Son of UI’s first VC out with novel
The Managing Director of Equity Associates, Mr. Emeka Dike, has found his way into the club of creative writers, with the publication of his first novel, Inverted Pyramid.
But those who know the parentage of the Harvard-trained economist will not be too surprised at his new found love for books. He is the first son of late Prof. Kenneth Dike, first African Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan.
Speaking on the story of the work published by Lagos-based Hero Press and Trafford Publishing, London, the author describes it as a reality fiction.
Dike says, “These vested interests, who are mostly found at the corridors of power, are the heavily corrupt few who consistently and constantly benefit from the status quo, at the expense of the majority that are daily suffering and dying in silence.”
He adds that he uses his main character, Zuby, to peg the intrigues that characterise the Nigerian political and economic vagaries.
He says, “Again, the book further gives a clear explanation in both political and economic terms for the slow pace of economic development, high level of corruption and the annoying indifference and disdain of the government to the daily suffering of the masses in the midst of so much wealth.
“It seeks to dissect what we have all come to realise as the Nigerian factor. It x-rayed and captured all these anomalies and deceptions within the cultural, social and political backdrop of our contemporary nation, thus giving the whole scenario the picture of an inverted pyramid.”
But those who know the parentage of the Harvard-trained economist will not be too surprised at his new found love for books. He is the first son of late Prof. Kenneth Dike, first African Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan.
Speaking on the story of the work published by Lagos-based Hero Press and Trafford Publishing, London, the author describes it as a reality fiction.
Dike says, “These vested interests, who are mostly found at the corridors of power, are the heavily corrupt few who consistently and constantly benefit from the status quo, at the expense of the majority that are daily suffering and dying in silence.”
He adds that he uses his main character, Zuby, to peg the intrigues that characterise the Nigerian political and economic vagaries.
He says, “Again, the book further gives a clear explanation in both political and economic terms for the slow pace of economic development, high level of corruption and the annoying indifference and disdain of the government to the daily suffering of the masses in the midst of so much wealth.
“It seeks to dissect what we have all come to realise as the Nigerian factor. It x-rayed and captured all these anomalies and deceptions within the cultural, social and political backdrop of our contemporary nation, thus giving the whole scenario the picture of an inverted pyramid.”
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