SOCIOLOGICAL READING OF CHIBUNDU ONUZO’S WELCOME TO LAGOS
Abstract
Home and belonging have mostly been slippery in urban spaces especially for the poor. This is
because it is difficult for the urban poor who due to unemployment and dwarfed wages fail to afford a
habitable home. This issue has escalated in many African cities due to the rural-urban migrations in
search for a better life. This essay explores these thematic issues of home and belonging in Chibundu
Onuzo’ s Welcome to Lagos. The essay argues that that urban life and experience renders home-making
slippery and problematic in some of its inhabitants, especially the urban poor, hence instilling a feeling of
alienation in them.
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