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00:01Over 20 years ago, I was based in South Africa,
00:04reporting from across the continent for the BBC.
00:08It's Big Papa, here's the news.
00:11It was an unforgettable experience.
00:13Roll up, roll up, the best lamb in Marrakesh.
00:16But I've always wanted to come back.
00:19He'll turn.
00:21And find out more about the Africa we rarely see on TV.
00:26One mistake, a clubhouse.
00:28Oh, my word! I better not make a mistake, then.
00:31Now, I'm travelling across this vast continent
00:35to discover why life can feel so much bigger and bolder here
00:39than anywhere else on Earth.
00:41I'll be uncovering some deep family roots.
00:44You are from Africa.
00:45I knew I was a warrior god.
00:48And getting the chance to live life local style.
00:54As I experience the speed...
00:56Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
00:58The sights...
00:59Check out that view.
01:01...and the soul...
01:05...of this vibrant and varied land.
01:07Oh, look at that. Animals crossing the road.
01:12Join me on my African adventure.
01:15300 miles east of Ghana is my next destination, Nigeria.
01:30Lying on the Atlantic coast, it's four times the size of the UK.
01:34Known as the giant of Africa, Nigeria is home to over 230 million people,
01:44speaking around 500 languages.
01:46There is a rhythm to this city.
01:49A charge of electricity that, frankly, makes you feel alive.
01:53A main line of adrenaline courses along every street,
01:57smashes into every neighbourhood.
01:59I've been coming here on and off for close to 20 years.
02:02Think Blade Runner meets Gotham City.
02:05It's an urban landscape pumping with life.
02:09Built across three islands, Lagos is Nigeria's economic powerhouse.
02:14And Africa's most populous city with a non-stop hustle.
02:18While I'm here, I'll be working up a sweat in the city's biggest market.
02:25Good. Chest up. Good. Time.
02:28And finding out why the world has fallen in love with Nigerian arts.
02:33I have no money. I say you don't need to be rich to travel well.
02:37To travel well.
02:38But first, I'm going in search of the one thing
02:40that unites all of Lagos' 17 million people.
02:45Food.
02:48Chef Atta has offered to be my culinary guide.
02:53We're starting here at an open-air seafood market.
02:57Chef.
02:58Hey.
02:59Reporting for duty.
03:00How are you today?
03:01Oh, good. How are you?
03:02Good to see you.
03:05I've just noticed this on your back.
03:07Oh.
03:08It's a picture of you.
03:09Yeah, that's me.
03:10Chef Atta.
03:11Yeah.
03:12Looking very regal.
03:13And you've got a spoon.
03:14You want one?
03:15I'd love one.
03:16I should have one on my back.
03:17Yeah, yeah.
03:18With a spoon.
03:19Yeah?
03:20Yeah.
03:21Oh no, my microphone.
03:22Yeah, your microphone.
03:23And a camera.
03:24And a camera.
03:25That would work very well.
03:26Nigerian food is a growing global trend.
03:29According to Google, in the last couple of years,
03:32searches for recipes have gone up by 250%.
03:36Today, we're cooking a seafood and okra soup.
03:40Oh, I spy red snapper.
03:43I would love red snapper because red snapper is something we use in the Caribbean a lot.
03:48This is quite fresh.
03:49That's fresh too?
03:50Yeah.
03:51Oh, that is a good specimen.
03:55Nigerians are famous for haggling.
03:57Yeah.
03:58So what's the best technique?
03:59So she will offer you a price.
04:01Yeah.
04:02You either accept or reject.
04:03Okay.
04:04How much for two red snapper, one croaker fish, please?
04:07You can take the tree for 30k.
04:09Oh, I'm not sure about 30,000 naira.
04:12How much do you want to take it, sir?
04:1415?
04:15No.
04:16No?
04:17Is that too low?
04:18That's too low.
04:1925,000?
04:20Okay.
04:2120,000?
04:22Please, I have to take it 26,000 naira.
