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Noo Saro-Wiwa (Autor)

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2012
318 Seiten
Soft Skull Press (Verlag)
978-1-59376-491-3 (ISBN)

Infos

A ';remarkable chronicle' of a journey back to this West African nation after years of exile (The New York Times Book Review). Noo Saro-Wiwa was brought up in England, but every summer she was dragged back to visit her father in Nigeriaa 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 didn't return for several years. Then she decided to come to terms with the country her father given his life for. Traveling from the exuberant chaos of Lagos to the calm beauty of the eastern mountains; from the eccentricity of a Nigerian dog show to the decrepit kitsch of the Transwonderland Amusement Park, she explores Nigerian Christianity, delves into the country's history of slavery, examines the corrupting effect of oil, and ponders the huge success of Nollywood. She finds the country as exasperating as ever, and frequently despairs at the corruption and inefficiency she encounters. But she also discovers that it is far more beautiful and varied than she had ever imagined, with its captivating thick tropical rain forest and ancient palaces and monumentsand most engagingly and entertainingly, its unforgettable people. ';The author allows her love-hate relationship with Nigeria to flavor this thoughtful travel journal, lending it irony, wit and frankness.' Kirkus Reviews

Autor

Noo Saro-Wiwa was born in Nigeria in 1976 and raised in England. She attended King’s College London and Columbia University in New York. She currently lives in London.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Schlagworte: book about growing up in nigeria • book about nigeria • book about nigerian christianity • book about nigerian culture • book about nollywood • book about socail activism • book about turmoil in nigeria • female author • female nigerian author • new saro wiwa • nigerian author • nigerian writer • noo saro wiwa • noo sarowiwa • noo wiwa • no saro wiwa • saro wiwa
• ISBN-10: 1-59376-491-X / 159376491X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-59376-491-3 / 9781593764913