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street vendors at a busy market in Lagos Island, Nigeria

January 8, 2015 | Local Color

Vendors hawk goods at one of many markets on Lagos Island, demonstrating the entrepreneurial fervor that has made Nigeria’s economy Africa’s most vibrant.

See more pictures from the January 2015 feature story “Africa’s First City.”

Learn more about Nigeria’s vibrant movie and fashion industries on Proof.

Photograph by Robin Hammond, National Geographic