APC: The Cradle Memos, By Pius Adesanmi
What would Atiku Abubakar, Ibrahim Babangida have to change today if they boarded the APC train? Buddy, you were born...
Pius Adesanmi is a professor of literature and African studies at Carlton University Ottawa Canada. He is a prodigious public affairs commentator. Pius' “Africa is not a Continent” won the 2013Prize for African Writing. B.A. University of Ilorin, Nigeria, 1992 M.A. French, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 1998 Ph.D. French Studies, University of British Columbia, 2002
What would Atiku Abubakar, Ibrahim Babangida have to change today if they boarded the APC train? Buddy, you were born...
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