Noo Saro-Wiwa: Looking for Transwonderland
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- Kategoria: muu, ei luokiteltu, alakategoria: maantiede & matkailu
- Materiaali: Nidottu
- Kustantaja: Granta Books
- Kieli: englanti
- ISBN: 9781847083319
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Noo Saro-Wiwa was brought up in England but spent her childhood summers in Nigeria — a country she considered an unglamorous parallel universe, devoid of all creature comforts. After her father, activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, was murdered there in 1995, Noo rarely returned to the land of her birth. More than a decade later, she decided to come to terms with Nigeria. From the exuberant chaos of Lagos, to the calm beauty of the eastern mountains; the eccentricity of a Nigerian dog show to the empty Transwonderland Amusement Park, Noo combines travelogue with an exploration of corruption, identity and religion. Looking for Transwonderland is the first major non-fiction narrative of modern Nigeria; an engaging portrait of a country whose beauty and variety few of us will experience, depicted with wit and insight by a refreshing new voice in contemporary travel writing.