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Shifting Beans

Ibadan: shifting beans
The crew slips into the local grain market in Ibadan – a sprawling throng of stallholders and hawkers selling grains, vegetables, heavy-earthy yams, to conduct …



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29 Aug 2011

In: Ibadan, Today's Office
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Tsunami, the Movie

In a country where a music video is shot in a day, and a movie can be shot in two – a collation of news …
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Police & Thieves

25 Aug 2011

In: Lagos, Today's Office
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Been enjoying some late night/early morning walks through the urban landscape that is distinctly Lagos – dark streets puntuated up by small groups huddled around …
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Bait and Switch, By Golly

24 Aug 2011

In: Cultural Norms, Lagos
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Free AutoCAD Training (Accept Jesus Today) at Lagos’s computer village.
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Street. Shave.

24 Aug 2011

In: Lagos, Today's Office
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In Sabo Market 100 Naira (50 euro cents) buys you a fresh razor, the subtlest fingers south of the equator and 20 minutes of head-down, …
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The Return

22 Aug 2011

In: Lagos, Today's Office
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That moment post-interview, when the thing that stands between the team and sleep is the need to review the session’s data, a debrief with the …
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Caco

20 Aug 2011

In: Lagos, Today's Office
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Day 1 in Lagos – setting up our pop-up design studio. 2 weeks on the ground with a strong local crew, so much to learn, …
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