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• Foreword (p. ix)
• A Personal Message from the CEO of BGL (p. xii)
• Preface & Acknowledgements (p. xiv)
• Introduction (p. xix)
• Chapter 1 The Story of Lagos Evolution of a Multi-Ethnic Gene Pool (p. 1)
• Origins: Ogunfunminite, Olofin and the Idejo (p. (1))
• The First Portuguese Contact (p. (2))
• The Benin Imprint and "Eko" (p. (3))
• Akinsemoyin and the Coming of the Portuguese (p. (4))
• The Early Nineteenth-century Context: The Ending of the Slave Trade and the Yoruba Wars (p. (7))
• Behind the British Intervention: The Role of Palmerston (p. (9))
• 1851-61: From the Consulate to the Treaty of Cession (p. (13))
• Sierra Leoneans and Brazilians: Saros and Amaros (p. (18))
• The Growing Gene Pool (p. (19))
• City of Religions (p. (21))
• The 1850s to the 1890s: The British Become Colonial (p. (25))
• The Modern Melting-pot (p. (30))
• The Status of Lagos: Crown Colony to State (p. (32))
• The Rise and Fall of Politics: The Move to Abuja (p. (34))
• Chapter 2 The Topography of Lagos Island and Mainland (p. 35)
• The Ambivalent Role of the "Bar": Barrier and Entry Point (p. (35))
• Burtons Lagos (p. (38))
• E. D. Morel's Lagos (p. (39))
• Two Worlds: The Island and the Mainland (p. (42))
• Lagos Island: Isale Eko and the Iga Idunganran (p. (42))
• The Marina and the Business District (p. (43))
• Ikoyi: the McGregor Canal to Banana Island (p. (47))
• Victoria Island: the "Elite Slum" (p. (48))
• Lekki: Unrestrained Expansion? (p. (49))
• The Mainland: Another Mind Concept (p. (51))
• The Ever-present but Under-used Lagoon (p. (54))
• Bridges and Motorways (p. (56))
• The Julius Berger Phenomenon (p. (57))
• Chapter 3 Changing Society and the "Look" of the City (p. 59)
• The Imprint of Change (p. (59))
• Victorian Lagos (p. (60))
• The Rise of Racism (p. (61))
• The Brazilian Imprint (p. (64))
• Railway Trains and Motor Cars (p. (67))
• The Lagos Steam Tramway (p. (68))
• The Airports (p. (69))
• The Population Explosion (p. (70))
• Official Buildings (p. (71))
• Commercial Buildings (p. (74))
• Merchants and Entrepreneurs: The Liverpool of West Africa? (p. (77))
• The Dream of a Manhattan of Africa (p. (79))
• Roads, Markets and Malls (p. (82))
• Chapter 4 A True City of the Imagination: Lagos in Literature (p. 89)
• The First Nigerian Writing (p. (90))
• The Burgeoning of the Newspapers (p. (91))
• The Fiction Writers: The First Generation (p. (92))
• Ken Saro-Wiwa (p. (93))
• Soyinka: The City as Masquerade (p. (95))
• Urban Prototypes and the Next Generation of Writers: Okri, Habila, Abani (p. (97))
• Bar Beach and Maroko (p. (98))
• Lagos of the Poets (p. (101))
• Civil War, Oil Boom, Military Rule (p. (102))
• The "Two Cultures" Syndrome (p. (103))
• Lagos Pidgin (p. (104))
• Outside Perspectives (p. (105))
• The Journalist as a Hero in Nigerian Fiction and Non-fiction (p. (107))
• The Guides: "Dark Tourism" or Moving to Normalcy? (p. (113))
• Chapter 5 Music, Film, Art and the Havens in the Wilderness (p. 115)
• Sakara, Asiko. Juju and Highlife (p. (115))
• The Heyday of Highlife (p. (119))
• The Growth of the Venues (p. (122))
• The Night Club as Metaphor (p. (125))
• The Kakadu (p. (127))
• Chapmans and Guinness (p. (128))
• The Nollywood Phenomenon (p. (129))
• Havens in the Wilderness (p. (132))
• The Case of Nimbus (p. (135))
• The Slender Plant of Heritage (p. (137))
• Chapter 6 Stories to Remember: A Selection of Episodes in the City's History (p. 141)
• The Lagos Consulate 1851 to 1861: The British Takeover in Slow Motion: (1) 1851: Gunboat Diplomacy (p. (141))
• (2) 1861: The Crunch (p. (144))
• The Baiting of Lord Lugard (p. (146))
• The Prince of Wales' Visit, 1925 (p. (148))
• Drama at the Bristol Hotel, 1947 (p. (149))
• The Booing of the Northerners, 1953 (p. (150))
• Independence Day (and Night), October I960 (p. (151))
• The 1963 Treason Trial (p. (152))
• Season of Coups, 1966 (p. (153))
• Episode from a City in Wartime, 1967 (p. (156))
• The Biafran Surrender as Seen in Lagos, 1970 (p. (157))
• The All-African Games of 1973 (p. (158))
• Assassination on Bank Road, 1976 (p. (159))
• The Undoing of Sir Martin LeQuesne, 1976 (p. (160))
• Ominous 1983 (p. (161))
• The Dele Giwa Killing, 1986 (p. (162))
• The Orkar Coup, 1990 (p. (163))
• The January 2002 Explosions at the Ikeja Barracks (p. (164))
• Voting in Lagos, 2007 (p. (164))
• Chapter 7 The Long Shadow of Festac (p. 167)
• Colonial Symbols (p. (167))
• Aftermath (p. (172))
• Chapter 8 Prominent Personalities of Lagos (p. 175)
• The Twentieth Century (188) Chapter Nine
• Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: Archetypal Lagos BOY (p. 213)
• Legend and Legacy (p. (218))
• Chapter 10 Streets of the Imagination: Everyday Mysteries of the City (p. 221)
• Changing Names (p. (221))
• Ikoyi (p. (222))
• Awolowo Road (p. (225))
• Broad Street and the Marina (p. (228))
• Igbosere Road/Bamgbose Street (p. (229))
• Ahmadu Bello Way (p. (230))
• Apapa, Ajegunle, the Badagry Road (p. (232))
• Yaba, Ikeja, Surulere (p. (234))
• Mile Two and Amuwo Odofin (p. (238))
• Chapter 11 The Future City? (p. 241)
• "Delirious Lagos" (p. (241))
• Images of a City (p. (243))
• "One of the Best Kept Secrets in Africa" (p. (245))
• A Theory of Lagos? (p. (247))
• From Tinubu to Fashola (p. (249))
• Mega-city or World City? (p. (251))
• Appendix I Treaty of Cession of August 1861 (p. 255)
• Further Reading (p. 257)
• BGL and Lagos (p. 263)
• Index of Literary & Historical Names (p. 265)
• Index of Places & Landmarks (p. 269)