Great African Reads discussion

I found a reference to Makoko (a slum, built largely on stilts in a lagoon, in Lagos) in The Bright Continent and am interested in reading more about it. Does anyone know of any books -- preferably nonfiction -- on Makoko, or at least with more than a few sentences about it?

Liralen wrote: "I found a reference to Makoko (a slum, built largely on stilts in a lagoon, in Lagos) in The Bright Continent and am interested in reading more about it. Does anyone know of any boo..."

interesting, I'll poke around. I found this article in the meantime:
http://www.architectural-review.com/b...

Thanks! Yes, I found a handful of articles on the floating school (which, frankly, sounds like it could be the starting point for a book itself, although I suppose it's too new for that). So far the only book I've been able to find mention of is a self-pubbed photography(?) book (which I would totally read, were it accessible and not wickedly expensive).

Unfortunately not the first time I've known exactly what I want to read about and then struggled to find books about it!

Ha! Yes, I think we came across the same things. :)

The trials and tribulations of insatiable readers. Siiiigh.

We should have some sort of thing where we pitch ideas to writers/publishers as readers. "We want to read about THIS."

They'd hate me. I want to read about too many things :)

For anyone who's interested, I just came across this article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic...

Not a ton of info, but some interesting photographs.