The city referenced in the novel’s title is identified as Lagos, currently the capital of Nigeria, West Africa, but initially the author claims the city shall be “nameless.” However, the novel was published in 1954, and the action takes place around that time; Nigeria became an independent country in 1960, and had been a British colony since the early twentieth century. The People of the City who are the characters move throughout the urban setting. The protagonist, Amusa Sango, is a journalist who covers crime for a newspaper; this profession takes him to many neighborhoods and brings him into contact with a wide variety of people. Sango’s avocation is musician, however; the dance clubs where he plays figure prominently. After his marriage to Beatrice the Second, the couple moves to Accra, the capital of the Gold Coast colony, now the country of Ghana.
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