‘The sea took everything away’: how Nigeria’s ‘Happy City’ is disappearing beneath the waves

I n the early hours of 15 February 2019, the Atlantic Ocean came for Arowo Victoria’s livelihood. The 60-year-old retired midwife was asleep when neighbours began banging on her door, shouting that the sea had started covering buildings along the nearby coastline. While big cities such as Lagos are...

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