After slave trade ended, the European objective created the geographical space they called Nigeria, and the occupants were imposed upon that they should make a nation, so they had made attempts motivated by the oppressive colonialist tendencies. The author had been born and he grew up in the struggle to make meaning of unity and national coexistence. The apparent confusion caused the experience of military in government and politics, resulting in a crippling civil war. The book is an interplay of the manner in which the social, political, and religious upheavals affected and shaped the...

After slave trade ended, the European objective created the geographical space they called Nigeria, and the occupants were imposed upon that they should make a nation, so they had made attempts motivated by the oppressive colonialist tendencies. The author had been born and he grew up in the struggle to make meaning of unity and national coexistence. The apparent confusion caused the experience of military in government and politics, resulting in a crippling civil war. The book is an interplay of the manner in which the social, political, and religious upheavals affected and shaped the...