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Isaac Fadoyebo’s WWII Odyssey: From Nigeria to Burma, A Tale of Triumph and Tragedy

Book Review by Olatoun Gabi-Williams It is 1941. We are in the Yoruba town of Owo, a model colonial town in southwest Nigeria. Can you hear it? The British army’s bugle? It is blowing. Dispirited by academic scores too low for the exalted studies of his dreams, Isaac Fadoyebo is almost 18 when he joins Read More…