04:2524,000?
04:26Last price, 25,000 naira.
04:2825,000.
04:29Deal.
04:30That works?
04:31Yeah.
04:32That's about 12 quid.
04:34They drive a hard bargain in this market and we've plenty more fish to see.
04:39Calamari.
04:40That looks great.
04:41How much?
04:42A kilo is 15,000 naira.
04:44So how many kilos is that?
04:46This is one kilo.
04:4912,000?
04:50No.
04:51I think it's 14,000.
04:53She's tough, man.
04:54It's 14,000.
04:55It's okay.
04:56Are we going to get some prawns too?
04:58Okay.
04:59So add...
05:00Yes, crab.
05:02Like a kilo as well.
05:03A kilo of crab.
05:05A kilo of prawns.
05:07Then a kilo...
05:08500 grams for this.
05:09I know.
05:10Half a kilo of shrimp.
05:12How much is everything again?
05:14Yes, sir.
05:15How much?
05:1638.
05:1738, okay.
05:1838?
05:19That's it, yes.
05:20Lovely.
05:22Thank you, sir.
05:23That's another 18 quid, so we've spent 30 pounds in all.
05:27Not bad.
05:29Atta's restaurant is known for providing Lagos' locals and visitors with traditional dishes
05:35at affordable prices.
05:37Looking forward to cooking this up.
05:39Yeah, we'll cook it up now.
05:40That'll be good.
05:41So this is it?
05:42Yeah.
05:43The okra soup we're going to make is a speciality of Atta's own Igbo culture.
05:48One of Nigeria's biggest tribal groups.
05:53Right.
05:54Let's get to it.
05:55Okay then.
05:56Okay.
05:57Start with the fish.
05:59Add some chili to it.
06:01Oh, yes.
06:04Okra.
06:05Okra can be a little bit slimy.
06:07Nigeria will like it.
06:08Very slimy.
06:09You like it slimy, Nigeria?
06:10Yeah, I like it slimy.
06:11Mmm, okay.
06:14Nigerian cuisine has really taken off around the world, hasn't it?
06:17Yeah.
06:18Jollof rice.
06:19Everyone knows Jollof rice.
06:20Yeah.
06:21Why do you think that is?
06:22Are Nigerians traveling more?
06:23Yeah.
06:24You see, when people travel, they travel with four things.
06:26Yeah.
06:27They travel with their food, culture, their religion, and they travel with their music.
06:31Ah.
06:32And we all know about high life.
06:34Yeah, high life.
06:35You know, Afrobeat and Nigerian food has traveled as well.
06:39Yes.
06:40So, Clive, you're doing a good job.
06:41Oh, thanks, chef.
06:42Fish is cooked now.
06:43Oh, fantastic.
06:44Yeah.
06:45Smells delicious.
06:49Ah, the tiger prawn's going in.
06:50Yeah, the tiger prawn's going in.
06:52So, don't forget about some crabs.
06:54Crabs, yep.
06:55Break them into two, cut them here.
06:57All right.
06:58So that we can add them to the broth.
07:00Okay.
07:01The fish.
07:02There we go.
07:03I'm getting the hang of this, chef.
07:06That broth looks wonderful.
07:09So now, we'll put this okra for you.
07:14Put the okra in.
07:15Yeah, put the okra in.
07:16Okay, so all of this, chef?
07:17Yeah, all of it.
07:18Yeah, chef.
07:19All of the okra goes in there.
07:22Okay, add the shrimps.
07:23Yep.
07:24Oh, wow.
07:25Look at that.
07:26The colors are amazing.
07:27It's a very aesthetically pleasing dish.
07:28Oh, wow.
07:29That was ready.
07:30Served with pounded dough for dipping, I'm really hoping the food tastes as good as it
07:32looks.
07:33What about one of these giant prawns?
07:34Oh, and the red snapper.
07:40So you take a little bit of the pounded dough.
07:41Yeah.
07:42So you dip in the broth.
