Kyle is the largest floating slum in the world, with tens of thousands of people living there. Why is it marked no man's land?

If we only talk about the African continent, most people may stereotype it as backwardness and poverty. Actually, it's not. There are still relatively rich countries in Africa, such as Nigeria. Nigeria is one of the richest countries in Africa, second only to South Africa. With its unique natural and mineral resources, Nigeria has become one of the fastest growing countries in the world. However, Nigeria is also a famous populous country in Africa. The rapid economic growth has naturally attracted a large influx of people, leading to an increasingly serious gap between the rich and the poor in Nigeria.

And in this rich African country, there is the largest in the world? Water slums? , named Ma Keke, is located in Lagos. Lagos is the largest city in West Africa, a famous seaside resort and tourist center, which attracts many tourists every year. Unexpectedly, Ma Keke happens to belong to this city? The other side? .

/kloc-In the middle and late 20th century, fishermen built houses on the water to facilitate their fishing, thus forming a small fishing village. Slowly, due to the economic development of Lagos, many people flocked to the city to look for opportunities, and many people settled in Ma Keke, which made Kyle really form an illegally built urban settlement, mainly inhabited by migrant workers from West African countries.

Where do the residents of Ma Keke live? Stilts? Inside? Stilts? This is a house made of hardwood, supported by wooden stakes on the water. A house can hold six to ten people. Their common means of transportation is a wooden canoe, but there is almost nothing. Social infrastructure? Many families even need to have a toilet, and the waste water, excrement and other garbage generated at ordinary times are directly discharged into the waters where they live, and there is no free drinking water here, and local people have to buy it from suppliers.

No drainage system will naturally lead to serious water pollution. At the same time, local residents also suffer from various diseases, among which respiratory diseases, malaria and malnutrition are the most important threats. Even so, Kyle doesn't even have a regular hospital, only a few clinics. Then why are the living conditions here so bad that more than 30 thousand local residents still don't leave? In fact, because of the large local population and the tight demand for land, the local government has to issue a notice to move out, so that those homeless people can settle in Kyle, at least a place to stay, and still make a living.

The local government can only ignore them as much as possible, but from time to time, white journalists will come here to do some related reports, take photos and write articles, and then sell them to some institutions to make money. After the photos were released, the local government was embarrassed. In 20 12, it also sent a 72-hour notice of moving out to Ma Keke. Obviously, Kyle may have more than10,000 residents, but it is directly marked as no man's land.