State of Lagos Megacity and Other Nigerian Cities
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Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Cities and towns |
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Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Cities and towns |
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Author | : Toyin Falola |
Publisher | : Africa World Press |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Cities and towns |
ISBN | : 9781592211692 |
The growth of Nigeria's urban population has been,phenomenal, with Lagos being one of the fastest,growing cities in the world. Rapid growth also,brings problems, notably the shortage of social,amenities, crime and violence. Drawing on specific,examples from Lagos, Abeokuta and Kano, among,others, the book examines various issues on the,management of modern Nigerian cities. The original,analysis on the movement of people and goodsimproving sanitisation and minimising ethnic,tension in Nigerian cities over the last century,will engage scholars, experts and policy makers.
Author | : Akin L. Mabogunje |
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Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 1971 |
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Author | : Lees, Loretta |
Publisher | : Policy Press |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 2015-01-26 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1447313488 |
This comprehensive book uses a rich array of case studies from cities in Asia, Latin America, Africa, Southern Europe, and beyond to highlight the intensifying global struggle over urban space and underline gentrification as a growing and important battleground in the contemporary world.
Author | : Michael Chima Ekenyerengozi |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2016-08-06 |
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ISBN | : 9781536934922 |
This is the photo book of my "Lagos in Motion: Sights and Sounds of Africa's Largest Megacity" tourist documentary film. This book of selected photographs from more than 35 different locations of the documentary is as im-portant as the motion picture and will certainly become a collector's item. I have been living in Lagos since birth, so I have seen the evolution of Lagos from the 1970s to date as the federal capital of Nigeria before losing the status to Abuja in 1991, but has become one of the fastest growing cities in the world as the commercial capital of Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa and the continent's largest economy boosted by the rapid development of Lagos state with a population of more than 20 million people attracting both local and global investors to become the richest state in Nigeria and fifth biggest economy in Africa as the largest megacity with the highest GDP. Lagos is also heartbeat of the continent for entertainment with the phenomenal Nollywood, the largest home entertainment industry in Africa and second largest home videos industry in the world after Bollywood of India and ahead of Hollywood in production of home videos.
Author | : Akin L. Mabogunje |
Publisher | : Holmes & Meier Publishers |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Social Science |
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Author | : Anthony S. Aladekomo |
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Total Pages | : 403 |
Release | : 2012 |
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ISBN | : 9789789191734 |
Author | : Bolaji Uthman |
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Total Pages | : 62 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : City planning |
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Author | : Jude Dibia |
Publisher | : Akashic Books |
Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 2018-06-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1617756482 |
“A stellar cast of award-winning Nigerian authors . . . a must-read for crime lovers looking for something different.”—Brittle Paper In Akashic Books’s acclaimed series of original noir anthologies, each book comprises all new stories set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. Now, West Africa enters the Noir Series arena, meticulously edited by one of Nigeria’s best-known authors. In Lagos Noir, the stories are set in “a city of more than 21 million and an amazing amalgam of wealth, poverty, corruption, humor, bravery, and tragedy. Abani and a dozen other contributors tell stories that are both unique to Lagos and universal in their humanity . . . This entry stands as one of the strongest recent additions to Akashic’s popular noir series” (Publishers Weekly, starred review, pick of the week). The anthology includes stories by Chris Abani, Nnedi Okorafor, E.C. Osondu, Jude Dibia, Chika Unigwe, A. Igoni Barrett, Sarah Ladipo Manyika, Adebola Rayo, Onyinye Ihezukwu, Uche Okonkwo, Wale Lawal, ’Pemi Aguda, and Leye Adenle. “The beauty of this book, which contains 13 stories from Nigerian writers, is that it serves as a travelogue, too.”—Bloomberg, “The Darkest Summer Reading List for Those Bright, Beachy Days” “With writers like Igoni Barrett, Leye Adenle, and E.C. Osondu contributing, Lagos Noir offers wildly different perspectives on both the city itself and the state of noir fiction. This book is almost like a world in itself, one that you’ll want to dive back into and get lost in again and again.”—CrimeReads, “One of the 10 Best Crime Anthologies of 2018”
Author | : Toyin Falola |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2017-08-07 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1351653229 |
On a planet where urbanization is rapidly expanding, nowhere is the growth more pronounced than in cities of the global South, and in particular, Africa. African metropolises are harbingers of the urban challenges that lie ahead as societies grapple with the fractured social, economic, and political relations forming within these new, often mega, cities. The African Metropolis integrates geographical and historical perspectives to examine how processes of segregation, marginalization, resilience, and resistance are shaping cities across Africa, spanning from Nigeria and Ghana to Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Africa. The chapters pay particular attention to the voices and daily realities of those most vulnerable to urban transformations, and to questions such as: Who governs? Who should the city serve? Who has a right to the city? And how can the built spaces and contentious legacies of colonialism and prior development regimes be inclusively reconstructed? In addition to highlighting critical contemporary debates, the book furthers our ability to examine the transformations taking place in cities of the global South, providing detailed accounts of local complexities while also generating insights that can scale up and across to similar cities around the world. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of African Studies, urban development and human geography.