The Open Sore of a Continent: A Personal Narrative of the Nigerian Crisis

In this impassioned critique of military dictatorship, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka analyzes the annulment of Nigeria's 1993 democratic elections and the brutal regime of General Sani Abacha. Drawing on his experience in exile following the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa, Soyinka challenges conventional ideas of nationhood and sovereignty in post-colonial Africa while calling for international accountability.