Baron of Broad Street, Part- I

Download or read book Baron of Broad Street, Part- I written by El Nukoya and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baron of Broad Street follows the story of two young men from the notorious Lagos ghetto, Makoko, as they attempt to realize grand aspirations. Ambition, conscience, friendship and necessity are a flammable mixture for the young men on the make, where the traditional and the modern, the family and the city, loyalty and self-interest bubble, simmer and come to a head. The seemingly impossible challenges to the honour and integrity of the young protagonists, and their desperate but indefatigable responses, are a blunt depiction of the contradictions of one of Africa's largest and most dynamic countries. An entertaining window on life in contemporary Lagos as well as an exploration of universal ethical dilemmas, this story is both a modern African parable and a fascinating primer on contemporary Nigeria. El Nukoya is driven to educate and to moralize but also, perhaps above all, to entertain. With this, his second novel, he succeeds in doing all three! - PROF. ANDERSON BROWN, RENOWN LITERARY COMMENTATOR