Careers Quote by Rem Koolhaas

Nigeria is like everywhere, really: there are some beautiful places that have been invested in and others that haven’t been.

— Tinie Tempah

I haven't been to Nigeria, but my dad and I have talked about going. I have a grandma over there who's been here.

— Jarome Iginla

Lagos was the ultimate dysfunctional city - but actually, in terms of all the initiatives and ingenuity, it mobilised an incredibly beautiful, almost utopian…

— Rem Koolhaas

Lagos was not very inviting even to Lagosians. It was considered a no-go zone, almost in its entirety.

— Rem Koolhaas

The Lagos of my childhood was a well-laid-out maritime city.

— Wole Soyinka

“Lagos is a metropolis of almost twenty million people, with more energy than London, more entrepreneurial spirit than New York, and so people come…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

It is the human potentials that interest me. I travel and everywhere I go I am amazed at the presence of Nigerians. The intelligence,…

— Wole Soyinka

Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examined that part of our story extensively.

— Chinua Achebe

I think I have become a very strong person. If you’re able to grow up in Nigeria and go through certain things, you’re able…

— Nneka

Nigeria was a blank on the map - there weren't even any maps. The US State Department, everyone said don't go there. It was…

— Rem Koolhaas

Nigeria is so peculiar and dramatic. Even talking about the potentials before we talk about the negativities, Nigeria is a nation for perpetual study.…

— Wole Soyinka

If you go to the part of Nigeria I'm from, people will say 'why is colonialism my concern?'

— Kemi Badenoch