In Nigeria’s floating slum, ‘The Herds’ tour spotlights climate change where it’s felt the most

Makoko, Nigeria (AP) – many boats towards Makoko, a vast floating poor based on pillars in the lake on one of the parties to the economic axis in Nigeria Lagos. Riding on the vessels are giant doll animals of cardboard along with brides who wear black clothes.

Once on water, animals – gorilla, tiger, elephant, Wildbest, giraffe and donkeys – all alive. The gorilla screams, the donkeys drained and shake his tail while the cheetah bends his neck towards the surface as if he was drinking, but he stops before he meets his face with water and then turns to look around.

It is Saturday, the second day of “” Theatrical tour He stopped in Nigeria on a trip 20,000 km (12427 miles) from the Congo Basin in Africa to the circle in the Arctic with doll animals. It is a journey whose organizers say is aimed at attracting attention to the climate crisis and “renewing our bond with the natural world.”

The tour started last week in Kinshasa, the capital of the Congo, and will continue all over the world with Dakar, the Senegalese capital, as the next station.

The story says that animals will be forced to get out of their natural habitats due to global warming and displaced north, and stop in cities along the way and join more animals.

Amir Al -Nizr Zoubi, coach “Al -Qatan”, said that the sprawling poor in Makoko – an ancient fishing village – was ideal for clarifying that because for many years he showed flexibility in the face of climate change, and often finds ways to adapt to the harsh weather.

It is called Makoko Sluum, which is called Venice in Africa, a low society exposed to high sea levels and floods. No Lagos itself is not alien to the effects of climate change, as roads and homes are often flooded throughout the coastal city during the annual floods.

“We are on one edge of the greatest global crises, and … I think that the global south provides a lot of knowledge and a lot of flexibility,” referring to developing countries in the southern hemisphere with a decrease in income and rates of poverty compared to “global north.”

Makoko spread under the third main mainland bridge that connects a lot of Lagos, and began “herds”. People took their heads out of the windows in the territory of the exhibition. Children and women stood on the balconies of supernapes outside their worn wooden homes, watching while animals were wandering in narrow waterways. Some simulated animals while others applauded and waved them.

“It looked real,” said Samuel Shimidi, a 22 -year -old McCoko, in a doll,. “I have never seen anything like this before in my life. It is not real, but they made it look very real.”

When she left the Makoko tour and moved to the YABA suburb, the reputable city traffic stood up to the doll while she was promoting people and vehicles. Large animals joined the smallest princesses like monkeys who scream loudly, even dance, and even dance.

The tour was numbered through dance and design shows from a local theatrical group, where its artists are worn in beige bag materials and straw hats, intermittently charged towards the dolls as if they were about to attack them.

While traveling in the streets, the spectators were treated at the chants of the song “Amfara”, which translates loosely into “we started.”

At a time when African countries are Loss up to 5 % of GDP Every year because they bear a heavier burden than the rest of the world from ClimateThe “herd” organizers said it is important to break climate change and its effects in a way that many people can be associated with.

Zoubi, the coach, said: “There is a lot of discussion about the climate about science … and scientific words do not mean anything for most people.” “I wanted to create an artistic piece that talks about nature and beauty and how animals are wild and dizzy.”

He said that the animals that invade cities are a borrowing of abnormal things that are now normal because the world deals with climate change. “We hope this will become a way to talk about what we will lose if we continue to burn fossil fuels.”