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This must be one of the great revolutions of interpretation in Nigerian history. Built on facts, the book guides our gaze toward neglected chronology and the meaning of events. The implications make for an inevitable and radical re-evaluation of modern Nigerian history.
If one may suspend disbelief, reading this book will amount to a rewiring of our convictions and concepts about Nigeria and its history.
How and Why the Yoruba Fought and Lost the Biafra-Nigeria Civil War, amounts to a game-changing interrogation of Nigeria. The book demonstrates that an implausible conjecture is not only possible but that it has already happened in the past!
Ego-Alowes adopts a psychoanalytic approach to the whole drama that is Nigerian politics. Suddenly, all the scattered pieces of our history are pieced to reveal not just where the “rain started to beat us”, but also a way forward from the ensuing cold.
Personally, I do not think that the mentioned characters are solely aware of the implications and connotative meanings of their many comments as well as body language; perhaps it is because history has over time conditioned me to perceive them as political saints. Nonetheless, national gamer or apostle, this is one book to read, for Nigeria’s sake.
–Amara Chimeka
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