07:43And then you put that in the broth.
07:44Let's see.
07:45And then you put that in the broth.
07:46Let's see.
07:47And I can taste the chili, which is delicious.
07:48Let me have a little bit of the snapper with that.
07:49The okra doesn't taste that bad.
07:50It doesn't taste.
07:51It doesn't taste it.
07:52It doesn't taste good.
07:53It doesn't taste good.
07:54So what about one of these giant prawns?
07:55Oh, and the red snapper.
07:56Let's see.
07:57So you take a little bit of the pounded dough.
08:01Yeah, so you dip in the broth.
08:03Then you put that in the broth.
08:04Let's see.
08:05Let's see.
08:06And I can taste the chili, which is delicious.
08:12Let me have a little bit of the snapper with that.
08:15The okra doesn't taste that bad, because I've got a thing about okra, but it tastes really good.
08:25Oh it's lovely. So, chef, to you and to Nigerian food.
08:35On the basis of that dish alone, Nigerian food definitely deserves more appreciation.
08:50But there's one area where the country has already achieved global admiration.
08:55In the 1970s, political activist and musician Fela Kuti shot to international stardom with a sound that became known as Afrobeat.
09:05A combination of West African music, American funk and jazz.
09:14He died in 1997, but his work has influenced a wave of new artists, including worldwide superstars like Rema and Wizkid.
09:26It all started here in Lagos. For Kayo is hoping to be the genre's next big thing.
09:33I am a sucker for Afrobeat. I mean, I grew up with Fela Kuti. Was he an influence for you?
09:37My dad used to play his tapes then, on VCD then, so I was like, who is this guy?
09:43Then it was not until much later that I realised, oh this guy was really, really passing a huge message across.
09:48Huge message.
09:49It's exciting to see new artists inspired by Fela Kuti's legacy.
09:58Diola is for Kayo's collaborator and percussionist, the beating heart of the music they create.
10:05So what's this? This is a talking drum. Talking drum. How does it talk? How does it enunciate words? How does it communicate to me?
10:14So it basically follows the Yoruba language intonation. For English you have the, what's it called, the rising tune and the falling tune in English.
10:22But for the Yoruba language it's quite tonal. It's a tonal language. It's tonal.
10:26So you have the do, re, mi. So you have the do, re, mi. So basically if I'm going to pronounce my name, Fikaio, re, mi, do.
10:34So you could recognise that as your name? Definitely.
10:37Definitely.
10:38So what's Clive then? That's Clive? Yeah. Clive? Yeah. Clive? Yeah, that's me. Yes. Let me see someone for the theme. Okay.
10:50How are you? Yes. You got it right. I'm conversant in the drum, ladies and gentlemen.
10:58Today they're in the process of laying down a brand new song, which involves recording multi-tracks of different instruments.
11:08Shake on next, Abi.
11:10And I'm going to play a small but vital part.
11:13Let's go.
11:32Hmm. That was nice.
11:35I want to shake.
11:42Yeah. That should work.
11:43Add little pieces of a jigsaw.
11:45Yeah. Exactly.
11:46Putting them together, slowly.
11:50With around 12 different instrumental parts laid down, Fikaio is now recording his vocal.
11:55See, I could love you till the day that I die. See, I am no longer a poor man, no. I don't make calm so it is time to spend on you. I could show you all my...
12:09And that voice is a powerful instrument in its own right, because this tune needs an eight-part vocal harmony.
12:16Love, love, love, love, love, love...
12:39Yay! Woo! That's it!
12:42Now it's time to put everything together to hear how it sounds.
12:46You ready?
12:47Oh, yes, I'm ready.
12:48I have to join you guys on this.
12:49Come on in, come on in.
12:51Oh, this is incredible.
12:52You've just laid down an eight-part vocal harmony,
12:55which was impressive in itself.
12:57We've had the percussion, my little contribution.
13:00We've got the keyboards.
13:02We're ready to hear the final product.
13:09We're ready to hear the thing that I've got.
