Welcome to Lagos
Jan 2017 · Faber & Faber
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Shortlisted for the RSL Encore Award 2018
Five runaways ride the bus from Bayelsa to a better life in a megacity.
They are unlikely allies -- a private, a housewife, an officer, a militant and a young girl. They share a need for escape and a dream for the future.
Soon, they will also share a burden none of them expected, but for now, the five sit quietly with their hopes, as the billboards fly past and shout: Welcome to Lagos.
Five runaways ride the bus from Bayelsa to a better life in a megacity.
They are unlikely allies -- a private, a housewife, an officer, a militant and a young girl. They share a need for escape and a dream for the future.
Soon, they will also share a burden none of them expected, but for now, the five sit quietly with their hopes, as the billboards fly past and shout: Welcome to Lagos.
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4.8
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Priscilla Afolabi
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May 6, 2020
As one other reader described, I too struggled with the story development in the beginning however, it became increasingly intriguing and thought provoking that I couldn't stop reading. The story rings true of the deep rooted corruption that has weaved its webs deep into the cores of the Nigerian society. Overall, a well explored research driven book.
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Bolaji Eyo
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March 7, 2017
I struggled with the beginning of the book but as the story progressed I found it increasingly hard to put this book down. This is one book that wil be read for generations. Amazing! I felt so many emotions reading this book. Chibundu took me back to Lagos.
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About the author
Chibundu Onuzo was born in Lagos, Nigeria in 1991. Her first novel, The Spider King's Daughter, won a Betty Trask Award, was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Commonwealth Book Prize, and was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and the Etisalat Prize for Literature. She is completing a PhD on the West African Student's Union at King's College London
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