Freedom from Servitude

Set mostly in Nigeria (with a few excerpts of study and travelling experiences in Australia and Britain); this is the recounting of a man's career and his personal plea denouncing the social injustice suffered by most employees in this African country, often discharged or dismissed with no apparent link to established laws or regulations except those making the self-serving interests of an elite ruling discriminately and ruthlessly. Spanning over decades of local and non-local history his testimonial sheds light on internal and external politics (with a brief but thorough analysis of Australia's and the Commonwealth legacy hinting at white settlers and their crimes against the indigenous people), and mentioning Nigerian voodoo practices contaminating the establishment, strong coercion, timeless intrigues, shameless corruption at high levels, all manipulated by ever-present red tapes and bureaucracy strangling the freedom of hard working otherwise merit-deserving individuals. The "freedom from servitude" is a human right but perhaps also a dream which the protagonist of this story tries to pursue in his search and hope for truth, equality and justice.