VENICE OF AFRICA! Makoko in pictures

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A woman navigates in the waterways of Makoko waterfront community in Lagos on May 15, 2018. Members of various waterfront communities and the Nigerian Slum/Informal Settlement Federation have protested on the day marking one year anniversary of the forced eviction of the Otodo Gbame community from their waterfront location. / AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS
Evictees of Otodo Gbame, a Lagos shanty town, and members of other communities hold banners on a flotilla of boats in protest against their forced eviction on May 15, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS
A woman navigates in the waterways of Makoko waterfront community in Lagos on May 15, 2018.
 / AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS
A picture taken in Lagos on May 15, 2018 shows a general view of the waterfront community of Makoko.
 AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS
A man carries wooden planks on his head at the sawmills area in Ebute Metta in Lagos on May 15, 2018.
 / AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS
Men stand amongst wooden planks at the sawmills area in Ebute Metta in Lagos on May 15, 2018./ AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS
A picture taken in Lagos on May 15, 2018 shows a general view of the Redeemed Christian Church of God at the sawmills area in Ebute Metta./ AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS
Men haul a big log onshore at the sawmills in Ebute Metta in Lagos on May 15, 2018.
/ AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS
A second-hand clothes salesman waves from his boat in Makoko waterfront community in Lagos on May 15, 2018.
/ AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS
A young girl carries her sibling on her back in the Makoko waterfront community in Lagos on May 15, 2018.
/ AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS
Men smile as they take part in a demonstration of evictees of Otodo Gbame, a Lagos shanty town, and members of other communities on a flotilla of boats to protest against their forced eviction on May 15, 2018.
/ AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS
A man stands onto of a heap of wood shavings in the sawmill area in Ebute Metta in Lagos on May 15, 2018.
 / AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS
People navigate the the waterways of Makoko waterfront community in Lagos on May 15, 2018.
/ AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS
Women navigate in the waterways of the waterfront community of Makoko in Lagos on May 15, 2018.
/ AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS
Evictees join a flotilla of boats during a protest against their forced eviction on May 15, 2018 in Lagos.
 / AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS
A man stands amid garbage near the sawmills area in Ebute Metta, a Lagos shanty town, on May 15, 2018.
 / AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS
People navigate the the waterways of Makoko waterfront community in Lagos on May 15, 2018.
 / AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS
Evictees of Otodo Gbame, a Lagos shanty town, and members of other communities hold banners on a flotilla of boats in protest against their forced eviction on May 15, 2018.
/ AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS
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