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Al Jazeera
Environment
Pelumi Salako

Lost homes and rising seas: A Nigerian coastal community fears extinction

People gather on the shore in Akodo-Ise, Nigeria, with the day's catch [Pelumi Salako/Al Jazeera]

Lagos, Nigeria – As a child growing up in Akodo-Ise, Kadiri Malik would pass a boulevard of coconut trees on his way down to the shore with his father to start the fishing day.

The two would walk, sometimes hand in hand, past lush vegetation before settling down to gather a bountiful harvest of fish. But that’s now a distant memory in the coastal village in Nigeria’s Lagos.

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