Non-fiction adventurous book
In many parts of Africa, the passport doesn't mean anything to the immigration officer. They are looking for travelers without a passport to generate some money; thus, holding a passport provokes them.
Like the scene of a movie, Babatunde is kidnapped by thieves in army uniforms. They were looking for money; since he had a bag, they thought there was money in it. Over three decades, the marks he received from the beatings he had from corrupt army officials can be traced to his body.
Road of Agony" is a marvel of a humane, sorrowful, and lucid account, in a sharper, clearer image of understanding, of how corruption is within the police, border control officers, and the army in Africa. The writer has given the truest account of what happened to him, written in a startling manner as an African writer.
THE AUTHOR
Joel Savage was born in Cape Coast, in the central region of Ghana, on January 19, 1957. He had his secondary school at both Ebenezer Secondary School and Accra High School in Accra, Ghana. In 1985, while living in Freetown, Sierra Leone, he became a naturalized citizen, therefore losing his nationality as a Ghanaian.
In his lifetime, he was much influenced by his father, who was a veteran journalist. His father's influence propelled his flair for writing at a very tender age. At school, he wrote numerous articles for publication. After secondary school, he followed a course at the Ghana Institute of Journalism in Accra to acquire more experience and writing skills.
As a freelance writer, Joel wrote feature articles for the Daily Graphic, Ghanaian Times, and Weekly Spectator in Accra, Ghana, for a certain period. He became a naturalized Belgian citizen in 2008.
He is now a prolific writer and accredited card-holding member of the "Vlaamse Journalisten Vereniging" (Flemish Journalist Association) in Belgium.
