TWISTED BY THE PRESIDENT

  TWISTED BY THE PRESIDENT   By Saeed Fadlulahi Froko A Review by Abdul Hayi Moomen Since the rise to power of autocratic leaders across Africa after many African States had gained independence, artists, filmmakers, novelists, poets, photographers and song-writers have been preoccupied with the compelling figure of the dictator, placing him at centre stage in their work. Their concern with the question of dictatorship requires little speculation, for African dictators and their regimes have defined the postcolonial period in Africa. Within a decade of independence, nearly all African States had evolved into dictatorships or single-party regimes, and the consequences of their autocratic regimes are still felt across the African continent today. Saeed Fadlulahi Froko adds his voice to these narratives through the lenses of his latest novel “Twisted By The President”. “Twisted by the President” is set in post -colonial Ghana and presents a fictitious, yet, realistic African dicta...