“Normalize posting these poor parts of Europe like they do with Africa. This is Cañada Real (just outside of Madrid), Spain.”

-A South African fashion model, @Sli_Buth

Cañada Real is a shanty town in the Madrid Region of Spain, a linear succession of informal housing following a 14.4-kilometre-long stretch of the drovers' road connecting La Rioja and Ciudad Real.

With around 8,048 inhabitants and 2,650 houses as of 2012, the Cañada Real was considered at the time to be the largest shanty town in Southern Europe. The population is mixed; it houses both Spaniards (mainly Spanish Romani) and immigrants (mainly from Morocco). As of 2017, it had a population of 7,283.

In Europe there are many places like this. And some countries like Romania or Bulgaria are very poor, even poorest than many African countries. The tale of Africa as poor and uneducated continent is a myth. No society is perfect.

if i dey the town..i go still no peace, and rest of mind..not in this cowtree..wey person, no fit drink water, with rest of mind..

Even these shanties make sense pass the ones we dey see for Lagos