"Here, it's not only the mass suicides that render Yosoye's Lagos sinister; it's also the locale of the building project where she works, churning out promotional materials. Omi City will be a preserve of the wealthy built on a peninsula reclaimed from the ocean. Right now, though, it's just"
A 23-year-old Nigerian college graduate named Yosoye begins national service at an architectural firm in Lagos and tries to overcome an inward, isolating feeling. After moving into a one-room apartment, she goes to a local bar, meets a man, and ends up in a cheap motel where she has sex. She discovers she is pregnant, but the timing is complicated by a disturbing pattern in the city: pregnant women are walking into the ocean, jumping into lagoons, and drowning as if compelled to become one with water. The same city includes a major building project, Omi City, intended for wealthy residents on reclaimed land, while Yosoye’s workplace produces promotional materials amid the growing menace.
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