Official Review: Nigeria: The 'Giant'... by Dele Owolowo
Posted: 22 Jun 2020, 17:09
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Nigeria: The 'Giant'..." by Dele Owolowo.]
In this simple to read and understand historical fiction Nigeria: The “Giant”… by Dele Owolowo, the role Nigeria the acclaimed “Giant of Africa” plays in how the rest of the world view the Black race goes through a comprehensive diagnosis. In the end, the reader is left to choose whether the “Giant” has played her role effectively or not.
The book tries to answer the question: what makes for a nation's relevance and recognition in the world at large? Are relevance and recognition akin to largeness in population or tied to some other issue of greater importance? This book without holding back did a good job to spell it out.
Before I go further, Nigeria: The “Giant”… by Dele Owolowo receives a four out of four stars rating from me because it seemed professionally edited, and I found less than five errors in it. The quality of research displayed, and the detailed referencing is worthy of commendation as well.
The book has six chapters, and every chapter has a title that tells you what to expect. It equally has six appendixes containing the articles from which citations were made. The author used dialogue throughout the book to convey his thoughts. This dialogue was between the author and a typical Nigerian who had a tough time agreeing with the author’s perspectives per time. This was what I liked most about the book. I found it interesting because the reader acted as the third person in the dialogue, and there was the decision about whose opinion was to be agreed with at some point.
The questions put forth by Dele Owolowo were truly thought-provoking. One such question was “If one talks about pride in a country, the question now is, pride in what — in the country's existence or its achievements?” He equally pointed out that the imminent extermination of the Black race is possible if things remain the way they are. This was a bit difficult to agree with at first, but as references were drawn from similar extermination of some races in time past, I couldn't help but agree with him. I won’t fail to say that every chapter of this book plunged me into critical thinking at one point or another. This was because the multitude of verifiable facts presented by the author was simply overwhelming.
Nigeria: The “Giant”… is a wake-up call to all Africans, but Nigerians in particular. I found no use of profanity in this book, therefore it is a good read for all. I recommend it with a sense of urgency to every African and especially my fellow Nigerians as we are fast losing our place among fellow African nations. At the time of writing this review, I found nothing worthy to be disliked about Nigeria: The “Giant”… by Dele Owolowo.
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In this simple to read and understand historical fiction Nigeria: The “Giant”… by Dele Owolowo, the role Nigeria the acclaimed “Giant of Africa” plays in how the rest of the world view the Black race goes through a comprehensive diagnosis. In the end, the reader is left to choose whether the “Giant” has played her role effectively or not.
The book tries to answer the question: what makes for a nation's relevance and recognition in the world at large? Are relevance and recognition akin to largeness in population or tied to some other issue of greater importance? This book without holding back did a good job to spell it out.
Before I go further, Nigeria: The “Giant”… by Dele Owolowo receives a four out of four stars rating from me because it seemed professionally edited, and I found less than five errors in it. The quality of research displayed, and the detailed referencing is worthy of commendation as well.
The book has six chapters, and every chapter has a title that tells you what to expect. It equally has six appendixes containing the articles from which citations were made. The author used dialogue throughout the book to convey his thoughts. This dialogue was between the author and a typical Nigerian who had a tough time agreeing with the author’s perspectives per time. This was what I liked most about the book. I found it interesting because the reader acted as the third person in the dialogue, and there was the decision about whose opinion was to be agreed with at some point.
The questions put forth by Dele Owolowo were truly thought-provoking. One such question was “If one talks about pride in a country, the question now is, pride in what — in the country's existence or its achievements?” He equally pointed out that the imminent extermination of the Black race is possible if things remain the way they are. This was a bit difficult to agree with at first, but as references were drawn from similar extermination of some races in time past, I couldn't help but agree with him. I won’t fail to say that every chapter of this book plunged me into critical thinking at one point or another. This was because the multitude of verifiable facts presented by the author was simply overwhelming.
Nigeria: The “Giant”… is a wake-up call to all Africans, but Nigerians in particular. I found no use of profanity in this book, therefore it is a good read for all. I recommend it with a sense of urgency to every African and especially my fellow Nigerians as we are fast losing our place among fellow African nations. At the time of writing this review, I found nothing worthy to be disliked about Nigeria: The “Giant”… by Dele Owolowo.
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Nigeria: The 'Giant'...
View: on Bookshelves