Adebayo Williams’ novel, The Remains of the Last Emperor represents a committed writer’s engagement with the political contradictions which define his beleaguered milieu under the savage sway of dictators or despots. How productive and rewarding this engagement turns out is the governing concern of this paper. Williams, therefore, sets out to expose the shenanigans of political rascality on the African continent with an uncanny insight and unsparing virulence to underscore the fact that a progressive artistic commitment must take sides with the people as the true makers of history as against their oppressors.
