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Book · 2005
Hard Ground
A family confronts the radicalization of a young man drawn into Niger Delta militancy, using their conflict to examine exploitation, generational fracture, and the human cost of political violence.
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Hard Ground brims with violence and fear. This is expected of the context of the setting. Apart from the bizarre story recounted by Nimi, we saw a trace of brazenness on stage... Hard Ground, from these indications, fulfils grand dramatic elements and contemporary thematic relevance.
Henry Akubuiro on seyifash In drama, Ahmed Yerima’s Hard Ground, which won several literary prizes, remains one of the most lucid literary representations of the region. No group is spared in the play as the dynamics of the crisis is explored.
Ayodele Ibiyemi on Wawa Book Review In 2006, Prof Ahmed Yerima’s stunning book on the militancy situation in The Niger Delta entitled Hard Ground beat other drama books to win the Nigeria Prize for Literature. Yerima, a respected Nigerian academic, dramatist and theatre director, was at then, the Director of The National Troupe, Lagos. The versatile published author of several drama books studied in University College London and Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
The Nigeria Prize for Literature on The Nigeria Prizes Website
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