Innocence Betrayed: Free Omar Askia Ali After 32 Years in Prison

Abstract

Background: Growing up as teenagers in the 1950s and the beginning of the 60s was for many of us an infinitely seductive and unstintingly exhilarating experience, because Africa was confidently shaking off the burden of colonialism and was on the march to great expectations. The pulsating pace of the march was irresistibly euphoric, and reading the Evening News in the late afternoons with Oko Addy became a most compelling addiction.