Birth Of New Nigeria
Lagos: Federal Ministry of Information, 1967. Soft cover. 5" x 8.25" Near Fine. Item #007761
Orig. card wraps. 15 pp. B&W photos in text. Wraps are age toned, some rust staining from staples to rear. Rear cover reads "To Keep Nigeria One is a Task That Must Be Done." Published just months before the outbreak of the civil war in Nigeria. "As I have warned before, my duty is clear - faced with this final choice between action to save Nigeria and acquiescence in secession and disintegration. I am therefore proclaiming a state of emergency throughout Nigeria with immediate effect. I have assumed full powers as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Head of the Federal Military Government for the short period necessary to carry through the measures which are now urgently required." - Major-General Yakubu Gowon, p. 2.
Price: $30.00