Nigeria: Armed With Maps and Music, Nigeria's Slum Dwellers Fight Evictions

Port Harcourt — Many residents live in waterfront areas, on land with prime real-estate value and have no official housing documentation - making them especially vulnerable to evictions

When bulldozers entered the Nigerian slum of Njemanze and started tearing down hundreds of waterfront homes, Michael Uwemedimo was there to document the scene with his camera.

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