Title: House of War

Author: Dare Babarinsa

Publisher: Spectrum Books Limited, Ibadan & Tell Communications Limited, Lagos

Pages: 315

Price: £12.00

About the Book

House of War is a chronicle of the bitter and bloody struggle for political power in Nigeria’s Second Republic, especially among the followers of the late sage Chief Obafemi Awolowo. This is the story about the schism in the Awo camp and how Awoists turned against one another in the great scramble for political office. The book exposes the politicians’ grand auction of principles and the political intrigues, double dealings, back stabbings, stealing of votes, arson and killings, that characterised the Second Republic, especially during the 1983 elections. It is a relevant book, especially for those who have been following Nigeria’s new attempt to establish a worthwhile democracy since the end of military rule in 1999.

About the Author

Dare Babarinsa, a leading Nigerian journalist, graduated from the University of Lagos in 1981; he was the Chief Correspondent of the Concord Group of Newspapers in Ondo State during the 1983 general elections. He was Associate Editor at the leading Nigerian newsmagazine Newswatch until 1990 when he joined four other journalists from the Newswatch stable to establish Tell, Nigeria’s acclaimed foremost weekly newsmagazine.