LEADER 02707nam 2200577 450 001 9910790798603321 005 20230803022138.0 010 $a1-908493-88-7 010 $a1-908493-89-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000001137197 035 $a(EBL)1507818 035 $a(OCoLC)862050156 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001128654 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11635990 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001128654 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11067701 035 $a(PQKB)11193718 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1507818 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1507818 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10808406 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL536898 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001137197 100 $a20121018d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLagos $ea cultural and historical imagination /$fKaye Whiteman 210 1$aExeter, UK ;$aCharlottesville, Virginia :$cAndrews UK Limited,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 225 0$aCities of the imagination 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-908493-05-4 311 $a1-306-05647-0 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aLagos is one of the fastest growing cities in the world, expected in some projections to have a population of 25 million by 2025. This will make it the biggest metropolis in sub-Saharan Africa and possibly the world's third largest city. This phenomenal and continuing growth gives it a heady turbulence, especially as it only took on the form of a coherent urban entity in the eighteenth century. After Nigeria's independence Lagos remained both trading hub and, for thirty years, a federal capi... 410 0$aLandscapes of the Imagination 606 $aCulture 607 $aLagos (Nigeria)$xDescription and travel 607 $aLagos (Nigeria)$xHistory 615 0$aCulture. 676 $a966.91 700 $aWhiteman$b Kaye$01472890 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790798603321 996 $aLagos$93779285 997 $aUNINA