Nigeria, March 6 -- The autobiography is a most delicate, complex and indeed disruptive art form. It is the autobiographer's authorial insistence to be heard in terms of his or her narrative addition to historical discourse. In fact, it is the autobiographer's narration of the historical event from his or her own perspective. And more often than not, when the autobiographer is a fundamental participant in the event, the complexities of that event and the circumstances surrounding it are multiplied. Only very few autobiographies enjoy global approval. And that is because the art form is seen as an ego trip. That sentiment is summed by the English biographer Humphrey Carpenter: "Autobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying."...