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Mar 2023
25m 13s

Scenes from Nigeria's Baby Boom

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
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With 224 million people, Nigeria is Africa's most populous country. By 2050, it could crack the global top three with some 375 million people. In the second of our two-part series on the global population passing eight billion, National Geographic photographer Yagazie Emezi describes scenes she captured in Lagos, Africa’s biggest city—including intimate clos ... Show More
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