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.
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