Njoku Jerry

Ak-47 in a Wild Why World: Contemporary African Issues * Humour * Poetry Njoku Jerry

AK-47 in a Wild Why World is a collection of thoughtful provocative essays, short stories and poetry that take on the political and socio-economic problems of modern Africa and plain Idiot's guide solution on how to salvage the deteriorating economies and lost pride of the African continent and its people. The book done in plain, sometimes blunt language, addresses issues of social neglect, religious and political abuse, cultural and economic mistakes and failures, and common human depravities such as greed, ignorance and hypocrisy. For these ills, the author offers what he called 'an Idiot's guide' strategies of positive solutions based on purpose and action. The author argues about an unknown fear trapped in the heart of every black African who struggles with the reality of a life wasted under economic hardship he calls "nothing less than a fear of hell", a hell of poverty and misery created by ignorance, greed and a crass illiteracy of ideas. To run away from this fear is to invite chaos that might spiral the continent into further darkness. Only by frankly assessing the problems and embracing realistic solutions such as education can there be any hope of initiating social and economic change.