I stated in a Facebook status update yesterday 11th January 2016 that I was going to restructure my Facebook experience to make it less focused on Nigerian politics on account of most of my Facebook friends being Nigerians and most of their posts being on Nigerian politics, and, as I I have later concluded, the Nigerian economy.
Thanks to all who responded to that post.
I found myself, however, still compulsively engaging with Nigerian centred debates on Facebook, with time vanishing so smoothly I would ask myself at the end of the day what I had done with my time.
Had I made progress on my essay on sacred space in relation to churches in Cambridge?
What of the books on metaphysical integration through sense perception in relation to the work of a number of artists, a book aspiring to make fundamental contributions to classical African and Asian theories of knowledge in their contemporary expressions, among other writing projects at the intersection of the visual and verbal arts, philosophy and spirituality?
I concluded that the only way I was going to be able to gain the freedom I needed to engage in those projects would be to surrender to my keen interest on Nigerian current affairs and maximize it, using my large network of Nigerian Facebook friends as a priceless resource.
I therefore began to execute a dream I have carried for a long time, bringing it to the forefront of my activities from its place at the back-making books out of discussions on social media in the name of securing them as timeless resources for study of society as well as for their economic value.
The first book The Demolition of Owonifari Electrical Electronics Market in Oshodi and the Future of Ndigbo in Nigeria : Chukwudi Iwuchukwu and Friends in Debate comes from the post and thread of Chukwudi's status update of 11th January 2016 reporting the response of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, described as the apex Igbo socio-cultural body, to the demolition of the Owonifari Electrical Electronics Market in Oshodi by the Lagos State government on January 5, 2016, in which Igbo traders are described as the majority of those affected, losing huge fortunes in the process.
I compiled the debate, edited out the non-essential indicators from Facebook, and wrote an introduction situating the debate in the context of Nigerian history with a focus on relationships between the perceptions of the market demolition, the 2014-2015 Nigerian general elections and its aftermath in relation to Ndigbo and the links of these developments to the tensions represented by the Nigerian Civil War of 1967-1970 and its roots in the January 1966 coup and the pogrom that was a response to it.
The book will be available for purchase tomorrow on Amazon as an electronic book one can read easily on any electronic device.
It is priced very cheaply to make it easy to purchase.
Profits will be shared between the creator of the status update that inspired the debate, Chukwudi Iwuchukwu,the editor and publisher, myself, and, in the name of the various contributors to the debate, possibly a percentage set aside for contribution to charity.
Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing makes sales and royalty information readily available to writers.
The book cover is shown above .
All suggestions in connection with this project of publishing books from discussions on social media would be deeply appreciated.
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