The article examines Olusegun Obasanjo's autobiography, "My Watch," describing it as a rare and generous act of witnessing. The author, Zayd Ibn Isah, argues that understanding the former president as a living legend and national icon requires reading and appreciating the book. The piece opens with a quotation from Obasanjo's autobiography about a watchman having no sleep or respite during his watch, and also references a famous line from Chinua Achebe's classic novel, Things Fall Apart.
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