A Carnage Before Dawn: Based on Nigeria's First Coup D'état

The year was 1966, the setting was northern Nigeria and the actors of that play included one Major Nzeogwu. By January 15th of that year, Nigeria’s first coup d’tat had happened, the infant democracy was terminated and there was enough claret to precipitate a civil war.Thus began Nigeria’s deep dive into the abyss.How I have just managed to collide with this Author and this book in my literary wander will continue to astound me. I have rectified my mistake.Ayomide Akinbode, you are a true literary artisan and the book is exceptional.Any further debate is simply a waste of breath.

I like the fictional narration for a non-fictional book. It gave an interesting perspective to the horrible events on Jan 15, 1966. I appreciate the accounts narrated in the book but I have a couple of issues with it.First been that there are no references to the accounts written in the book, so I'm gonna take the stories with a grain of salt.Second is the apparent disdain for J.T.W. Aguiyi-Ironsi on the side of the writer, he might not have been the smartest man in the army then but reducing his character into tea sipping and barking orders and caving into request for junior officers during the coup is a less than savoury accounts of what his contributions are to the crushing of the coup.Third and the final one is that, the book ended on a cliffhanger. There was no closure to any of the stories for any of the characters, with the exception of the dead politicians and senior military officers. Unless this is a book series (I apologise if it is) but if it's not, then I think the ending was a little insufficient at best.Aside that, it was an interesting book, I read and finished it in a couple of hours (1-2). It captivated my attention well enough to get me to read it till the end.