A moving personal account of growing up in Nigeria in the 1950s and '60s in the period leading up to the first military coup in January 1966. A rare coming-of-age story from one of Africa's most distinguished poets and winner of the Commonwealth Poetry Prize and numerous other awards.
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A moving personal account of growing up in Nigeria in the 1950s and '60s in the period leading up to the first military coup in January 1966. A rare coming-of-age story from one of Africa's most distinguished poets and winner of the Commonwealth Poetry Prize and numerous other awards.
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