The book; Our Youths Have Gone Mad Again by Elochukwu Ezeumeanya carted home with the prize which also landed him a job of Editor in Chief on the Magazine team after a very competitive examination amongst the book prize jury.
The book is a love story between Zik and Ola that cuts across history and Nigerian geographical locations; satirizing numerous deadly ills of the present day society in a snappy manner.
Our Youths Have Gone Mad Again dares to bring us the need for Ministry of Men Affairs as part of Nigerian government and other themes embedded in the novel which includes:
Theme of Burden of Masculinity
Theme of Neglect on Boy-Child Training
Theme of Women Empowerment & Lack of Men Empowerment
Theme of Unemployment
Theme of Peer Pressure
Theme of Occultism & Superstition
Theme of Blackmail
Theme of Rape
Theme of Ritual Killings
Theme of Depression & Frustration
Theme of Abortion
Theme of Cyber Crime & Death
Theme of Men Advocacy
The book is meant for every youth and parents as a guide to tackle the challenges of life and best way for child upbringing as it proffers solutions to many tedious life unanswered questions.
It was written in a simple diction using the narrator’s perspective of the first person pronoun for maximum comprehension.