He Dared

This is the story of the life of a man who was a force to reckonwith. He moved past frontiers seen at the time and embracednew horizons that has left a truly compelling legacy. Udo Akpabio was a man of many parts. A warrior, symbol of theindomitable spirit of the Annang people of Nigeria, charismatic leaderand successful businessman yet finding time to carry out his duties asthe patriarch of one of the largest and most influential family stock inSouth-South Nigeria. Set in the late nineteenth century and through the colonial era, thisbook tells the story of a man who dared where others dread. The dimcircumstances of his early childhood did not deter his ambition to turnaround his fortune. Rising above the temptous phase of his early adultlife, he attained the highest traditional stool of the Annang people. He was a bridge between the British and the indigenous people, andacting on intriguing insight, Udo Akpabio, steered the affairs of hispeople and was able to strike a delicate balance between age-longtraditions and westernization.