Toggle Navigation. Lara Bourdin. Invisible Borders. The artists' road trip from Lagos to Sarajevo A road trip: long hours crunched into the backseat of a moving vehicle; the hum of the engine, the slow changes in scenery; being at the mercy of a flat tire, a leaky tank or an obstinate border agent. But the discovery is what counts. Beginning on 2 June of this year, a group of ten African artists will be embarking on a four-month-long journey from Lagos, Nigeria, to Sarajevo, Bosnia.
Travelling under the banner of the Invisible Borders Trans-African The artists' road trip from Lagos to Sarajevo A road trip: long hours crunched into the backseat of a moving vehicle; the hum of the engine, the slow Editorial Feeling Sorry for Shell.
There you are, trying to be a good Big Oil company, paying proper salaries and taxes and royalties well, maybe not enough to the liking of some, but paying a lot nevertheless, especially if you include the bribes and still they blame you for everything, from pollution to corruption and unemployment and lack of perspectives, not just for the Niger Delta region but for the entire country.
Then they vandalise your There you are, trying to be a good Big Oil company, paying proper Sara Chitambo. The World Cup made South Africans realise that the government should impress its own people as well It is a narrow victory, but a victory nonetheless.
Half of the people I ask if they would have the β first African β World Cup of all over again, give me a yes. It made them feel good, they say, it brought people together, white and black, rich and poor, and they would love having such a great experience again. About a third says no, however, and the rest is undecided.
