The Atrocities of Hope: An Analysis of the ‘Nigeria Problem’

By Michael Olukayode 

A blistering, but humane reckoning with Nigeria’s contradictions: The Atrocities of Hope 

strips away comforting narratives to reveal how hope itself can be weaponised, distorted, and betrayed in a nation built on promise and punctured by failure. 

The Atrocities of Hope is a clarion call: it refuses to sentimentalise resilience and refuses to 

accept hope as an unalloyed good. Instead, it demands that we examine who profits from 

hope, who is asked to sacrifice for it, and how we might remake a public life where hope is 

not an atrocity but a shared, durable promise. 

Michael's work is a profound reflection of what NPUK stands for: Nigerian psychiatrists and professionals in the UK who refuse to look away, who bring rigour, humanity, and moral courage to the most uncomfortable truths about the country that shaped them. The Atrocities of Hope is not just a book. It is an act of love for Nigeria.

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