Lagos: Supernatural City

Kovie Biakolo is a journalist, writer, and lecturer specializing in culture, identity, and multiculturalism. Her debut book, Foremothers: 500 Years of Heroines from the African Diaspora, is set to be published in 2024 or 2025.

Kovie Biakolo

When a White Man Writes a Good Book About Africa: On Tim Cocks’s “Lagos”

"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them." — Federico García Lorca

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Kovie Biakolo is a journalist, writer, and lecturer specializing in culture, identity, and multiculturalism. Her debut book, Foremothers: 500 Years of Heroines from the African Diaspora, is set to be published in 2024 or 2025.

Kovie Biakolo

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When a White Man Writes a Good Book About Africa: On Tim Cocks’s “Lagos”