Histories of Dirt: Media and Urban Life in Colonial and Postcolonial Lagos By Newell Stephanie Duke University Press, 2020, 249 pp.

In this seminal work, Newell argues for the primacy of native public voice from colonial to postcolonial Lagos on "moral, sanitary, economic and aesthetic evaluation" in the context of dirt Save for a few insignificant highlights in chapter 6 and 7, Newell's work could have been more enriched in engaging the role radio played in propagating British sanitary policy in colonial Lagos Stephanie Newell's I Histories of Dirt: Media and Urban Life in Colonial and Postcolonial Lagos i offers a compelling account of cultural politics of dirt in Africa [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry is the property of Cambridge University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use This abstract may be abridged No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract (Copyright applies to all Abstracts )