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Nigeria's government announces its plans to restore Lagos' 'symbol of culture'
Nigeria's iconic National Theatre rises out of the brackish swamps of
Lagos near its islands, a massive concrete and marble structure
resembling a military officer's cap and a reminder of when the West
African nation had seemingly endless oil dollars to spend.
Today, the theater and its surrounding marshlands have become known
more as a good place to dump corpses than to catch the latest play,
something the officials managing it even acknowledge. Its massive bowl
theater, which seats more than 5,000, has sat decrepit and unused since a
stampede in 1994. Luxury purple espresso machines installed ahead of a
major arts festival in 1977 only gather dust as footsteps echo hollowly
down its massive hallways.