FATHERS OF NATIONS GUIDE, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSFathers of Nations Chapter Four summary (Pg.46-65)The Voice of America (VOA) Contract
Ms. Fiona McKenzie gets into a taxi, leaves The Seamount Hotel and heads back to her office. She had indicated to her boss that she would be at the office in an hour's time.
It takes longer to get to the office because of the roadblocks that were basically everywhere. She is stopped at Arch Number 22. The police wanted a bribe from the taxi driver, an unemployed graduate. So she reaches her workplace/office late. Ms. McKenzie goes straight to see her boss who informs her that he is pulling her from her assignment at the summit at the Pinnacle Hotel. He explains himself. He seconds her to the VOA. She is now on a two-year loan from the Gambian News to the Voice of America with immediate effect. In retrospect, there was a time when US policy forbade the Voice of America to broadcast in America. The image was bad for VOA. It had to go. The more reason VOA was employing non-Americans. Mr. Robert Manley, chief of the bureau, met her at the entrance then led her to the office. Mr. Manley instructed her that because there was a breaking story, she would start her job immediately. Her new pay is better than what Gambian News was offering and paying.
She is introduced to a staff mate, a new arrival from America, Nicolas Sentinel, a communications Technician.
The breaking story is that a summit of Africa's heads of state would begin shortly at the Pinnacle Hotel. Sentinel would be handy in her working. She learns that Sentinel has records of many proceedings in Gambia including Ms. McKenzie's interview with Dr. Afolabi. From the recordings, Sentinel confirms that there is a man talking to a total of four other men. Ms. McKenzie is taken to her new office and Mr. Manley rushes to a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign affairs. Meanwhile, Dr. Afolabi tosses in his bed sleeplessly for nearly an hour before he finally dozes off. Dr. Afolabi's phone rings. He answers it is Miss Fiona Mckenzie Ms. McKenzie asks Dr. Afolabi if he could nicet her. He comes out to meet her but does not find her. While he readies to go back to his room, a voicc of a woman, about 30 years cries out for help. The young woman is in a company of a man. The hotel attendant looks detached and aloof. The young woman being whisked away is noted to be McKenzie. She shouts out Dr. Afolabi's name and this strikes him to rush to her aid. Dr. Afolabi faces the alleged abductor who says he's Leo otherwise referred to as Liberian mauler. A fight between Dr. Afolabi and Leo, the Liberian Mauler erupts. Dr. Afolabi wins the war and whisks McKenzie away to his room. They go to Dr. Afolabi's suite where she scraps his face and he helps her change her clothing and freshen up. In the meantime, a phone rings. The caller is Chineke Chiamaka After the call, his mood darkens. Fiona McKenzie shares a lot about VOA and the story in Nicolas Sentinel's machine, silent listener, which has recorded so many things in the last two days. They spent the night at Dr. Afolabi's suite.
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