike to force Tinubu to reverse reforms 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Lagos's more than 20 million residents experience regular traffic gridlock, forcing frustrated motorists and commuters to spend hours in traffic, but the new service is expected to dramatically slash travelling times. Start of Lagos metro offers dramatically reduced journey times 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z Such demonstrations have often kicked off in Lagos in the past, with other parts of Nigeria feeding off its energy to join in. Lagos traffic jams disappear. But this isn't good news for Nigeria 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z A judge in Lagos granted him bail following his plea on July 25 but he was immediately rearrested. Nigeria's suspended cenbank governor to face fraud charges on Thursday 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z After the teargassing of the MohBad fans, the Lagos police have been quick to dismiss any comparison, saying mourners ignored advice that the area around the Lekki-Epe Expressway was off-limits. MohBad mourners teargassed at Nigeria's Lekki toll gate after Lagos concert 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Days later the gang arrived in Lagos, Nigeria, with Big Mac boasting in a video that he can "send a container from here". How undercover sting outwitted pangolin traffickers 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z A journey that once took more than two hours will now take just 15 minutes, Lagos state officials have said. Start of Lagos metro offers dramatically reduced journey times 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z Many small businesses have packed up, and some low-income earners who live in the suburbs of the mainland and commute to the business districts on Lagos Island have stopped going to work. Lagos traffic jams disappear. But this isn't good news for Nigeria 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z For this story, I interviewed via WhatsApp a guy who claims he’s in Lagos, Nigeria, and told me how he scammed American women looking for romance. Have you been scammed? So was this writer. Now he wants to hear your story 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Samuel Ogoshi, 22, and Samson Ogoshi, 20, of Lagos, Nigeria, are due to be arraigned Monday at the federal courthouse in Grand Rapids, U.S. 2 Nigerian men extradited to US to face sexual extortion charges after death of Michigan teenager 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z As Lagos receded behind them, the men tried and failed to find comfortable positions on the rudder, which moved constantly as it steered the ship. Fourteen days across the Atlantic, perched on a ship’s rudder 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Growing up around girls in the Nigerian metropolis of Lagos, he thought it was a normal thing for every young man to do. Period poverty: In Africa, women are being priced out of buying sanitary ware 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z That economic hit would have been mostly felt in Lagos, home of Nigeria's busiest port and the city that the Nigerian president prides himself on building. Lagos traffic jams disappear. But this isn't good news for Nigeria 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z They had hopped on the ship while it was docked 3,500 miles away — in Lagos, the most populous city in the West African nation of Nigeria. They Hid on a Ship’s Rudder to Flee Nigeria. They Landed in Brazil. 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Then he took a step back, saw there were opportunities as well as threats and used the technology to generate a whole new Afrobeats album in his studio on the outskirts of Lagos. Nigerian producer pumps out AI-powered Afrobeats 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Instead he had spent three years living on and off the street in Lagos, trying to find work. Fourteen days across the Atlantic, perched on a ship’s rudder 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z In Lagos, businesses were open, including the branches of supermarket chains Pick n Pay and Shoprite. Nigeria unions begin strike against fuel price hike, rising costs 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Some workers have been laid off while others like Happiness Emmanuel have resorted to using bicycles for deliveries, a rare sight in the scorching heat of Lagos, where there is a lack of bicycle lanes. Lagos traffic jams disappear. But this isn't good news for Nigeria 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z In a speech in Lagos, Nigeria, he set out the UK's "vision" for partnerships with African countries. James Cleverly accuses Russia of new low in Africa speech 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z The helicopter came down in Ikeja, a busy area of the city, said Ibrahim Farinloye, Lagos state spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency. Helicopter crashes in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Mr Emefiele looked a shadow of the man that controlled the finances of Nigeria - Africa's largest economy - when he arrived at court in Lagos. Godwin Emefiele's downfall: How Nigeria's bank boss ended up in court 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s suspended Central Bank governor appeared in court on Tuesday in the economic hub of Lagos on charges of illegal possession of a firearm and live ammunition. Nigeria’s suspended Central Bank governor appears in court more than a month after his arrest 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z He was brought to the court in Lagos, carrying a Bible, and pleaded not guilty to the charges. Nigeria’s suspended Central Bank governor appears in court more than a month after his arrest 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z In his speech in Lagos, Mr Cleverly said the UK shared democratic values with Nigeria, adding that Russia's invasion of of Ukraine was an attack on those values. James Cleverly accuses Russia of new low in Africa speech 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Workers in Lagos sleep overnight in their offices to avoid the prohibitive cost of commuting. Short-Term Pain for Long-term Gain? Nigerians Buckle Under Painful Cuts. 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z In December 2021, Lagos state rejected findings by a judicial panel that security forces carried out a "massacre" of unarmed protesters, maintaining only one person suffered a gunshot wound during the protests. Nigeria's Lagos plans mass burials for 2020 protest victims 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z The ship left Lagos, in Nigeria, on July 2 and stopped on July 4 in Togo, according to local newspaper La Provincia, meaning the migrants were onboard at least seven days. Spanish coastguard rescues two Nigerian migrants from ship's rudder 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z The presiding judge, Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos, then granted him bail despite objections from the attorney general’s office. Nigeria’s suspended Central Bank governor appears in court more than a month after his arrest 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z "If I want dollars, I have to buy on the black market, which is expensive," said Arouluwa Ojo, a student in Nigeria's capital Lagos taking online lessons with a British university. Analysis: Dollar drought haunts frontier economies 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z In Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, many office workers now spend the night in their offices to save on transportation. Short-Term Pain for Long-term Gain? Nigerians Buckle Under Painful Cuts. 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z Protesters at a tollgate in the upmarket Lagos district of Lekki were shot at by men that witnesses said were soldiers. Nigeria's Lagos plans mass burials for 2020 protest victims 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z "The path to political power in Nigeria, over time, has always been through these vested interests," said Bismarck Rewane, CEO at Financial Derivatives Company in Lagos. Analysis: Nigeria's Tinubu faces daunting hurdles after reform sprint 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z The 21-year-old street trader from Lagos, Nigeria, had come to the UK days earlier for what he had been told was a "life-changing opportunity". Organ harvesting: Trafficked for his kidney and now forced into hiding 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z |
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