Noo Saro-Wiwa was brought up in England, but every summer she was dragged back to visit her father in Nigeria -- a country she viewed as an annoying parallel universe where she had to relinquish all her creature comforts and sense of individuality.
Most engagingly of all, she introduces us to the many people she meets, and gives us hilarious insights into the African character, its passion, wit and ingenuity..
But she also discovers that it si far more beautiful and varied than she had ever imagined, with its captivating thick tropical rainforest and ancient palaces and monuments.
She finds the country as exasperating as ever, and frequently despairs at the corruption and inefficiency she encounters.
She explores Nigerian Christianity, delves into the country\'s history of slavery, examines the corrupting effect of oil, and ponders the huge success of Nollywood.
Saro-Wiwa Travels from the exuberant chaos of Lagos to the calm beauty of the eastern mountains; from the eccentricity of a Nigerian dog show to the decrepit kitsch of the Transwonderland Amusement Park.
Recently, she decided to come to terms with the country her father given his life for.
After her father, activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, was killed there, she didn\'t return for several years.
Noo Saro-Wiwa was brought up in England, but every summer she was dragged back to visit her father in Nigeria -- a country she viewed as an annoying parallel universe where she had to relinquish all her creature comforts and sense of individuality
