SOYINKA Wole

The open sore of a continent: a personal narrative of the Nigerian crisis - New York: Oxford University Press, 1996 - 170p.

A personal account of recent Nigerian history and politics. Traces the growth of Nigeria as a player in the world economy, through the corrupt regime of Babangida, the civil war occasioned by the secession of Biafra under the leadership of Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu, the reign of Ernest Sonekan and the coup led by General Sani Abacha.

0195105575 (pbk.): 16.99 UK


HISTORY
NIGERIA
PERSONAL ACCOUNTS
POLITICS