ナイジェリア：洪水被害深刻のようで

　写真家さんが現地で、まだ腰上くらいの水のなか、自宅前・中に立ってもらって撮影する…という、かなり印象深い姿を撮影。インタビューを挟みながら写真を掲載していく記事。

BBC Nigeria floods: Songs and testimonies from a drowning world 29 Jan 2023

　わたしが「あ、こりゃだめだ」と思った点は

「"The farmland is submerged so all the stems are dead. That means there will be no crop in the coming year."」

「"I also lost all my cassava stems, so for us to plant next year it means we would need to buy them. But each stem goes for more than a 1,000 naira [$2.20, £1.75], which is far beyond our means.

"My appeal to government is that they should help us to continue farming and also help with the properties that have been so damaged."」

「"I make a living farming fish and we had two fishponds. They were washed away and I have lost all my fish."」

「"All the crops from our farm are destroyed. We are seriously suffering now because I can't do any business to survive."」

　キャッサバの種芋が完全に壊滅。現在の食糧どころか来季の作付け・収穫も絶望。養魚池もアウト。一般人民の生活基盤・生産基盤が完全に崩壊。これ、かなり詰んでますね？　一国一州まるごとじゃなく、我々の感覚では数個市町村で済んでいるのではあろうが、それでも―。