Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria - Softcover

Saro-Wiwa, Noo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847083315 ISBN 13: 9781847083319

Publisher: Granta Books, 2013

Synopsis

Noo Saro-Wiwa was brought up in England but spent her childhood summers in Nigeria - a country she considered an unglamorous parallel universe, devoid of all creature comforts. After her father, activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, was murdered there in 1995, Noo rarely returned to the land of her birth. More than a decade later, she decided to come to terms with Nigeria. From the exuberant chaos of Lagos, to the calm beauty of the eastern mountains; the eccentricity of a Nigerian dog show to the empty Transwonderland Amusement Park, Noo combines travelogue with an exploration of corruption, identity and religion.
Looking for Transwonderland is the first major non-fiction narrative of modern Nigeria; an engaging portrait of a country whose beauty and variety few of us will experience, depicted with wit and insight by a refreshing new voice in contemporary travel writing.

About this title

Book Description:

An irreverent travel guide to Nigeria, a country which 'gets fewer voluntary visitors than the moon', by the daughter of Ken Saro Wiwa.

About the Author:

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 and has written travel guides for Rough Guide and Lonely Planet. She currently lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Granta Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1847083315
• ISBN 13: 9781847083319
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 309