"This collection of over one hundred essays in eighteen sections on Nigeria comes highly recommended, not only for the depth of its analysis and the breadth and mastery of its delivery, but more importantly as the product of a decades-old labour of love and care by the author. Professor Jibrin Ibrahim is easily Nigeria's finest public intellectual, who is also respected in academia, the world of policy and practice, and on the streets. He brings to bear on the essays in this collection the versatility of his mind, a deeply reflective, informed, balanced, yet critical and unsparing insight into the opportunities and challenges, false starts and missed steps, on Nigeria's tortuous path to greatness."
- Professor Adigun Agbaje, University of Ibadan