The Burden of a Lie

The Burden of a Lie reveal the political transitions in post-colonial Africa States from the military to the civilians. Ayetori, a post-colonial African State, was under military dictatorship for several years. As military regimes became more and more unfashionable in modern States, the military junta in Ayetori had to come to terms with the fact that it could no longer maintain the status quo, its continued stranglehold on Ayetori government. It contrived a political transition programme that transferred power to elected civilians, but unknown to the Ayetorians, the political structures and government institutions established were mainly designed to function in ways to keep the ruling class perpetually in power, and it has continued to weigh heavily on the destiny of Ayetori.