When students fought for future generations, By Owei Lakemfa

On the current state of the country, including 18.3 million out-of-school children, Appah told me in our 12 April interview: “Wherever we are, whether in the village, town or country, we must be able to fight for it. Until you die, there is no rest. Until he died, Fidel Castro did not rest, Mandela did not rest. We must be ready to die for our society; Jesus died for his country.”

Forty-seven years ago, Nigerian students took a stand against military dictatorship. They…