The Passenger collects the best new writing, photography, and
reportage from around the world. Its aim, to break down barriers
and introduce the essence of the place. Packed with essays and
investigative journalism; original photography and illustrations;
charts, and unusual facts and observations, each volume offers a
unique insight into a different culture, and how history has shaped
the place into what it is today. Since gaining independence from
the UK, Nigeria has been in a state of permanent crisis. Dependence
on oil is the glue that has kept together a country deeply divided
but obsessed with an ideal of "national unity". But this dependence
has eroded institutions, compromised socio-economic development,
caused corruption, coup d'etats, and environmental disasters. The
arrival of democracy in the 90s failed to bring much improvement.
It's estimated that over 100 million Nigerians live under the
poverty threshold. Violence is widespread: from the Boko Haram
terrorists to the armed secessionist movements and the growing
scourge of kidnappings. How to live in a country where the state is
absent? In these circumstances, Nigerians bring out all their
dynamism, entrepreneurial skills, and their inventiveness. As the
generation of generals who governed the country for 60 years dies
out, and younger citizens refuse to ignore injustice and violence,
the hope is born that a new, vibrant generation will take the
country's future into their hands. And, as they are accustomed to
doing, fix it.
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