The sound of Lagos, twenty minutes every Tuesday
I record the city's buses, markets and bridges, and tell you what you're hearing and where.
Episode 14 · Third Mainland at dusk (preview)
Danfo Tapes
Bolanle Adegbulugbe
Host and recordist
Lagos, Nigeria
I took a danfo to school every day. Now I never ride one without a recorder.
Third Mainland at dusk
23 minutes. The long bridge home from a danfo window, as the traffic slows over the lagoon.
Balogun's cloth stalls
19 minutes. Scissors, folding cloth and a radio that never goes off.
When the power goes
21 minutes. One generator starts, then forty more down the street.
First time here?
Start with Episode 14. One ride home over the bridge has the whole city in it.
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About the show
How often is there a new episode?
Every Tuesday, about twenty minutes each. If a recording needs another week, the email says so.
Can I send you a sound?
Yes. Email the recording with the place and the time you made it. If I use it, I say your name in the episode.
Is there a transcript?
Each episode's notes list every sound in the order you hear it, with its place and time.