Book Size: 5.25" x 8"
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781566569194
Series: Interlink Cultural Histories
Imprint: Interlink Books
Edition: 1
Photography by: Richard Row
Illustrations: b&w illus , maps
Release date: 01/09/12
Category: Travel/Travel LiteratureLagos
A Cultural History
By Kaye Whiteman • Photography by Richard Row
$ 15“Reading these guides is the next best thing to actually going there with them in hand.” —ForeWord Magazine
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.
About the author
Kaye Whiteman was for many years editor of West Africa magazine.
Reviews
“Reading these guides is the next best thing to actually going there with them in hand.” — ForeWord Magazine
Additional information
| Author | Whiteman, Kaye |
|---|---|
| Cover Type | |
| test | |
| Edition | 1 |
| Inprint | Interlink Books |
| Pages | 256 |
| Type | PB |
| Illustrator | Row, Richard |
| Illustrations | b&w illus , maps |
| Release date | 01/09/12 |
| Author Home | UK & Nigeria |
| Subtitle | A Cultural History |
| Format | 5.25" x 8" |
| Reviews | "Reading these guides is the next best thing to actually going there with them in hand." —ForeWord Magazine |
| MainReview | "Reading these guides is the next best thing to actually going there with them in hand." —ForeWord Magazine |
