By Sunny Awhefeada A favourite statement among my contemporaries at the University of Benin in the heady 1990s was “history will absolve me” attributed to Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader. We were fascinated by that utterance. Castro uttered those unforgettable, dense and profound words on 16th October 1953 as part of his defence when he was charged for treason after his attack on Moncada Barracks. That impassioned declaration was to become the manifesto of the Cuban revolution which led to the fall of the ruinous regime of Fulgencio…
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