The Up-Country Man

Download or read book The Up-Country Man written by Kenneth C. Ryeland and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Up-Country Man" is a true account of a young British engineer's arrival in Nigeria to take up his new job. In April 1967, the country is seven years into a volatile independence and Ken Ryeland struggles to come to terms with the culture shock and the endemic tribalism that pervades every level of society. On being transferred to Enugu, capital of the troubled Eastern Region, he is further challenged when the Regional Military Government rebels against the Federal Military Government in Lagos. An act of secession quickly follows and the short-lived Republic of Biafra is born. Almost immediately the new republic is plunged into a bloody and bitter war of survival with the Lagos Government and Ryeland finds himself trapped in the rebel enclave as Federal troops close in for the kill.