Onwe’s painting of Nigeria’s socio-political landscape
By ROBERT OBIOHA
Sunday, June 28, 2009

Serpents and Doves is the first novel of Emmanuel Onwe, a young, promising writer with Law background. The 334-page novel was published this year in Britain by Wisdom and Brothers. The novel, which dwells on the myriad social, economic and political problems that have besieged Nigeria since independence, reads like a commentary on the nation’s socio-political affairs| Read Story

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