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028			_a: Amazon.in _b: Cocoblu Retail Limited _c: BLR7-3585224 _d: 17/11/2022
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100			_aSaro-Wiwa, Noo.
245			_aLooking for transwonderland : travels in Nigeria _c/ Noo Saro-Wiwa.
260			_aBerkeley, CA _b: Soft Skull Press _c, 2012.
300			_aviii, 309p. _c; 23 cm.
365			_b978.00
505			_aLagos: Centre of excellence. Oil and people on water. Total formula for victory over the hardships of life Ibadan: Under the light of fading stars. Transwonderland Abuja: In the chop house. Spiderman, rock stars and gigolos Kano: Straddling modernity's kofar Nguru and Yankari: Where 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 Epilogue
520			_aNoo Saro-Wiwa was brought up in England, but every summer she was dragged back to Nigeria - a country she viewed as an annoying parallel universe where she had to relinquish all her creature comforts and sense of individuality. Then her father, activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, was murdered there, and she didn't return for 10 years. Recently, she decided to rediscover and come to terms with the country her father loved. She travelled from the exuberant chaos of Lagos to the calm beauty of the eastern mountains; from the eccentricity of a Nigerian dog show to the empty Transwonderland Amusement Park - Nigeria's decrepit and deserted answer to Disneyland. She explored Nigerian christianity, delved into its history of slavery, examined the corrupting effect of oil, investigated Nollywood. She found the country as exasperating as ever, and frequently despaired at the corruption and inefficiency she encountered. But she also discovered that it was far more beautiful and varied than she had ever imagined, and was seduced by its thick tropical rainforest and ancient palaces and monuments. Most engagingly of all she introduces us to the people she meets, and gives us hilarious insights into the Nigerian character, its passion, wit and ingenuity.-- Publisher's website
650			_aNigeria
650			_aNigeria Description and travel
655			_aNigeria Descriptions et voyages
655			_aSaro-Wiwa, Noo, 1976- Travel Nigeria Travel
700			_aNoo Saro-Wiwa.
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