Real Estate
Monopoly Tournament in Nigeria Mirrors Chaos of the
Real-Life Property Market
The clock was running out at the Lagos Under-17 Monopoly Championship, and the pace of play was becoming so
frantic it was hard to decipher the true holder of Banana Island, Tiamiyu Savage Street and other properties on the
board. “I am the owner of this house!” shouted Ibrahim Mubarak, 14, a student from Isale Eko Junior Grammar
School, his finger jabbing the property on the board.
But just after Ibrahim collected his rent, time was up: The largest Monopoly tournament in Africa’s biggest city was
finished.
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