A night on the town during Nigeria’s ‘Detty December’
HARE: The first winds of west Africa’s Harmattan dry season are in the air and Lagos, the financial capital of the continent’s most populous country, is buzzing. It’s ‘Detty December’, when the city turns into a place of pilgrimage for Nigerians and those in the diaspora to make their home for the holidays — and to party. The frenetic metropolis, which bustles with about 20 million people on a normal day, swells every year as it absorbs newcomers. AFP journalists spent a night in the city one night last December to document a city known for its over-the-top exuberance. 6












