Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rsdy20 Download by: [Esthie Hugo] Date: 28 September 2017, At: 02:07 Social Dynamics A journal of African studies ISSN: 0253-3952 (Print) 1940-7874 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rsdy20 Looking forward, looking back: animating magic, modernity and the African city-future in Nnedi Okorafor’s Lagoon Esthie Hugo To cite this article: Esthie Hugo (2017) Looking forward, looking back: animating magic, modernity and the African city-future in Nnedi Okorafor’s Lagoon, Social Dynamics, 43:1, 46-58, DOI: 10.1080/02533952.2017.1345528 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02533952.2017.1345528 Published online: 27 Sep 2017. Submit your article to this journal View related articles View Crossmark data