Looking for Transwonderland: travels in Nigeria
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Noo Saro-Wiwa was brought up in England, but every summer she was dragged back to visit her father in Nigeria a country she viewed as an annoying parallel universe where she had to relinquish all her creature comforts and sense of individuality. After her father, activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, was killed there, she didnt return for several years. Recently, she decided to come to terms with the country her father gave his life for.
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Saro-Wiwa, N. (2012). Looking for Transwonderland: travels in Nigeria. Berkeley, CA, Soft Skull Press / Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Saro-Wiwa, Noo, 1976-. 2012. Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria. Berkeley, CA, Soft Skull Press / Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Saro-Wiwa, Noo, 1976-, Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria. Berkeley, CA, Soft Skull Press / Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2012.
MLA Citation (style guide)Saro-Wiwa, Noo. Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria. Berkeley, CA, Soft Skull Press / Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2012.
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300 | |a viii, 309 p. : |b ill. (front.) ; |c 23 cm | ||
504 | |a Includes sources (p. [311]). | ||
505 | 0 | |a Lagos. Centre of excellence ; Oil and people on water ; Total formula for victory of the hardships of life -- Ibadan. Under the light of the fading stars ; Transwonderland -- Abuja. In the chop house ; Spiderman, rock stars and gigolos -- Kano. Straddling modernity's kofar -- Nguru and Yankari. What are those stupid animals? -- Jos. Hidden legacies -- Maiduguri and Sukur. Kingdom of heaven -- Calabar. Masquerade mischief -- Cross River State. Spoiling nature's spoils -- Benin. Behind the mask -- Port Harcourt. Tending the backyard -- Lagos. Truth and reconciliation. | |
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