
Premium Times reviews "Colours of My Mind," a book described as a record of how an engaged Nigerian citizen reflected on his country in real time from the vantage point of the Niger Delta. According to the review, the work's value lies less in comprehensive political analysis than in the immediacy of its observations, the force of its convictions, and its willingness to engage with Nigeria's challenges as they unfolded.
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