13:12See, I don't know that I love you.
13:16It's time to show you all my love.
13:25Love.
13:29Love.
13:34Love.
13:38Oh, that was amazing.
13:41You know what?
13:42I think my little...
13:44I think that made it.
13:45Yeah.
13:46What do you think?
13:47Definitely, definitely.
13:48That was incredible.
13:49Thank you so much.
13:51To be here at the beginning of that creative process
13:54and to see it all come together was just wonderful.
13:57Thank you very much.
13:59What a privilege it was.
14:00Afrobeats fuels Lagos's celebrated nightlife.
14:07By day, the city is driven by its famous entrepreneurialism.
14:15Balogan Market winds through the city streets,
14:17selling everything from boxes to batteries.
14:20But I'm here to discover why Lagos is becoming known as Silicon Lagoon,
14:25Africa's answer to Silicon Valley.
14:29Imo Itok runs a health start-up here.
14:32Welcome home.
14:34I noticed.
14:35I know.
14:36You got the memo.
14:37I did.
14:38I did.
14:41So what are the problems here when it comes to health?
14:44So we have a few problems, right?
14:47So we have an undersupply of doctors.
14:49Not enough doctors.
14:50Not enough doctors.
14:51We have one doctor for approximately every 10,000 Nigerians.
14:55Between 2021 and 2022, we lost 13,000 healthcare workers to the UK, actually.
15:02Imo's plan to help tackle this healthcare deficit includes setting up hubs in high-density areas like this market,
15:11where it's easier for people to access vital care and services.
15:15This is one of the hubs that we have.
15:17We have six of them where our members can come in and, you know, meet with a health coach.
15:23And because it's right in the middle of the market, so many people converge here.
15:27Absolutely, absolutely.
15:28They can just drop in.
15:29That's fantastic.
15:30So in here, you have a member who is, you know, meeting with a health professional.
15:35She's come here to check her metrics.
15:36You can see she's pregnant.
15:37Nigeria's maternal mortality rate is very high.
15:4129% of deaths that happen globally happens here in Nigeria.
15:45A third of all global maternal deaths happen here in Nigeria.
15:50Yes, yes, yes.
15:53Congratulations.
15:54Thank you, sir.
15:55Do you know if it's a boy or a girl?
15:57No, no.
15:58No?
15:59I don't.
16:00If it's a boy, it's okay.
16:01If it's a girl, it's okay.
16:02If it's a girl, it's okay.
16:03We are all blessing from girls.
16:04Absolutely, absolutely.
16:05Yes.
16:06Well, that's warm enough.
16:08But walk-in hubs like this one are only part of the solution.
16:13Emo's company has developed an app so people can access health advice whenever they like.
16:19So the app allows you to track your metrics such as your blood pressure, your weight, your waist second fence.
16:24But more importantly, we have a chatbot here that is AI powered.
16:30So it's AI driven?
16:31Yes, it's an AI driven chatbot.
16:33Our chatbot's name is called Chem.
16:35Why Chem?
16:36Chem because it means in Yorva, pamper me.
16:39And then in Ebo, a double entendre in Ebo, it also means my own.
16:44Well, we all want to feel someone's listening to us.
16:46Exactly.
16:47You know, even if it is a chatbot.
16:49Exactly.
16:50And more importantly, Chem is available 24-7.
16:53The company isn't just clinics and apps.
16:57It takes a holistic approach to healthcare.
17:00And one of its ideas is pop-up fitness classes to get everyone moving.
17:06All right, beautiful people, this is MDoc Healthcare.
17:08And this morning, we're about to do some basic workout routine which you can do at home.
17:15All you need is your body weight exercise.
17:18Well, I could do with a bit more exercise, so why not?
17:22So, we're doing an exercise class in the middle of the street.
17:25Not just the middle of the street, but the middle of the market.
17:27But hey, welcome to Nigeria.
17:29So, keep your hands in front.
17:31I want to hear your hand clap.
