Shine Your Eyes, Mama Africa!

About the Book

“THIS IS A BOOK LIKE MANY OTHERS WE SEE, REPRESENTS A FLOWERING OF AFRICAN TALENT, WHICH HAS BEEN A RECENT AND WELCOME PHENOMENON…………….THIS BOOK IS PASSIONATE AND LITERATE AND MAKES A STRONG CASE.” ATHENA PRESS. “THIS IS A WONDERFUL FIRST BOOK BY THE AUTHOR. IT IS FUNNY AND YET INFORMATIVE! IT CHALLENGES RELIGIOUS LEADERS, WESTERN LRADERS, AND AFRICAN LEADERS TO COME CLEAN. IT ALSO CHALLENGES THE YOUTHS AND THE OPPRESSED IN THE DEVELOPING THIRD WORLD TO RISE UP AND FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS!” THE DAILY SKETCH “IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A GOOD LAUGH WHILE BEING ENLIGHTENED, IT DEFINITELY IS THE BOOK TO READ. I HAVE SEEN THE FUTURE, ALTHOUGH I DO NOT CLAIM TO BE A PROPHET AND THE FUTURE IS FOR AFRICA TO LOCK UP, IGNORE THE UN, IMF, AND THE WORLD BANK; AND TO IMPLEMENT WHAT IS AFRICAN AND NOT WESTERN HYPOCRITICAL ADVICE. HAVE THEY REDUCED THE PRODUCTION OF THE COMBUSTION ENGINES WHILE CROAKING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE? THAT IS THE POINT, SIMPLE! MAN HAS CREATED THE TWO MOST EVIL CONCEPTS IN THE WORLD; RELIGIONS AND POLITICS! HOW MANY HUMAN AND ANIMAL LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST DUE TO POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS?” ISMAIL DANESI THIS IS A MUST READ. IT IS HISTORY, POLITICS, AND A STORY BOOK!

About the Author

He was born in Lagos Nigeria, the son of one of the top colonial chefs at the time. With that influence, he attended the elite government primary school in Lafiaji Lagos Island and later the Yaba College of Technology Secondary—Technical College, based at Yaba. He was part of the Independence intake, the future technologists for the independent nation. He left Nigeria during the civil war to further his education in the west, sponsored by USAID in 1966 at the onset; and hoped to return to a well governed nation after his studies abroad. Unfortunately, it did not happen as he had visualised and found himself marooned unwillingly in exile in the west! He first studied as an electronics engineer and later obtained graduate and postgraduate qualifications in politics, history, sociology and general business and manpower management studies. He was an elected politician and was a member of the Labour Party in the UK for thirty-three years! He has six children and four grand-children; in Denmark and in the UK. He is a very enlightened man judging by his travels and education! He was a sportsperson and played semi-professional football in the UK for many years. He was in the British Army, The Queens’s Regiment, that guarded Gibraltar in the seventies when General Franco of Spain threatened to take back the Rock. He has lived in the western hemisphere for over forty-two years and also lived and travelled the USA, Europe, West Indies and Africa. He has met people like Angela Davis, Fela Kuti, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Eric Clapton, Marc Bolan, Gloria Jones, etc. when he did part-time work as artist stage security staff. There was no mobile phone at the time hence there would have been documentary photo evidence to confirm these claims. Reading the book will convince doubters he actually met these people. His time in politics was the most enlightening after been elected as local Councillor for eight years until he was engineered out of the party; and they say there is democracy in the western world—Mendacity. A story that will be told in Part II of his memoir; so look out for it! Therefore, there is more to come from this author about what politics is all about; it is definitely not about representing the peoples; he has walked the walk and talked the talk; been to the Caucasian Promised Land and found it all to be just for the privileged!