[TRIBUTE BY VICTOR EROMOSELE] Peter Enahoro (1935-2023): As the thunder subsides, the rain pours | TheCable
If there was one man who could change the world through his writing, it was probably the gifted Peter Enahoro . He wrote lucid prose and had the rare courage to take on big issues other journalists dare not take on.It reads in part as an autobiography and as a personal and country political history. No reader will miss the riveting account of the Nigerian coups in 1966 January 15 and July 29, events that changed the country forever.
An earlier involvement was when, in collaboration with Lee Foss, we in 2017 decided to mark fifty years of the GCU Entry Class of 1967. I was working on the class brochure,and needed a famous guest writer. Why not Peter Enahoro? We got lucky. His unique four-page article, “Yes, we had a Life,” made its way to page 42 of our brochure.
“Every waking moment of the day was programmed beyond the framework of classroom and homework periods. Siesta, when no reading was permitted, was compulsory. Because I was promoted early to the top teams of all three principal sports of the school, gaining the athletics, cricket and football colours, the daily burning of physical energy was compounded for me in later years by responsibilities of Head of School House, captain of football and school prefect.
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