Böcker av T.M. Aluko

In a rural village in nineteenth-century Nigeria, British colonial rule is finally starting to lose its grip. As a new generation of educated locals seize their chance to take back power, a deadly disease threatens to wipe out their invaluable cocoa crop. Now the village must decide who they can trust to save them... In the Yoruba land of west Nigeria, the village of Ipaja is facing a crisis - one of identity, power, and famine. At the centre of the solution are two young men, Benjamin Benjamin and Udo Akpan, who both believe their own methods are the only way to save the village from disaster. As the new District Officer for the region, Akpan is certain the only solution is to follow a British officer's suggestion and destroy every infected crop they can find. Benjamin, an ambitious politician and journalist, is determined to achieve total independence from British control, even at the cost of the farmers' livelihood. Although they claim to have the village's best intentions at heart, neither can deny the power they stand to gain if the other one fails...

The author is best known as a novelist. An engineer by training, serving as Permanent Secretary in the Western Region civil service, and retired Associate Professor of Public Health Engineering at the University of Lagos, he has previously written The Story of my Life. This new volume expands on his childhood, and writes his professional story from the viewpoint of a public servant who lived through eighteen years under British engineers, and the second half of his career as a co-formulator of policies with other Nigerians. The story spans childhood, university education from 1993, public service from 1943, further study and work in London, and public service, academic posts, and private sector consultancy up to 1988. T.M. Aluko is a novelist, and his post before retired was as Associate Professor of Public Health Engineering at the University of Lagos.