Chinua Achebe’s A Man of The People might as well have been written with Kenya in mind — it describes the Kenyan situation almost perfectly. Photo/File
The world’s daredevils, doers and delinquents share one thing in common — courage. Whether they are politicians, writers, scholars or mountain climbers, it has been said that they are all driven “to a life of constant stimulation and risk taking” that demands tenacious courage.
Some of them have been refined, sophisticated and elitist. Others have been gruff and brisk in their manner. Some have been controversial, mean and unsmiling; with the austere demeanour of unappeasable warriors of justice. Others have been polished, friendly and affable. Indeed, great men and women who have shaken the world have come in all shapes and sizes.
