Welcome to Lagos begins well outside of the Nigerian metropolis, at a hot and dirty army outpost somewhere in the Niger delta: oil country, but also rebel country. Serving under a corrupt colonel and terrorizing local people is not what Chike Ameobi signed up for the army to do. After twelve months as an officer …
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Jul 19 2019
Welcome to Lagos by Chibundu Onuzo
- By Doug Merrill in Africa, Doug, Fiction
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July 19, 2019
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Aug 17 2008
A History of Nigeria by Toyin Falola
A good source of information, if not an exciting narrative, on the largest country in Africa. The story is typically African: colonial exploitation is followed by a brief and heady period of independence, which is followed by a long period of political corruption, ethnic violence, and economic decline. I personally remain as mystified by Africa’s …
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