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| ISBN-13: | 9781566569194 |
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| Publisher: | Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated |
| Publication date: | 10/01/2013 |
| Series: | Interlink Cultural Histories |
| Pages: | 256 |
| Sales rank: | 711,956 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.90(d) |
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Table of Contents
Foreword Femi Okunnu ix
A Personal Message from the CEO of BGL xii
Preface & Acknowledgements xiv
Introduction xix
Chapter 1 The Story of Lagos Evolution of a Multi-Ethnic Gene Pool 1
Origins: Ogunfunminite, Olofin and the Idejo (1)
The First Portuguese Contact (2)
The Benin Imprint and "Eko" (3)
Akinsemoyin and the Coming of the Portuguese (4)
The Early Nineteenth-century Context: The Ending of the Slave Trade and the Yoruba Wars (7)
Behind the British Intervention: The Role of Palmerston (9)
1851-61: From the Consulate to the Treaty of Cession (13)
Sierra Leoneans and Brazilians: Saros and Amaros (18)
The Growing Gene Pool (19)
City of Religions (21)
The 1850s to the 1890s: The British Become Colonial (25)
The Modern Melting-pot (30)
The Status of Lagos: Crown Colony to State (32)
The Rise and Fall of Politics: The Move to Abuja (34)
Chapter 2 The Topography of Lagos Island and Mainland 35
The Ambivalent Role of the "Bar": Barrier and Entry Point (35)
Burtons Lagos (38)
E. D. Morel's Lagos (39)
Two Worlds: The Island and the Mainland (42)
Lagos Island: Isale Eko and the Iga Idunganran (42)
The Marina and the Business District (43)
Ikoyi: the McGregor Canal to Banana Island (47)
Victoria Island: the "Elite Slum" (48)
Lekki: Unrestrained Expansion? (49)
The Mainland: Another Mind Concept (51)
The Ever-present but Under-used Lagoon (54)
Bridges and Motorways (56)
The Julius Berger Phenomenon (57)
Chapter 3 Changing Society and the "Look" of the City 59
The Imprint of Change (59)
Victorian Lagos (60)
The Rise of Racism (61)
The Brazilian Imprint (64)
Railway Trains and Motor Cars (67)
The Lagos Steam Tramway (68)
The Airports (69)
The Population Explosion (70)
Official Buildings (71)
Commercial Buildings (74)
Merchants and Entrepreneurs: The Liverpool of West Africa? (77)
The Dream of a Manhattan of Africa (79)
Roads, Markets and Malls (82)
Chapter 4 A True City of the Imagination: Lagos in Literature 89
The First Nigerian Writing (90)
The Burgeoning of the Newspapers (91)
The Fiction Writers: The First Generation (92)
Ken Saro-Wiwa (93)
Soyinka: The City as Masquerade (95)
Urban Prototypes and the Next Generation of Writers: Okri, Habila, Abani (97)
Bar Beach and Maroko (98)
Lagos of the Poets (101)
Civil War, Oil Boom, Military Rule (102)
The "Two Cultures" Syndrome (103)
Lagos Pidgin (104)
Outside Perspectives (105)
The Journalist as a Hero in Nigerian Fiction and Non-fiction (107)
The Guides: "Dark Tourism" or Moving to Normalcy? (113)
Chapter 5 Music, Film, Art and the Havens in the Wilderness 115
Sakara, Asiko. Juju and Highlife (115)
The Heyday of Highlife (119)
The Growth of the Venues (122)
The Night Club as Metaphor (125)
The Kakadu (127)
Chapmans and Guinness (128)
The Nollywood Phenomenon (129)
Havens in the Wilderness (132)
The Case of Nimbus (135)
The Slender Plant of Heritage (137)
Chapter 6 Stories to Remember: A Selection of Episodes in the City's History 141
The Lagos Consulate 1851 to 1861: The British Takeover in Slow Motion: (1) 1851: Gunboat Diplomacy (141)
(2) 1861: The Crunch (144)
The Baiting of Lord Lugard (146)
The Prince of Wales' Visit, 1925 (148)
Drama at the Bristol Hotel, 1947 (149)
The Booing of the Northerners, 1953 (150)
Independence Day (and Night), October I960 (151)
The 1963 Treason Trial (152)
Season of Coups, 1966 (153)
Episode from a City in Wartime, 1967 (156)
The Biafran Surrender as Seen in Lagos, 1970 (157)
The All-African Games of 1973 (158)
Assassination on Bank Road, 1976 (159)
The Undoing of Sir Martin LeQuesne, 1976 (160)
Ominous 1983 (161)
The Dele Giwa Killing, 1986 (162)
The Orkar Coup, 1990 (163)
The January 2002 Explosions at the Ikeja Barracks (164)
Voting in Lagos, 2007 (164)
Chapter 7 The Long Shadow of Festac 167
Colonial Symbols (167)
Aftermath (172)
Chapter 8 Prominent Personalities of Lagos 175
The Twentieth Century (188) Chapter Nine
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: Archetypal Lagos BOY 213
Legend and Legacy (218)
Chapter 10 Streets of the Imagination: Everyday Mysteries of the City 221
Changing Names (221)
Ikoyi (222)
Awolowo Road (225)
Broad Street and the Marina (228)
Igbosere Road/Bamgbose Street (229)
Ahmadu Bello Way (230)
Apapa, Ajegunle, the Badagry Road (232)
Yaba, Ikeja, Surulere (234)
Mile Two and Amuwo Odofin (238)
Chapter 11 The Future City? 241
"Delirious Lagos" (241)
Images of a City (243)
"One of the Best Kept Secrets in Africa" (245)
A Theory of Lagos? (247)
From Tinubu to Fashola (249)
Mega-city or World City? (251)
Appendix I Treaty of Cession of August 1861 255
Further Reading 257
BGL and Lagos 263
Index of Literary & Historical Names 265
Index of Places & Landmarks 269