17:32I want to hear your claps.
17:33Ready?
17:34We're going for ten.
17:35One, two, three, four.
17:37One, let's go.
17:38Two, go.
17:39Three, four, five, six.
17:42Now, shake your second.
17:43Six, five, six.
17:46Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go.
17:48Hey, let's dance.
17:49One, two, three.
17:51Gyrate, gyrate, gyrate.
17:54One, and stretch.
17:56Keep your chest up, keep your chest up.
17:58Good.
17:59Chest up.
18:00Chest up.
18:01Good.
18:02Dance.
18:03Land, keep, land, keep, land, keep, land, keep, land, keep, land, keep.
18:06And you don't need to have any fancy training gear to get involved.
18:09One, two, five, four, three, and one.
18:12Round of applause.
18:21What's amazing is that everyone is joining in because it's in the middle of the street.
18:25So you could be going around buying your food and bits from the market, but then you see
18:30an exercise class, so you join in.
18:33Woo!
18:34Well, that's me energised for the day ahead.
18:36Before I leave Lagos, there's one more place I've been told I have to go.
18:49A stunning art gallery on the edge of town.
18:53Wow.
18:54Look at the double base there.
18:58It's made out of washing bowls, headlamps, tyres.
19:03Incredible.
19:10This is brilliant.
19:11The use of a bicycle chain to make the cane rows of the hairstyle there.
19:17You know what?
19:18Catherine would love this, so I'm going to take a snap for her.
19:22So inventive.
19:23Brilliant.
19:27It's no surprise actually, when you think about it, that Nigeria is at the forefront of African
19:35modern art, and it's known the world over.
19:40Five stories high and filled with 8,000 pieces, the Nikkei Gallery, named after its
19:45wonderfully colourful founder, is Nigeria's Palace of Arts.
19:51Hello.
19:53You are welcome.
19:54You must be Nikkei.
19:55Yes.
19:56I'm Clive.
19:58This space is astonishing.
20:01I opened this place in 2008.
20:04This is my number four gallery.
20:06Your fourth gallery.
20:07Yes.
20:08The first one is 1967.
20:10The first one?
20:11It's in Oshogo.
20:12So three years after I was born, you opened your first gallery.
20:15Yes.
20:16Wow.
20:17And I started it in my bedroom.
20:19I used to hide to do my artwork.
20:21Really?
20:22Because it's a man-dominating area.
20:24Really?
20:25That woman is not allowed to do man's work.
20:28So you did all your art behind the scenes?
20:30I used to hide, yes.
20:31In the night.
20:32In the night?
20:33From 12 to 3, I would hide to do them.
20:36Well, there's no hiding now.
20:39Nikkei's work adorns every wall and corner of this place,
20:42alongside work from artists from across Nigeria and beyond.
20:49You are from Africa.
20:50Let's see.
20:51Long time ago before, yes.
20:52Let's try your spirit.
20:53Oh, you want to see?
20:54Princess.
20:55My spirit?
20:56Yeah.
21:00You are going to pick one bundle here.
21:02Okay.
21:03Then we see where your spirit goes.
21:04So you're trying to work out where I might be from in West Africa.
21:07Yes, you are from Nigeria.
21:08You think I'm from Nigeria?
21:09Yes.
21:10So I just pick one of these?
21:11Yeah.
21:12Then you now pick one.
21:13Okay.
21:14Alright.
21:15Okay.
21:16Alright.
21:17Princess, where did he come from?
21:21Where am I from?
21:22Hausa.
21:23Hausa.
21:24Hausa.
21:25Hausa.
21:26Hausa.
21:27Northern Nigeria.
21:28Northern Nigeria.
21:29Yes.
21:30Oh my word.
21:31You are from people who have been ruling Nigeria for a long time.
21:33That's right.
21:34You are from the royal.
21:35I knew I was a warrior god.
21:37Yes.
21:38Yes.
21:39I always knew that.
21:40A warrior prince.
