Chief the Honourable Minister

Chief the Honourable Minister is a 1970 social novel by Nigerian writer T. M. Aluko. It was his third novel published in the influential African Writers Series after One Man, One Matchet.[1][2][3][4]

Chief the Honourable Minister
AuthorT. M. Aluko
CountryNigeria
LanguageEnglish
SeriesAfrican Writers Series
GenreLiterary fiction
PublisherAfrican Writers Series
Publication date
1970
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Preceded byOne Man, One Matchet 

Plot

The book talks about Alade Moses, who is the protagonist of the book. An African thinker who was the pride of his hometown (Newtown), he received his education overseas before returning to become the principal of the Grammar School. He is abruptly called back to duty while in England on a five-week tour of British Grammar Schools planned by the British Council, and is told via cable that he has been made a minister in the new government.[5]

Moses genuinely wants to do what is best and is fundamentally honest, but his efforts are frequently derailed by party politics and his semi-corrupt colleague ministers[5]

References
  1. "Chief the Honourable Minister novel by Aluko". Encyclopædia Britannica.
  2. "Chief the Honourable Minister by T. M. Aluko". Complete Review.
  3. Delany, J. Dennis (1971). "Two African Tales - Chief the Honourable Minister. T. M. Aluko. New York: Humanities Press, 1970. 214 pp. - Danda. Nkem Nwankwo. New York: Humanities Press, 1970. 205 pp". African Studies Review. African Studies Association. 14 (2): 328–330. doi:10.2307/523840. JSTOR 523840. S2CID 147092853 – via Cambridge University Press.
  4. Anaso, George N (1974). "CONFLICTION IN THE NOVELS OF T. M. ALUKO AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF NATION BUILDING" (PDF). Global Academic Group.
  5. "Chief the Honourable Minister - T.M.Aluko". www.complete-review.com. Retrieved 2023-04-17.


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