Lagoon
Title | Lagoon |
Year for Search | 2014 |
Authors | Okorafor, Nnedi[mma Nkemdili](b. 1974) |
Date Published | 2014 |
Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
Place Published | London |
Keywords | African American author, Female author |
Annotation | Fantasy is central to the novel, but it is set in the dystopia of contemporary Lagos, Nigeria, but hope is held out for a eutopia of collective identity brought about by a visitor from space. The author says that Lagos is the Portuguese for lagoon. |
Holding Institutions | MH |
Author Note | African American female author (b. 1974) of Igbo ancestry |
Full Text | 2014 Okorafor, Nnedi[mma Nkemdili] (b. 1974). Lagoon. London: Hodder & Stoughton. MH Fantasy is central to the novel, but it is set in the dystopia of contemporary Lagos, Nigeria, but hope is held out for a eutopia of collective identity brought about by a visitor from space. The author says that Lagos is the Portuguese for lagoon. African American female author of Igbo heritage. |