Underneath every shiny new megacity, there’s often a story of communities displaced. In this moving, poetic talk, OluTimehin Adegbeye details how government land grabs are destroying the lives of thousands who live in the coastal communities of Lagos, Nigeria, to make way for a “new Dubai.” She compels us to hold our governments and ourselves accountable for keeping our cities safe for everyone. “The only cities worth building, indeed the only futures worth dreaming of, are those that include all of us, no matter who we are or how we make homes for ourselves,” she says.
-
Recent Posts
- Hotel advertising with a professional drone cinematographer
- A Brazilian parachutist dropped 100 million seeds to help reforest the Amazon rainforest
- @twistopherrobin.bsky.social | #Art #StreetArt #Milan #Italy
- Hiro Ohta (@xlix.me) | Bridge is human order. Waterfall is natural truth. Harmony stands between.
- First-person view of Chinese foot juggling
- This is the process of how traditional olive oil is pressed without heat
- Why Brazil fears US intervention (again)
- Giraffe Hybrids & Biology’s “Problem” With Species #evolution #animals #biology #learning #science
Archives
Categories