Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction: Festus Iyayi: What happened the day death came calling / Wumi Raji

Part I: Comradely reflections. To name a hero (poem) / Ogaga Ifowodo ; Festus Iyayi and the ideas we must not forget / Odia Ofeimun ; Writing, as if life itself depended on it [for Festus Iyayi] / Biodun Jeyifo ; Literature, class struggle and national liberation in Nigeria: An introduction / Festus tyayi & Funde Fatunde

Part II: A man of many parts. A song: For Festus Iyayi (poem) / Tanure Ojaide ; Iyayi: The academic and management consultant / Babs Agbonifo ; Festus Iyayi's legal battles / Femi Falana ; Festus Iyayi as an activist / Sylvester Odion Akhaine ; Violence, contractual plunder and heroes: A tribute to comrade Festus Iyayi / Omotoye Olorode ; Festus Iyayi and the challenge of democratic leadership / Idowu Awopetu

Part three: Intimate moments. For Festus Iyayi (poem) / Niyi Osundare ; Intimate moments: An Interview with Mrs Grace Iyayi / Wumi Raji & Idaevbor Bello

Part four: Viewpoints. Violence (poem) / Biodun Jeyifo ; Notes from the battle front: Class difference and social oppositions in the novels of Festus Iyayi / Kunle Ajibade ; An advocate of the people: A study of Festus Iyayi's the contract / Mudathir Adeniyi Adedeji ; Battles and barricades: Class war in Festus Iyayi's violence / Idaevbor Bello ; A war for the generals: A reading of Festus Iyayi's heroes / Stella Onome Omonigho ; Women in Festus Iyayi's writings: A feminist perspective / Ngozi O. Iloh ; Leadership factor and the Nigerian Civil War: A study of Festus Iyayi's Heroes and Amanda N. Adichie's For Love of Biafra / Pelumi Folajimi ; Revolutionary aesthetics in Festus Iyayi's violence and heroes / Jonas Egbudu Akung ; Of revolutionary style in the Nigerian context and the Festus Iyayi perspective / Taiwo Olomntoba-Oju

Epilogue: Nigeria killed Iyayi (elegy) / Niyi Osundare

List of contributors

Index.