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BOOK REVIEW: GEORGE EHUSANI'S 'THE POLITICS OF POPULATION CONTROL'

  BOOK REVIEW: GEORGE EHUSANI’S ‘THE POLITICS OF POPULATION CONTROL’ By Abel Simpa On the 5 th day of March 2022, it was a great privilege for me to be at the ‘Book Festival’ organized by the Lux Terra Leadership Foundation in Abuja the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. For all the right reasons, particularly with all the precision and accuracy that characterized the unique event, the excitement that encapsulated my entire being remains indubitable. Building up with a little customary law judicial principle which recognizes festivals as ceremonies/events/occasions put together to reiterate, transmit and perpetuate core values, it is impressive to realize that, a Festival, though not limited to, is intrinsically associated with cultural and customary realities. Remember the captivating ‘New Yam Festival’ account by Chinua Achebe in ‘Things Fall Apart’? Yes, so think of tubers of books, if you’re like me and you like food…and love books. Okay, so wow! promoting the culture of readin