Sonny Tyoden

Title: Sonni Tyoden, Tenacity of Life and Leadership
Author: Udu Yakubu
Year of Publication: 2020
ISBN 978-978-51255-3-5
Pages: 356 + xiv

Sonni Tyoden: Tenacity of Life and Leadership is a narrative of the life of an
influential academic and political figure in contemporary Nigeria. The story is
imbued with allegories and parables of the constant battle between human virtues
and development on the one hand, and their contraries on the other. The life of the
subject amply illustrates that with purpose and determination, people can move
from their low stations in life to the desired heights of accomplishments. Woven in
clear, creative and picturesque language, the biography significantly engages at a
level of critical discourse the conflicts of ideological praxes that indwell a dialectical
intellectual.
Beneath its many episodes are powerful principles of life and leadership that stand
as references to the ideals of success in private and public endeavours. Most
importantly, the biography demonstrates how adversity is turned into positive
success stories.