“We see them every day, but we don’t pay attention.”

The team behind On The Move spoke with Lagos traffic hawkers while building a short film around their daily work, skills and ambitions. Cast member Jumoke Omojola also drew on her own past experience of hawking.

WHY TWALE: Twale Street should make everyday workers visible without turning hardship into spectacle. The strongest part of this story is its insistence that hawkers are people with skills, routines and lives beyond what motorists see in traffic.