Personal views from the Third World Nigeria: A Squandering of Riches
Six months ago, on New Year's Eve, a military coup took place in Nigeria. Most Nigerians welcomed it. There was a widespread feeling that the previous elected government had become profligate, inept and staggeringly corrupt.
A month before the coup a BBC team were there making a film with Nigerian singer and television journalist Onyeka Onwenu. Travelling the country, she talked with bankers and industrialists, street traders and farmers. With anger, affection and great candour she vividly captured the mood of the country in those critical weeks as the tensions mounted.
First transmitted just after the coup this up-dated film now takes a more reflective look at what happened then and what is happening now.
The most socially and politically revealing third world documentary I can remember
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Producers
RICHARD TAYLOR , ADEGBOYEGA ARULOGUN Series editor ANTHONY ISAACS (Revised repeat)