- Published: 03/01/2013
- ISBN: 9781847083319
- 129x20mm
- 320 pages
Looking for Transwonderland
Noo Saro-Wiwa
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.
£9.99
Funny, tragic, warm, wonderfully written... Saro-Wiwa is her father's real heir - a wonderful storyteller and observer, whose compassion, keen eye and honesty shine through the book
Binyavanga Wainaina
An affectionate and irreverent guide to a place far from the beaten tourist track... Saro-Wiwa peels away many of the clichés that envelop Nigeria and reveals both the beauty and brutality of this slumbering superpower
Observer
Brims with humour and humanity