People of the City

Name: People of the City
Author: Cyprian Ekwensi

by Cyprian Ekwensi

Urban narrative capturing diverse lives and conflicts in a Lagos community

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Cyprian Ekwensi

Nigerian popular fiction writer whose Jagua Nana and People of the City brought the excitement and moral complexity of Lagos urban life to Nigerian fiction for the first time.

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