Pelumi Salako

2 months ago | allafrica.com | Pelumi Salako

Support for Ghana's controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill emboldened by Trump. Ghana's anti-LGBTQ+ bill resubmitted to parliament LGBTQ+ community anxious over abuse and violence Enacting bill into law could endanger global funding LAGOS - For the last few weeks, Ebenezer Peegah has been on high alert. As a LGBTQ+ activist in Ghana, he saw how violence and abuse against the community heightened when the country passed a stringent anti-LGBTQ+ bill last year, despite it never being signed into law.

2 months ago | abcnews.go.com | Pelumi Salako

Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria’s economic hub of LagosByPELUMI SALAKO Associated PressPuppeteers move cardboard animals in canoes at the Makoko Slum in Lagos Nigeria, Saturday, April 19, 2025, as part of "The Herds," a moving theatre performance that started its journey from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Arctic Circle in a bid to bring attention to the climate crisis.

2 months ago | thespec.com | Pelumi Salako

MAKOKO, Nigeria (AP) — Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos. Riding on the vessels are giant cardboard puppet animals along with their puppeteers dressed in black. Once on the water, the animals — a gorilla, a leopard, an elephant, a wildebeest, a giraff and a donkey — all come alive.

2 months ago | msn.com | Pelumi Salako

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2 months ago | goskagit.com | Pelumi Salako

MAKOKO, Nigeria (AP) - Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria's economic hub of Lagos. Riding on the vessels are giant cardboard puppet animals along with their puppeteers dressed in black. Once on the water, the animals - a gorilla, a leopard, an elephant, a wildebeest, a giraff and a donkey - all come alive.