Welcome to Lagos, Chibundu Onuzo
Welcome to Lagos, Chibundu Onuzo
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Welcome to Lagos
A Novel

Author: Chibundu Onuzo

Narrator: Robin Miles

Unabridged: 9 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/12/2018

Categories: Fiction, Political

Synopsis

When army officer Chike Ameobi is ordered to kill innocent civilians, he knows it is time to desert his post. As he travels toward Lagos with Yemi, his junior officer, and into the heart of a political scandal involving Nigeria's education minister, Chike becomes the leader of a new platoon, a band of runaways who share his desire for a different kind of life. Among them is Fineboy, a fighter with a rebel group, desperate to pursue his dream of becoming a radio DJ; Isoken, a 16-year-old girl whose father is thought to have been killed by rebels; and the beautiful Oma, escaping a wealthy, abusive husband.

Full of humor and heart, Welcome to Lagos is a high-spirited novel about aspirations and escape, innocence and corruption. It offers a provocative portrait of contemporary Nigeria that marks the arrival in the United States of an extraordinary young writer.

About Chibundu Onuzo

Chibundu Onuzo was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and lives in London. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and regular contributor to the Guardian, she is the winner of a Betty Trask Award, has been short-listed for the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Commonwealth Book Prize, and the RSL Encore Award, and has been long-listed for the Desmond Elliott Prize and Etisalat Prize for Literature. Sankofa is her third novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Felice on February 12, 2020

Prayer was all the recommendation he heard for Nigeria these days. For every crisis, eyes were shut, knees engaged, heads pointed to Mecca and backs turned to the matter at hand. Chibundu Onuzo’s sophomore novel, Welcome to Lagos, is a novel deeply embedded in the heart and soul of Lagos, Nigeria. Th......more

Goodreads review by Lark on October 08, 2018

A jarring, enlightening, humane story, read in the audiobook version with great empathy by Robin Miles. It's the story of modern Nigeria. It's the story of regular people trying to do the right thing at a time when "doing the right thing" can end your life. Onuzo adds exactly enough background and s......more

Goodreads review by Alice on June 25, 2017

Starts off wonderfully, but falters towards the end. Very interesting comments on politics, history and current events though, and worth the read.......more

Goodreads review by BookOfCinz on November 10, 2023

Why did it take me so long to read this amazing book?! I have had this book on my list for a very long time and I am so happy I decided to finally read it. Welcome to Lagos is a book about humanity and bonds we form when we have no choice. The book opens with an officer leaving the army because h......more

Goodreads review by Dagio_maya on July 04, 2021

Corruzione nigeriana come specchio di modelli occidentali dove certi sistemi sono assodati da tempo. Come figli che cercano maldestramente di seguire il modello paterno, gli amministratori e la classe politica nigeriana, scimmiotta e provoca quella catena di flussi migratori. Gente che fugge dalla Ni......more

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