Book contents
- Soro Soke
- Soro Soke
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Illustrations
- About the Nine Dots Prize
- 1 The Soro Soke Generation
- 2 The New York of Nigeria
- Speaking Out: Chekwube Okonkwo on Expressing African Identity
- 3 Cultural Capital
- Speaking Out: Osinachi on Art and Nigerian Identity
- Speaking Out: Priscilla Eke on Feminism
- 4 Challenging Norms
- Speaking Out: Uyaiedu Ipke-Etim on Facing Homophobia
- Speaking Out: Michael Elégbèdé on the Diaspora
- 5 Japá
- Speaking Out: Davies Okeowo on Entrepreneurship
- 6 Entrepreneurs with a Mission
- 7 The New Oil
- Speaking Out: Rinu Oduala on the #endSARS Protests
- 8 The Hashtag Generation
- Speaking Out: Princess Obiajulu Ugwu on Standing for Election
- Speaking Out: Fortunes Oronkwo on the Monetisation of Politics
- 9 Contesting for Power
- 10 We’re in This Together
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
Book contents
- Soro Soke
- Soro Soke
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Illustrations
- About the Nine Dots Prize
- 1 The Soro Soke Generation
- 2 The New York of Nigeria
- Speaking Out: Chekwube Okonkwo on Expressing African Identity
- 3 Cultural Capital
- Speaking Out: Osinachi on Art and Nigerian Identity
- Speaking Out: Priscilla Eke on Feminism
- 4 Challenging Norms
- Speaking Out: Uyaiedu Ipke-Etim on Facing Homophobia
- Speaking Out: Michael Elégbèdé on the Diaspora
- 5 Japá
- Speaking Out: Davies Okeowo on Entrepreneurship
- 6 Entrepreneurs with a Mission
- 7 The New Oil
- Speaking Out: Rinu Oduala on the #endSARS Protests
- 8 The Hashtag Generation
- Speaking Out: Princess Obiajulu Ugwu on Standing for Election
- Speaking Out: Fortunes Oronkwo on the Monetisation of Politics
- 9 Contesting for Power
- 10 We’re in This Together
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
HTML view is not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the 'Save PDF' action button.
Summary
Lagos has undergone a cultural transformation in the last decade. Driven by its vast youth population, its creative industries, from art and design to music, film and fashion, are booming. Vogue magazine hails the city as West Africa’s cultural capital, and Nigeria’s music and entertainment industries stand to be its greatest export. And for this young generation of creatives, the Global North no longer resonates as the key tastemaker. As citizens of a boundless world they blend heritage with Western influences but remain deeply rooted in their African culture and express a growing confidence and pride in Africa and African identity.
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Soro SokeThe Young Disruptors of an African Megacity, pp. 33 - 41Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
- Creative Commons
This content is Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/cclicenses/
You have
Access
Open access