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October 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of Nigeria's Independence. This is both a personal and authoritative account of the country's turbulent recent history, taking in its colonial past, the potential of its vast oil and gas reserves, and its political precariousness and civil unrest.
Synopsis
A look at Nigeria as it celebrates fifty years of independence, inflected by the author's family's past as colonial magistrates.