Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Biyi Dawordsmith has been an aficionado of the ‘Niger Delta conflict’ for years. Now he taps that experience in a literary, thriller, mystery novel which elucidates the ‘oil-rich Niger Delta’ war, the defunct Atlantic slave trade, and the ongoing struggles for emancipation in many places around the world. The novel is entitled “Held in the Creeks” and is written from the viewpoint of five characters. A victim of racial discrimination while he studied in Eastern Europe, Biyi drew from many personal and memorable experiences to come up with plot ideas. “Hardship experiences are universal,” he says. “From Africa to Europe, to the Caribbean, even America.’ ‘Held in the Creeks’ captures the dynamism, phases, and intricacies of the Niger Delta struggle. The book has its lighter side as well. An unplanned adventure leads the main character Anita Campbell and her abductors to the core of the creeks.