Niyi Osundare is one of the few writers, whom Nigeria should be grateful for. Every time I read his piece, he makes me fall in love with the joining down of words over and over again. He gives me a reason to get better at my writing every time. With his pen, words are entertaining and picturesque. A master of words, he plays with them and gives it to you in a way that always supersedes your imaginations.
Now enough about him, I am writing to review his book “ A Dialogue with My Country”. This book paints clear some of the accounts of our past that we might never know. At different points I take pride in getting acquainted with the heroes past, many that you never knew had done great. (If you are my age) Or even those who are older. Feeling a sweet pride for a nation that never produced honorable men, but then a dampness of the spirit when the repeated horror of the government strikes yet again. Imagine the scales that fall off your eyes, the gaps formed by the mouth at history and stories made clear. To continue reading...http://expressperspectives..com/2016/05/a-dialogue-with-my-country.html