Lagos : a cultural and historical imagination / Kaye Whiteman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whiteman, Kaye.

Series:

Landscapes of the Imagination

Cities of the imagination

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture.

Lagos (Nigeria)--Description and travel.

Lagos (Nigeria).

Lagos (Nigeria)--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Place of Publication:

Exeter, UK ; Charlottesville, Virginia : Andrews UK Limited, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Lagos is one of the fastest growing cities in the world, expected in some projections to have a population of 25 million by 2025. This will make it the biggest metropolis in sub-Saharan Africa and possibly the world's third largest city. This phenomenal and continuing growth gives it a heady turbulence, especially as it only took on the form of a coherent urban entity in the eighteenth century. After Nigeria's independence Lagos remained both trading hub and, for thirty years, a federal capi...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Foreword by Femi Okunnu; A Personal Message from the CEO of BGL; Preface and Acknowledgements; Dedication; Introduction; Lagos; The Story of Lagos; The Topography of Lagos; Changing Society and the "Look" of the City; A True City of the Imagination; Music, Film, Art and the Havens in the Wilderness; Stories to Remember; The Long Shadow of FESTAC; Prominent Personalities of Lagos; Fela Anikulapo-Kuti; Streets of the Imagination; The Future City?; End Matter; Appendix; Further Reading; BGL and Lagos; Also Available

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 15, 2013).

ISBN:

1-908493-88-7

1-908493-89-5

OCLC:

862050156