"Water no get enemy." When Fela Kuti sang it in 1975, he was repeating an old Yoruba truth: water is life's indispensable gift. No one in their right mind fights it. Yet every day, we do. Dumping refuse in gutters, paving over wetlands, pouring waste into streams, then acting surprised when floods enter our homes. From dying rivers in Ondo to man-made flooding in Lagos, this is the story of how we became water's friendly foes, and how the same hands that pollute can protect.