Nigerian community slowly disappearing under Atlantic Ocean due to coastal erosion

(23 Jun 2024)
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Ayetoro, Ondo-State, Nigeria - 4 April 2024
1. Aerial shot of Ayetoro
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Victoria Mofeoluwa Arowolo, retired civil servant and Ayetoro resident: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND OVERLAID BY SHOTS 3 TO 7++
“Ayetoro was like a paradise. A city where everyone lived joyfully, happily. More than two-thirds of Ayetoro has been claimed by the sea erosion. Most of our children now cannot go to school. If you want to go to church now, we pass through hell before going there because of this sea problem.”
3. Wide of coast of Ayetoro
4. Waves lapping over concrete bricks
5. Boy carrying bucket of water
6. Man sitting in destroyed building on coast of Ayetoro
7. People on boat
8. Wide of Ayetero, overlaid by title card reading (English): "On the brink"

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9. Animated graphic of map of Nigeria showing location of Ayetoro

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Ayetoro, Ondo-State, Nigeria - 4 April 2024
10. Various of Victoria Mofeoluwa Arowolo, retired civil servant and Ayetoro resident, outside her house

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11. VOICEOVER (English): ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND OVERLAID BY SHOT 12++
“Arowolo has lived in Ayetoro for her entire life. This small community on the coast of Nigeria is now virtually underwater.”

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Ayetoro, Ondo-State, Nigeria - 4 April 2024
12. Arowolo walking in Ayetoro
13. Ducks on boat
14. People on boats
15. Waves lapping at ruined buildings
16. People walking on dock
17. Various of Arowolo reading in her house
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Victoria Mofeoluwa Arowolo, retired civil servant and Ayetoro resident: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++
“This is the third house we are living in. The electricity is already gone. We could not use electric fan.”
19. People sitting on dock
20. People on boat
21. Various of person sitting on abandoned building on coast
22. Wide of Ayetoro coast
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Olusegun Dada, Marine Geologist, Akure Federal University of Technology: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++
“In this environment we have the ocean surge, and also we have erosion. And at the same time there are flooding from time to time.”
24. Wide of Professor Olusegun Dada, Marine Geologist, Akure Federal University of Technology, walking with Ayetoro resident

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25. VOICEOVER (English): ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND OVERLAID BY SHOT 26++
“Professor Dada has been studying coastal erosion in Nigeria and West Africa for years. He comes back to Ayetoro frequently to monitor the erosion.”

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Ayetoro, Ondo-State, Nigeria - 4 April 2024
26. Dada looking out at coast with Ayetoro resident
27. Wide of Ayetoro
28. SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Olusegun Dada, Marine Geologist, Akure Federal University of Technology: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND OVERLAID BY SHOT 26++
“Thirty meters, between thirty and forty meters per year, in terms of erosion. So it is very, very intense. And it's very severe.”
29. Wide drone shot of Ayetoro

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30. VOICEOVER (English): ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND OVERLAID BY SHOT 31++
“According to his research, the extreme erosion is caused by a mix of factors, including sea level rise, soil type, and subsidence.” “The erosion has impacted daily life here in almost every way.”

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Ayetoro, Ondo-State, Nigeria - 4 April 2024
31. Child collecting water
33. Trash on shore
42. Drone of Ayetoro coast



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