Zayd Ibn Isah is a writer who succeeds. A young police officer and aspiring lawyer, Isah has, in a relatively short time, established himself as an intellectual of note and one of Nigeria’s most compelling public thinkers. His debut book, We Are All Guilty, was a short play that excavated the themes of systemic corruption and moral decay. In 2023, World Entourage Magazine recognised him as one of the 100 Impactful Young Nigerians, honouring his contributions to public discourse and nation-building, a distinction that, given his output of over a hundred articles published locally and internationally, was richly deserved. Now, out of that considerable body of work, comes The Nigerian Spirit Is Special, a collection of 33 of those articles, repurposed as critical essays that share a single, audacious common thread: an unshakeable belief in Nigerian exceptionalism.
Zayd Ibn Isah and the uniqueness of the Nigerian spirit, By Sima Essien
