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  • Looking for Transwonderland

  • By: Noo Saro-Wiwa
  • Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
  • Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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Looking for Transwonderland

By: Noo Saro-Wiwa
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
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Publisher's summary

Noo Saro-Wiwa was brought up in England, but every summer she was dragged back to Nigeria - a country she viewed as an annoying parallel universe where she had to relinquish all her creature comforts and sense of individuality. Then her father, activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, was murdered there, and she didn't return for 10 years. Recently, she decided to rediscover and come to terms with the country her father loved. She travelled from the exuberant chaos of Lagos to the calm beauty of the eastern mountains; from the eccentricity of a Nigerian dog show to the empty Transwonderland Amusement Park - Nigeria's decrepit and deserted answer to Disneyland. She explored Nigerian Christianity, delved into its history of slavery, examined the corrupting effect of oil, and investigated Nollywood.

She found the country as exasperating as ever and frequently despaired at the corruption and inefficiency she encountered. But she also discovered that it was far more beautiful and varied than she had ever imagined, and was seduced by its thick tropical rainforest and ancient palaces and monuments. Most engagingly of all she introduces us to the people she meets, and gives us hilarious insights into the Nigerian character, its passion, wit and ingenuity.

©2012 Noo Saro-Wiwa (P)2012 Audible Ltd
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Critic reviews

"A compelling account of how feels to be a Nigerian today." (Financial Times)
"Humorous and affectionate ... Saro-Wiwa is fiercely honest and compassionate about a country most tourists travel miles to avoid." (Sunday Telegraph)
"Remarkable ... in this deftly woven account Saro-Wiwa tells us more about Nigeria than most academics do in a lifetime." (Spectator)
"Saro-Wiwa offers a bright and honest account of Nigeria.Her vivid portraits of Nigerian life are intelligent and often very witty." (Traveller magazine)
"An affectionate and irreverent guide that peels away many of the clichés that envelop Nigeria." (Observer)

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