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A Song of Africa

Ronald B. Wheatley

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Description:On the eve of the Biafran war, American telecommunications consultant Paul Jeffries is living a colonial lifestyle on the idyllic mile high Jos Plateau largely sheltered from the ethnic, political, religious and economic rivalries that are tearing apart the dream of a united independent post-colonial Nigeria. The discovery of oil in the predominantly Igbo (Ibo) and Catholic Eastern Region and the assassination of the most powerful ruler in the largest region, the predominantly Muslim North, have brought the country to civil war. The year is 1966.On a night in Lagos at an Embassy party Jeffries meets the American Ambassador's daughter, Maureen Cahill. There he pursues her and she eludes him on her own mission which he comes to believe to be a tryst in a darkened poolside bathhouse with a Nigerian. Rejecting her as not worthy of his attention, he returns to his plateau sanctuary to concentrate on his pending lucrative contract with the government and forget her.Because his work has taken him into that region and he knows it well, the ambassador's aid meets him at his hill station retreat and informs him that Maureen has traveled to the mangrove infested Rivers area of the rebellious state of Biafra to a tiny desolate island near the site of the oil discovery - the target for invading federal forces led by the fierce Colonel Barka. The tiny island is accessible only by small pirogue poled by a skilled boatmen. At this place she has joined an Ibo Catholic priest and an idealistic but naïve young American physician, Larry Bartlett, to aid the refugees.Still trying to get her out of his mind, the self-centered Jeffries must decide whether to act or not - to risk everything by leaving his safe and comfortable surroundings to venture on a mission that will take him into the darkest corner of a war torn land.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Song of Africa. To get started finding A Song of Africa, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 200

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: 2012

ISBN: 1619169185

Description: On the eve of the Biafran war, American telecommunications consultant Paul Jeffries is living a colonial lifestyle on the idyllic mile high Jos Plateau largely sheltered from the ethnic, political, religious and economic rivalries that are tearing apart the dream of a united independent post-colonial Nigeria. The discovery of oil in the predominantly Igbo (Ibo) and Catholic Eastern Region and the assassination of the most powerful ruler in the largest region, the predominantly Muslim North, have brought the country to civil war. The year is 1966.On a night in Lagos at an Embassy party Jeffries meets the American Ambassador's daughter, Maureen Cahill. There he pursues her and she eludes him on her own mission which he comes to believe to be a tryst in a darkened poolside bathhouse with a Nigerian. Rejecting her as not worthy of his attention, he returns to his plateau sanctuary to concentrate on his pending lucrative contract with the government and forget her.Because his work has taken him into that region and he knows it well, the ambassador's aid meets him at his hill station retreat and informs him that Maureen has traveled to the mangrove infested Rivers area of the rebellious state of Biafra to a tiny desolate island near the site of the oil discovery - the target for invading federal forces led by the fierce Colonel Barka. The tiny island is accessible only by small pirogue poled by a skilled boatmen. At this place she has joined an Ibo Catholic priest and an idealistic but naïve young American physician, Larry Bartlett, to aid the refugees.Still trying to get her out of his mind, the self-centered Jeffries must decide whether to act or not - to risk everything by leaving his safe and comfortable surroundings to venture on a mission that will take him into the darkest corner of a war torn land.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Song of Africa. To get started finding A Song of Africa, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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