Download or read book The Tokunbo Phenomenon and the Second-hand Economy in Nigeria written by Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale and published by Peter Lang Limited, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the social construction and reconstruction of Tokunbo meanings and how these impact on the second-hand economy in Nigeria. The Tokunbo second-hand economy enables access to goods that consumers consider essential for the transmission of modernity through the consumption of Western material culture.