The Conscript

The Conscript is the story of the Nigerian civil war or (the Nigeria-Biafra war as some people call it) as seen through the eye of a child soldier that was conscripted into the Biafran army. It is by no means an account of the war but purely the way a young conscript saw the war and the impact of the war on his life and the life of his people.

Dr. Bennett Onyebuchukwu Obi is a Nigerian born at Oraifite in Anambra state. He attended Oraifite Grammar school for his secondary education. He is an alumnus of the University of Nigeria Nsukka Nigeria and Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He is a specialist in HIV/AIDS management. He has practiced his art at various locations in Nigeria, the Comoros Islands, Nairobi Kenya (very briefly) and Lesotho. He is married with three sons. He has published four other books; The Villager, Before the Dawn, Tales of our time and Gem in a Rubbish Heap.