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  • Lagos

    A Cultural and Literary History

    by Kaye Whiteman ...
    Series Book 5 - Landscapes of the Imagination
    Lagos is one of the fastest growing cities in the world, expected in some projections to have a population of 25 million by 2025. This will make it the biggest metropolis in sub-Saharan Africa and possibly the world's third largest city. This phenomenal and continuing growth gives it a heady turbulence, especially as it only took on the form of a coherent urban entity in the eighteenth century. ... Read more

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    A Cultural History

    by Kaye Whiteman ...
    Series series Interlink Cultural Histories
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