Description
In the bustling, unforgiving streets of post-colonial Lagos, Amusa Sango—journalist, musician, and would-be success story—tries to turn talent and ambition into a stable life. Over the course of months, his world tilts from promise to unemployment and homelessness as the city’s temptations and pressures pull at everyone around him, including Aina, whose entanglement in crime and love exposes the cost of chasing “high life.” With a vivid, street-level realism, the novel traces how relationships, reputation, and survival collide in a society where opportunity is uneven and dreams can curdle into despair. Cyprian Ekwensi’s energetic, observational style makes this an early and enduring portrait of urban struggle—part coming-of-age, part social commentary on aspiration, moral compromise, and the search for dignity amid chaos.
Available Editions
hardcover
Africa World Pr
Published May 31, 2004
120 pages
ISBN: 9781592211821
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Details
First Published
1954
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for People of the City by Cyprian Ekwensi.