Dear Imad, thank you. As much as I would love to go to Guadeloupe and write my book this is only a dream. Everything in my post is true but whether I get the fellowship and support I would need is in the stars.

My experience of Nigeria following independence as a young child was one of an atmosphere of great excitement and hope. And then it all turned bad with corruption and greed. Nigerians just couldn’t wait and were not prepared to share…