Lagos : a cultural and historical imagination / / Kaye Whiteman

• Autore: Whiteman Kaye
• 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
• 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.: 9910807091003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Landscapes of the Imagination