The Gallery
Explore the Journey Behind the Story
See the places, people, and moments from Pidgin and Pepper Soup – Making Television in Nigeria. Every chapter has a story — and now, a set of images to match.
Chapter 1 – First Impressions
Chapter 2 – A Place To Stay
The Third Mainland Bridge
Views from the Third Mainland Bridge
Timber brought by river from upcountry
Chapter 3 – Getting down to work
The National Theatre shaped like a military hat
Chapter 4 – Okadas, taxis and area boys
Various shots of Okados in Lagos
Chapter 5 – Three months later
Rushing to an internet cafe
Chapter 6 – Enter the chairman
(No Pictures)
Chapter 7 – Sowemimo Street
The house from the driveway
View in the rain
A load of cash to pay the crew
Furniture in Sowemimo Street
Lounge furniture street market
Idumoto – Fabric Market
Fresh produce markets
Chapter 8 – A nation of church goers
National Mosque Abuja
National Cathedral
Trucks painted with religious icons.
Chapter 9 – The slave coast
Walkway to The Point of No Return
Naïve paintings of slavery
The Point of No Return
Slave relics
Roadside palm wine shack
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