THE BOOK TAKES US ACROSS A JOURNEY OF THE AUTHOR THROUGH THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE NIGERIA FROM HIS EARLY DAYS TO THE CIVIL WAR ERA. THE WARS OF PACIFICATION, AMALGAMATION, BRITISH COLONIAL RULE, CONSTITUTIONAL EVOLUTION AND THE ACTIVITIES OF NATIONALISTS ARE SUCCINCTLY CAPTURED IN THIS NARRATIVE NIGERIA JOURNEY TO NATIONHOOD AND INDEPENDENCE JUXTAPOSED WITH THE AUTHORS EXPERIENCES AS A MINORITY IN POST COLONIAL NIGERIA EXPOSES THE NATIONS FAULT;INES AS THE BRAZEN FIGHT FOR DOMINATION BY THE MAJOR ETHNIC NATIONALITIES TOOK CENTER STAGE IN THE YOUNG REPUBLIC. THIS CULMINATED IN THE FIRST MILITARY COUP IN JANUARY 1966 AND THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR. A VIVID EXPERIENCE BY THE AUTHOR IN THE THEATRE OF WAR(MID-WEST REGION)CAPTURES THE TRAUMA AND PAINS OF AN AVOIDABLE CONFLICT AND THE CONSEQUENCES ON MINORITY ETHNIC NATIONALITIES.THIS BOOK IS RECOMMENDED FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE NIGERIANS STATE, STUDENTS OF POLITICS AND RESEARCHERS