‘Writing Dangerously’: Tributes and Reflections in an Age of Terror

Year 2014, Volume: 11 Issue: 2, 303 - 316, 01.12.2014

Lekan Balogun

Abstract

In this reflection, I intend to do more than to remind us of certain

things that happened in the past and which define some aspects of our contemporary existence

as a people and nation, but to also underline the fact of the urgent need for us never

to forget the sacrifice of my subjects.

Keywords

achebe, terror

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