Democracy Shot Dead

In 1965 author D. Richard Truman is a Canadian advertising executive searching for adventure and a warmer climate. When he is transferred to Nigeria he arrives wide-eyed and blunder-prone. Tossed into the country to promote and encourage free enterprise Truman is ill prepared for what he finds. Although Nigeria has enjoyed independence for the past five years a civil war is under way and Truman is about to witness Africa's first self-inflicted coup.</p>In a world where Russian Bolsheviks old and new imperialist powers big oil and big money and corruption is ruining the country Truman must navigate the treacheries of being a foreigner in the midst of a nation turned inside out. Historic gaffes tribal in-fighting religious differences and massive business corruption are bubbling in Nigeria poisoning the government and leading to the death of African democracy.</p><I>Democracy Shot Dead</I> is Truman's recollections of his experiences in Nigeria from 1965 to 1966. Full of gripping detail of a time in Nigerian history when a democracy turned into a military state in a matter of years Truman's account resonates with the devastation confusion and survival of a country suffused with turmoil.</p>