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Memoir by Arese Carrington

Defend the Defenseless is a memoir by Arese Carrington. Published in 2017. It takes us into the lived experience of the Nigerian Civil War through the eyes of Arese Carrington as a young girl and then the struggle for democracy during the tyrannical military dictatorship as a young woman.

A mantra her father gave her during the Nigerian civil war when their family was torn apart has continued to shape her life choices and belief in social justice.

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This memoir opens up to the impact of war and how situations we are thrust into shapes us one way or another.

Plot

Part one

Part One looks at the history of Nigeria and the factors that led to the Civil War.

It narrates a childhood experience not in secessionist Biafra but being caught in the middle when the author's home city Benin was captured by Biafran soldiers. Defend the Defenseless provides both an invaluable historical background and a candid account of the author's