Afrykańskie megalopolis. Analiza wizerunku Lagos w powieści "Laguna" Nnedi Okorafor

• Authors: Maria Piotrowska , Błażej Popławski

Title variants

EN

African megalopolis. An analysis of the image of Lagos in Nnedi Okorafor’s "Lagoon"

Abstracts

EN

This paper focuses on the image of Lagos presented in the novel Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor, a writer and a representative of Afrofuturism in literature. The article explains the concept of Afrofuturism and offers a glimpse at Okorafor’s biography. The dynamics of Lagos and its development as a utopian city is discussed, along with the social fabric of this artificial colonial creation, the economic divides typical of this modern agglomeration, as well as its administrative and communication structure.

Keywords

PL

lagos; afryka; nnedi okorafor; rozwój; afrofuturyzm

EN

lagos; africa; nnedi okorafor; development; afrofuturism

• Publisher: Narodowe Centrum Kultury
• Journal: Kultura Współczesna. Teoria. Interpretacje. Praktyka
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 106
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 80-92

Contributors

author

Maria Piotrowska

author

Błażej Popławski

Identifiers

DOI

10.26112/kw.2019.106.07

Biblioteka Nauki

1856792