Defend the Defenseless

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Author	Arese Carrington
Language	English
Genre	Memoir
Publisher	Bronzeline & Co.
Publication date	2017
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	268
ISBN	978-0-9995043-3-8

Defend the Defenseless is a memoir by Arese Carrington. Published in 2017. It takes us into the lived experience of the Nigerian Civil War through the eyes of Arese Carrington as a young girl and then the struggle for democracy during the tyrannical military dictatorship as a young woman. A mantra her father gave her during the Nigerian civil war when their family was torn apart has continued to shape her life choices and belief in social justice. This memoir opens up to the impact of war and how situations we are thrust into shapes us one way or another.