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Autore: |
Whiteman Kaye
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Titolo: |
Lagos : a cultural and historical imagination / / Kaye Whiteman
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Pubblicazione: | Exeter, UK ; ; Charlottesville, Virginia : , : Andrews UK Limited, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
Disciplina: | 966.91 |
Soggetto topico: | Culture |
Soggetto geografico: | Lagos (Nigeria) Description and travel |
Lagos (Nigeria) History | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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... |
Titolo autorizzato: | Lagos ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-908493-88-7 |
1-908493-89-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910453498603321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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