Lagos
A Cultural History
Published on 1. October 2013
256 pages
978-1-62371-040-8 (ISBN)
Description
AN ENGAGING AND WELL-WRITTEN CULTURAL AND LITERARY HISTORY. Lagos is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. Kaye Whiteman explores a city that has constantly re-invented itself, from the first settlement on an uninhabited island to the creation of the port in the early years of the twentieth century. Lagos is still defined by its curious network of islands and lagoons, where erosion and reclamation lead to a permanently shifting topography, but history has thrust it into the role of a burgeoning mega-city, overcoming all nature's obstacles. The city's melting-pot has fertilized a unique literary and artistic flowering that is only now beginning to be appreciated by a world that has only seen slums and chaos.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Interlink Publishing Group, Inc
File size
4,06 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-62371-040-8 (9781623710408)
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Person
Kaye Whiteman was for many years editor of West Africa magazine.
Content
- Intro
- Also in the series
- Lagos
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- A Personal Message
- Preface & Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Chapter One The Story of Lagos
- Chapter Two The Topography of Lagos
- Chapter Three Changing Society and the "Look" of the City
- Chapter Four A True City of the Imagination: Lagos in Literature
- Chapter Five Music, Film, Art and the Havens in the Wilderness
- Chapter Six Stories to Remember: A Selection of Episodes in the City's History
- Chapter Seven The Long Shadow of FESTAC
- Chapter Eight Prominent Personalities of Lagos
- Chapter Nine Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: Archetypal Lagos Boy
- Chapter Ten Streets of the Imagination: Everyday Mysteries of the City
- Chapter Eleven The Future City?
- Appendix I
- Further Reading
- BGL and Lagos
- Backcover
