Exploring slum life and urban poverty in Lagos: the politics of everyday resistance in Chris Abani's Graceland

Purpose The paper aims to look into the implications of urban informality in Chris Abani's Graceland as represented slum life and poverty products over urbanization globalization, seeking unravel multi-layers human side slum. Design/methodology/approach examines from a descriptive approach highlight how people survive under poverty. study culture slums entails an analysis survival techniques everyday practices dwellers, relations patterns behavior outcomes interplay between place, power such communities. Findings dwellers utilize forms resistance which comprise number “low-profile techniques” subvert state-imposed structures break cycle Research limitations/implications Despite relevance post-colonial texts, this is limited impact on individuals. Practical margin, poor, brought focus perceived new light empowerment challenges alienating discourses. Social multidimensional vision Nigeria text highlights cultural economic impacts multiculturalism, neocolonialism globalization poor. Originality/value formulates framework for understanding space peculiar nature, deconstruct fixed view culture.