Lagos · 1961 · citedJagua Nana
Cyprian Ekwensi
Jagua Nana, an ageing but still magnetic Lagos courtesan nicknamed for her Jaguar-car glamour, moves through the nightclubs, markets and thug-politics of the booming city as she clings to youth and to her young lover Freddie. Ekwensi maps the real Lagos: the nightclubs of the island where Jagua reigns, the colonial Marina, the crowded slums and markets of old Lagos, and the political rallies where money and muscle decide everything.
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