21:41Call the name.
21:42A king.
21:43Yeah.
21:44Call the name.
21:45This is Habib.
21:46Habib.
21:47Beloved.
21:48See?
21:49Beloved.
21:50What?
21:51This couldn't have gone any better.
21:52I did not rig this.
21:53Habib.
21:54I did not rig this.
21:55Be loved by your work.
21:56Yeah.
21:57Be loved by your country.
21:58Be loved by everyone.
21:59And with my unexpected new name and title, it's tradition to offer water to the spirits.
22:10Oh yeah.
22:11We are going to give little.
22:12A little?
22:13Uh-huh.
22:14Now you are going to...
22:15You will watch me.
22:16I'm going to give some to the ancestor and you are going to do the same thing.
22:19Okay.
22:20The spirit of the ancestor down is what you give down.
22:22Okay.
22:23This one is for the god of wine.
22:25Okay.
22:26Okay.
22:29Okay.
22:30So, for the god of wind.
22:31Yes.
22:32Yes.
22:33So you are going to be loved by everybody.
22:35Oh!
22:36Oh!
22:37Oh!
22:38Oh!
22:39Oh!
22:40Oh!
22:41You wouldn't get away with that in an art gallery at home.
22:43But this place is different.
22:45Typified by Nikkei's work.
22:47This is some of my work in the early 70s.
22:51In the early 1970s.
22:52Yes.
22:53This is the work I used to do in the night.
22:56I used to dream.
22:57Whatever I dream is what I put.
22:59Yeah.
23:00Those women who are warriors.
23:01Strong women.
23:02Who fight.
23:03Fellas murder.
23:04Lead the women.
23:05Yes.
23:06To the king palace.
23:07When they ask the women to be paying tax.
23:09Right.
23:10Then they say, we are not working.
23:11Our husband is paying tax.
23:12Why should we pay tax?
23:13Yeah.
23:14That is how they drove the king away.
23:15Ah.
23:16And that is one of the stories.
23:17And that's what this represents.
23:18Yes.
23:19Is this all beadware?
23:20Yeah.
23:21This is.
23:22I shrink these before I put them.
23:23Ah!
23:24And this is taking me six months.
23:25Six months.
23:26I'm not surprised.
23:27Three hours every day.
23:28Is that on canvas?
23:29No, no.
23:30This is on plywood.
23:31Nikkei's art is bold and colourful.
23:33But a deeper meaning is always present.
23:35Dealing with social and political issues.
23:38Ten years ago, our girls are taken away.
23:42This is a historical painting.
23:45So this.
23:46Yes.
23:47So this refers to the Chibok girls.
23:48Chibok women.
23:49In Maiduguri in the north.
23:50Yes.
23:51Who were taken away by Boko Haram.
23:52Yes.
23:53Kidnapped from their schools.
23:55Yes.
23:56And they bring some of them back.
23:57Yeah.
23:58But the mothers, they went to protest.
24:00So I put this as a symbol.
24:02Yeah.
24:03For people to remember.
24:04Yes.
24:05That those girls, not all of them have been back.
24:07People to remember those girls who are still being held captive.
24:10Yes.
24:11Yes.
24:12Nigerian art is having something of a moment.
24:14Nikkei's work, alongside other notable names,
24:17features in a 2025-26 landmark Tate Modern exhibition.
24:22So my first travelling to US is 1974.
24:26Uh-huh.
24:27And it was sponsored by the State Department.
24:30Right.
24:31I have no money.
24:32I said you don't need to be rich to travel well.
24:35To travel well.
24:36So somebody commissioned me to make plain.
24:39Then I said, okay, I can make plain, but I will use a direct design.
24:43Which is our textile design.
24:45Ah.
24:46Yes.
24:47Like what I'm wearing.
24:48Yes.
24:49Oh, right.
24:50Beautiful.
24:51Yeah.
24:52It's a wall hanging.
24:53Absolutely gorgeous.
24:54Fish bone.
