The Death of Asobo-Ntsi

This novel re-visions history through narrative fiction: the history of his people that has long been silenced and distorted as a colonial strategy the history of an African community at the crossroads. Asobo-Ntsi the stubborn yet proud Fon of Nyen is faced with some challenges amongst which are: his seven- and nine-man council that is not happy with his dictatorship and tax laws a disgruntled quarter that attempts to secede and also the encroaching colonialist Nwuoupang with his church and administration. How Asobo-Ntsi handles these challenges is expressed powerfully and movingly with great narrative artistry that absorbs the reader and keeps him/her enthralled to the end.