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Re: "Nigerian history through Awolowo (1)" by Dr. Edwin Madunagu
By Edwin MadunaguI WAS not disappointed when I eventually obtained a copy of Awo: On the trail of a titan: Essays in celebration of the Obafemi Awolowo Centennial. Since its presentation to the public early in March 2009 I had sought the book because I believed that it would not only answer some lingering questions on the life and career of the late pre-eminent Nigerian leader, but also fill some gaps in my knowledge of Nigeria's political and social history. This fulfilled expectation explains the title of this article.
In general, I have for long held that any collection of essays on aspects of the life and career of any great political leader will be a good introduction to the history of the particular polity. In particular, I have held that any collection of essays on aspects of the life and career of any of these three Nigerian political leaders - Obafemi Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikiwe and Ahmadu Bello - will be a good introduction to the history of modern Nigeria. As I said earlier, I was not disappointed when I opened the pages of the book under reference.
The Awolowo book was edited by David Oke, Olatunji Dare, Adebayo William and Femi Akinola - four
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BM Dzukogi
First publicised in 2009
Kraftbooks, Ibadan
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On page 259 I saw it with my own eyes. The words: “Ex Africa semper aliquid novi”. One of the forms in which this famous statement has rolled through history.
But let me start at the beginning. We do not start in Central Africa but in the British university town Cambridge. The explorer and missionary David Livingstone gave an appeal on December 4, 1857. He challenged his hearers to come to Africa and start missionary work in the area near the imposing river Zambesi. Out of this appeal came eventually this UMCA. The first group of the UMCA was with David Livingstone at the river and tried to get a foothold. I did not work, the leader of the missionary group, bishop MacKenzie, passed away in 1862, near the Zambesi. In the end the start near Lake Nyasa did not work out. The UMCA decided to withdraw to the island Zanzibar and regroup. From this small beginning work was started on the island, activities on the mainland were started and finally in this way Lake Nyasa was reached and missionaries started work around the lake.
This book is a chronicle of the progress, the upheavals, the difficult periods in the work and the expansion of the UMCA in its work in Central Africa. The writer himself worked at the lake Nyasa (at Likoma), when he wrote this book. He was fam