Looking for Transwonderland

Looking for Transwonderland
Title Looking for Transwonderland PDF eBook
Author Noo Saro-Wiwa
Publisher Catapult
Total Pages 265
Release 2012-09-01
Genre Travel
ISBN 159376491X

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A “remarkable chronicle” of a journey back to this West African nation after years of exile (The New York Times Book Review). Noo Saro-Wiwa was brought up in England, but every summer she was dragged back to visit her father in Nigeria—a country she viewed as an annoying parallel universe where she had to relinquish all her creature comforts and sense of individuality. After her father, activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, was killed there, she didn’t return for several years. Then she decided to come to terms with the country her father given his life for. Traveling from the exuberant chaos of Lagos to the calm beauty of the eastern mountains; from the eccentricity of a Nigerian dog show to the decrepit kitsch of the Transwonderland Amusement Park, she explores Nigerian Christianity, delves into the country’s history of slavery, examines the corrupting effect of oil, and ponders the huge success of Nollywood. She finds the country as exasperating as ever, and frequently despairs at the corruption and inefficiency she encounters. But she also discovers that it is far more beautiful and varied than she had ever imagined, with its captivating thick tropical rain forest and ancient palaces and monuments—and most engagingly and entertainingly, its unforgettable people. “The author allows her love-hate relationship with Nigeria to flavor this thoughtful travel journal, lending it irony, wit and frankness.” —Kirkus Reviews

Looking for Transwonderland

Looking for Transwonderland
Title Looking for Transwonderland PDF eBook
Author Noo Saro-Wiwa
Publisher Granta Books
Total Pages 320
Release 2012-01-05
Genre Travel
ISBN 1847085520

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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.

Travelling While Black

Travelling While Black
Title Travelling While Black PDF eBook
Author Nanjala Nyabola
Publisher Oxford University Press
Total Pages 266
Release 2021-02-01
Genre Travel
ISBN 178738523X

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What does it feel like to move through a world designed to limit and exclude you? What are the joys and pains of holidays for people of colour, when guidebooks are never written with them in mind? How are black lives today impacted by the othering legacy of colonial cultures and policies? What can travel tell us about our sense of self, of home, of belonging and identity? Why has the world order become hostile to human mobility, as old as humanity itself, when more people are on the move than ever? Nanjala Nyabola is constantly exploring the world, working with migrants and confronting complex realities challenging common assumptions - both hers and others'. From Nepal to Botswana, Sicily to Haiti, New York to Nairobi, her sharp, humane essays ask tough questions and offer surprising, deeply shocking and sometimes funny answers. It is time we saw the world through her eyes.

Divining Divas

Divining Divas
Title Divining Divas PDF eBook
Author Michael Montlack
Publisher Lethe Press
Total Pages 202
Release 2012
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1590213831

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Editor Michael Montlack has assembled an anthology of a hundred gay poets--award winners and fresh voices--in thrall with female icons throughout the ages ranging from Gloria Swanson to Mary J, Blige, from Edith Piaf to Joni Mitchell, Bette Midler to Lady Gaga. These are not merely appreciations of the gorgeous and daring but poems that are confessional to bittersweet to witty.

Where's Stig: Motorsport Madness

Where's Stig: Motorsport Madness
Title Where's Stig: Motorsport Madness PDF eBook
Author Rod Hunt
Publisher Random House
Total Pages 40
Release 2014-09-25
Genre Humor
ISBN 1448142016

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The Stig, Top Gear's tame racing driver, is off on another adventure, this time following his passion for speed and adrenaline to its natural conclusion - motorsport. Stig has disappeared into the world of racing, and it's your job to find him. Follow Stig as he roams from the stifling heat of the Dakar rally to the redneck heartland of a NASCAR track, or from the nightime drama or Le Mans to the mud-soaked stands of Silverstone for the British Grand Prix. Along the way you'll also find Clarkson, Hammond and May as they indulge in a spot of home-made motorhome racing or Roman rallying, middle-eastern style. The Where's Stig books have taken Top Gear fans by storm - and his latest voyage is the most action packed yet!

African Migration Narratives

African Migration Narratives
Title African Migration Narratives PDF eBook
Author Cajetan Iheka
Publisher Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages 320
Release 2024-04
Genre
ISBN 1648250068

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Examines the representations of migration in African literature, film, and other visual media, with an eye to the stylistic features of these works as well as their contributions to debates on migration

Uncovered!

Uncovered!
Title Uncovered! PDF eBook
Author Alex Okoroji
Publisher The BRAG Media Company
Total Pages 192
Release 2018-07-25
Genre Self-Help
ISBN 1982950862

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Will YOU Give Yourself The Freedom to UNCOVER The "Next Level" to Your Greatness? It's time to stop hiding your talent, gift, message, and brilliance. Hiding does not serve the world and it doesn't serve you either. In this raw & riveting coming of age memoir, Nigerian Actress, Alex Okoroji takes off the covers and unravels the connection between Truth, Freedom & Greatness... She gets downright NAKED & gritty, unashamed to tell it like it is - illustrating her own powerful journey to reinvention - as she strips down the lies & insecurities, ripping apart her limiting beliefs about love, sex, money, and friendship to reveal her innermost secrets, relationship failures, career hurdles, and the endless self-doubt... Through which she UNCOVERS wisdom, freedom and a new perspective "living in a light bulb of truth" as she NOW knows it - to become the highest expression of confidence, brilliance, talent, and greatness. This is an incredible personal revelation, that will trigger men & women all over the world, to reflect on their own personal journey, unravel their relationship with their beliefs, money, people, and even God, so they can recognize their own truth, experience freedom & uncover their greatness too.