Lighting Lagos

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2013

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Neal Razzell spends days and nights in Lagos with the electricity teams who are working to literally bring power to the people.

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0:00.0	This is a BBC Podcast.
0:02.0	You can get all our podcasts and our terms of use at BBCWorldService.com slash podcasts.
0:12.0	Hello, I'm Neil Rezel and this is Assignment on the BBC World Service.
0:16.0	I'm searching for light in Nigeria's biggest city.
0:22.0	Walking on a railway in Legos.
0:26.0	You can hear the market around me.
0:28.0	The generators, powering the loudspeakers and the occasional electric light.
0:34.0	Other than that, it is pitch black, like much of this city at night.
0:40.0	It's really an active faith every step.
0:43.0	I don't know where my foot is going to fall.
0:48.0	Walking through a warn of shots here.
0:50.0	You can hear the generators all around.
0:53.0	There's no pavement.
0:55.0	It's muddy.
0:57.0	Very, very humble homes through here.
1:01.0	It's just thick with people.
1:03.0	It's a place I would never, ever come without a guide.
1:07.0	It's pitch dark.
1:09.0	I'm just following a flashlight.
1:13.0	Nigeria's electricity supply is feeble.
1:17.0	This giant country of 170 million people has less capacity
1:21.0	than the tiny island of Puerto Rico.
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