Floating School Planned On Floating Slum In Lagos, Nigeria

A lady prepares food for sale at the floating slum of Makoko in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. A group is planning to build a floating school in the slum, which state authorities have targeted for demolition in the past.

People paddle canoes on the floating slum of Makoko in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012.

A man stands on the dock of a proposed floating school at the floating slum in Makoko in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. <AP Photo/Sunday Alamba>

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