Oh-Oh Its another one!!!!!!

Starting next thursday 15th April 2010 BBC 2 9pm

Three part observational documentary series which explores life at the sharp end of one of the most extreme urban environments in the world: Lagos, Nigeria. Today, more than half the world's population live in cities, and this eye-opening series shows what life is really like in some of the toughest parts of the world's fastest growing megacity.

The first episode uncovers life in Olusosun rubbish dump. Here, around 1000 people live on top of the rubbish in houses built from scrap. The film follows the daily lives of two men who have become skilled at turning rubbish into gold. Eric, aka Vocal Slender, is a musician, and every bit of scrap he finds brings him one step closer to his dream of launching his music career, but a serious fight nearly ruins his chances.

Joseph is a trader who works hard to provide for his wife and two small children, and who has filled his house with things he has found on the dump. 'If there was a bigger, dirtier, stinkier dump where I could earn more money for my family, then I'd go there to work,' he says.

With extraordinary access to some of the poorest parts of town, the series celebrates the resilience, resourcefulness and energy of Lagos's 16 million inhabitants, and shows how successfully many of its slum dwellers are adapting to the realities of the world's increasingly extreme urban future.

Excerpt and pictures from BBC Website.

Always negative!! This is why the West look at us as if we are animals! They feel that all of us in Nigeria live in these predicaments like animals!!

Those who want to see a trailer can view a preview here: http://maxsiollun./2010/04/11/welcome-to-lagos-bbc-tv-programme-on-lagos/

The western world always want to picture Nigeria in a bad way.

Do you think that if the west showed the oppulent side of Nigeria(i.e the fantastic lagos and abuja sides) that we as Nigerians would still complain anyway and deem this oppulence/wealth to be as a result of 419?

I am going to a seminar soon which involves heads of production companies that make factual/reality shows (this includes the BBC) and i was thinking of proposing the idea to them that for once could they show a more positive and humane side of Nigeria. This may help to change and dispel the views of many in the diaspora that Nigeria is not a country worth returning to. I feel that if more positive images were shown then many Nigerians who have talents in various fields would want to invest their time and talent in Nigeria rather than making other countries economies wealthy

Phew!!!

For those that missed it,

http://maxsiollun./2010/04/15/watch-welcome-to-lagos-bbc2-tv-programme/