Lagos
eBook - ePub

Lagos

A Cultural History

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Lagos

A Cultural History

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Also in the series
  3. Lagos
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. A Personal Message
  8. Preface & Acknowledgements
  9. Dedication
  10. Introduction
  11. Chapter One The Story of Lagos
  12. Chapter Two The Topography of Lagos
  13. Chapter Three Changing Society and the “Look” of the City
  14. Chapter Four A True City of the Imagination: Lagos in Literature
  15. Chapter Five Music, Film, Art and the Havens in the Wilderness
  16. Chapter Six Stories to Remember: A Selection of Episodes in the City’s History
  17. Chapter Seven The Long Shadow of FESTAC
  18. Chapter Eight Prominent Personalities of Lagos
  19. Chapter Nine Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: Archetypal Lagos Boy
  20. Chapter Ten Streets of the Imagination: Everyday Mysteries of the City
  21. Chapter Eleven The Future City?
  22. Appendix I
  23. Further Reading
  24. Backcover