IBB’s Quest For AbsolutionIBB’s Absolution

 A favourite statement among my con­temporaries at the University of Be­nin in the heady 1990s was “history will absolve me” attributed to Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader. We were fascinated by that utterance. Castro ut­tered those unforgettable, dense and profound words on 16th October, 1953 as part of his de­fence when he was charged […]