Cities of the Third World
Christopher Anaya
Oct, 15 2014
URBS 350 Citys Of The Third World
Dr. Woldeamanuel
Prior to watching this film, African Cities like Lagos seemed to be out of control with no structure what so ever, but in actuality they are not. The movie welcome to Lagos has open my eyes to the culture, economy and love for the city. A common misconceptions that is associated with Lagos is that it is filthy and surrounded by trash. Lagos has shatty towns built in illegal areas such as beaches, but the shatty towns are not all filthy. Citizens of Lagos come together once a month to participate in a government enforce community cleaning event, where people clean up trash from their area. This sense of community is something you don’t see in America, which supports my claim that African cities as they are made out to be. The In habitants shatty town on the beach are especially careful with the cleanliness of the land because at anytime there homes can be demolished. Many business extend their building on to the road even though it is illegal. Unfortunately for these business city workers come in and tear down these extensions. Though the city workers come off brutal, they mean well. In an interview with one of the lead workers who tears down illegal business extensions, he shared that he does it not for the money but for his country. The worker sees shatty towns and other illegal activity as a threat to his countries reputation and he does what he can to keep his country free of illegal activity, marijuana being apart of the issue in Lagos. The reason why the people of Lagos come together to help the community is because at anytime the city can be doomed by its 11,000,000 people. the train in lagos only comes once a week. By the train tracks you can find a lot of shat town which is an example of how the people of Lagos can doom their own land. The sense of community in shat town are stronger than anywhere else. Shat town community are supper small which brings them closer
Oct, 15 2014
URBS 350 Citys Of The Third World
Dr. Woldeamanuel
Prior to watching this film, African Cities like Lagos seemed to be out of control with no structure what so ever, but in actuality they are not. The movie welcome to Lagos has open my eyes to the culture, economy and love for the city. A common misconceptions that is associated with Lagos is that it is filthy and surrounded by trash. Lagos has shatty towns built in illegal areas such as beaches, but the shatty towns are not all filthy. Citizens of Lagos come together once a month to participate in a government enforce community cleaning event, where people clean up trash from their area. This sense of community is something you don’t see in America, which supports my claim that African cities as they are made out to be. The In habitants shatty town on the beach are especially careful with the cleanliness of the land because at anytime there homes can be demolished. Many business extend their building on to the road even though it is illegal. Unfortunately for these business city workers come in and tear down these extensions. Though the city workers come off brutal, they mean well. In an interview with one of the lead workers who tears down illegal business extensions, he shared that he does it not for the money but for his country. The worker sees shatty towns and other illegal activity as a threat to his countries reputation and he does what he can to keep his country free of illegal activity, marijuana being apart of the issue in Lagos. The reason why the people of Lagos come together to help the community is because at anytime the city can be doomed by its 11,000,000 people. the train in lagos only comes once a week. By the train tracks you can find a lot of shat town which is an example of how the people of Lagos can doom their own land. The sense of community in shat town are stronger than anywhere else. Shat town community are supper small which brings them closer