BEFORE I DIE ... AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY NIGERIA

What Happens When a Country Tells the Truth?

Before I Die is a soliloquy of a bereaved and besieged, well-known, well-endowed but embattled Being — to be saved from calamity and probable death. It homes in on the history of Nigeria, its amalgamation, and the intrigues of the founding fathers on the shaky roots on which the national edifice was built.

Nigeria, clearly under siege from internal and external misfortunes and aggressors, should be admired for mustering the courage and stamina to come out with this work. The book is awash with cogent examples of oppressive, inhuman and fatal atrocities which Nigeria is being subjected to — and replete with pleas, supplications and recommendations to stem the stormy, disastrous tide.

It should be emphasised: the title Before I Die is not synonymous with "I Am Going to Die." No one involved in this work desires the death of Nigeria. Towards the end of the book, Nigeria herself cried out — "I do not want to die!" — which, in essence, is the whole purpose of this autobiography.

Any reader with a human heart would be touched, and moved to hope and pray for a turn-around for good, before Nigeria dies.