24:55So fish bone is telling the politician, don't make the promise you cannot fulfill.
24:59Fish bone is very hard to swallow.
25:01So it will not hang on your neck.
25:03And this one is cycle of life.
25:05Right.
25:06So little circles there.
25:07Yes.
25:08When a child is born, a child grows.
25:09A child grows.
25:10A child becomes an adult.
25:11The same child you look after is the one coming back to look after you.
25:14What goes round.
25:15Right.
25:16Right.
25:17It's like a record.
25:18What goes round comes around.
25:19Yes.
25:20Of Nigerian influences and symbols.
25:22Yes.
25:23That infuses your art.
25:24Yes.
25:25And gives it the character that it has.
25:27Yes.
25:28But what's important for you is to pass on all these messages, the skills, the art.
25:33Pass it on to a new generation of artists.
25:35You see, I'm working with 5,000 Nigerian artists here.
25:385,000?
25:395,000.
25:40In this one building.
25:41In this one building.
25:42And all the painting are some of the people that studied with me before.
25:46There is so much symbolism in everything.
25:51Yes.
25:52All the art.
25:53There are little messages that are being, you know, passed out to the viewer as they gaze
25:57upon these pictures.
25:58You see the top one?
25:59Yeah.
26:00That is done by my second daughter.
26:01That's lovely.
26:02You see the African woman is built with ATM, African trademark.
26:07So that is what is focusing on.
26:09The African trademark, the ATM.
26:10Yes.
26:11What's the African trademark?
26:12No, ATM.
26:13Yeah.
26:14African trademark.
26:15And what is the trademark?
26:16No, the book.
26:17Oh.
26:18So, Nigeria.
26:19The, the, the, the bottom.
26:20They love it.
26:21Who loves it?
26:22The men.
26:23The men.
26:24The men?
26:25Yes, so.
26:26They like, they like.
26:27Yes.
26:28That is showing that you are looking after your wife.
26:30Right.
26:31So, I love.
26:32So, the bigger.
26:33The bigger it gets, the better it gets.
26:34The bigger it gets, the better it gets.
26:35The bigger it gets, the better it is.
26:36Okay.
26:37So, that is why we call it ATM.
26:39ATM.
26:40African trademark.
26:41African trademark.
26:42African trademark.
26:45And in this gallery, it's customary to rest your behind and enjoy some local food surrounded
26:51by African creativity.
26:53So, what are these?
26:54This is Oyibo cake.
26:55Okay.
26:56Oyibo cake.
26:57Oyibo cake.
26:58Oyibo is white people's cake.
27:00Oh.
27:01So, this is a treat.
27:02So, this is a treat.
27:03So, it's posh.
27:04Yes.
27:05And it's what white people used to eat.
27:06Yes.
27:07But now, a brother and a sister are eating it.
27:10That's right.
27:11That's right.
27:12This reminds me of what we call a Johnny cake in the Caribbean.
27:17Basically, dough, deep fried in balls.
27:20It's exactly the same thing.
27:22Yeah.
27:23We are the same African.
27:24And we call it small chop.
27:25Small chop.
27:26Mm-hmm.
27:27So, mom, your Johnny cakes, which I grew up on, small chopping, I do.
27:32These are really good.
27:34Very Moorish.
27:35Oh, I'm loving this.
27:36Cheers.
27:37I think this is the perfect place to have finished the Lagos leg of my adventure.
27:54It's the blend of the creativity, entrepreneurship, community, and the connection between past and
28:00present that makes this city so vibrant.
28:04I'd love to see Lagos get more visitors in the coming years, and I definitely recommend coming here.
28:12If you enjoyed that, you can press the red button now to see all episodes of My African Adventures, only on BBC iPlayer.
28:34I'll see you next time.
28:35Bye.
28:36Bye.
28:37Bye.
28:38Bye.
28:39Bye.
28:40Bye.
28:41Bye.
28:42Bye.
28:43Bye.
28:44Bye.
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