Highlights
the oppressive period of military rule in Nigeria under General Abacha,
using Lomba, a journalist and political prisoner as focal point: His
life in prison; the reckless violence visited on civilians by armed
soldiers; his life in university terminated by fear of soldiers after
his roommate runs mad, following student demonstrations against military
rule that ended with attack by armed soldiers; the poverty on the
street in which he lived; the peaceful demonstration organized by
residents of the street that ended in violence and death when armed
police and soldiers opened fire; the fire attack at his magazine
employer’s and the murder or hounding into exile or detention of people
perceived as threats to the military regime.
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