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Nigeria, Lagos, 2009 A man passed by the streets in Festac Town among uncollected garbage. Festac Town was built at the same time than was organized the Festac pan-African cultural festival. Once a symbol of modernity in the 1970s, this district has fallen little by little into dereliction and nowadays no longer provides neither electricty nor running water. Nigeria, Lagos, 2009 Un homme dans une rue de Festac Town, parmis les dchets non collects. Festac Town a t construit pendant le festival culturel pan-africain de Festac. Symbole de modernit dans les annes 70, ce quartier s'est dlit petit petit, et aujourd'hui il n'y a ni lctricit ni eau courante. Michael Zumstein / Agence VU (KEYSTONE/Agence VU/Michael Zumstein)