Arts and crafts and poverty

Day 24 - Lagos 

Lagos' grey, smoggy sky keeps the heat down but the fumes are thick and feel very unhealthy.

We took an uber to the Nike Art Gallery which has nothing to do with the shoe company but is the name of a famous Nigerian artist. The gallery is over 4 floors and has 24,000 pieces of art that are all for sale. The variety, styles and vividness of the paintings as well as the large sculptures made from recycled materials were stunning. 

Another Uber took us down shocking roads that were barely driveable to the Lekki Arts and Crafts market. There were stalls of souvenirs of wooden carvings, weaving and paintings, it was quiet so most of the stallholders tried to get us to look in their shop.

We ordered another Uber to take us back to the hotel, but to avoid the terrible roads around the market we decided to walk the few hundred metres to the main road first. This took us through a small local area, many of the buildings were in very poor condition, and there were small stalls selling food and other essentials.