The days of the army were always present in those days. One military followed another, one coup after another, with the exceptional period of the layman Shehu Shagari, who was a poet, not a soldier. One of the soldiers from the beginning in the independent Nigeria Army was Zakariya Maimalari, who was killed in the … Continue reading Gowon, Obasanjo extol virtues of Maimalari
CE QUE LE JOUR DOIT A LA NUIT
For one reason or another I appreciate books written by writers from northern African countries. I realized this when I was reading this book by the Algerian writer Yasmina Khadra. I had read one of his other books Les Agneaux du Seigneur. This book is set in Algeria and it starts in the colonial days … Continue reading CE QUE LE JOUR DOIT A LA NUIT
books touched by Africa 