Destroy or Upgrade? The Battle Over Africa’s Most Famous Floating Community | The 77 Percent

In Makoko, one of Lagos’ oldest waterfront communities, life is built on water — on fishing, trade, and generations of history. But today, that way of life is under threat.
As bulldozers move in and homes disappear, families are left with nowhere to go. For some, the only shelter left is a canoe.
This week on The 77 Percent, we travel to Makoko to hear directly from the people at the center of this crisis. Residents, activists, architects, and everyday Lagosians come together in a street debate about housing, inequality, and the future of Africa’s fastest-growing mega city.
Is this about safety and development or something else? Who gets to stay in Lagos, and who is being pushed out? And can a city grow without displacing the very people who built it?
From empty luxury apartments to a housing deficit affecting millions, the contradictions run deep.

So what happens when a city’s growth leaves its most vulnerable behind?


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