The book tells the story of Comrade Ola Oni's revolutionary activities and as a teacher of Economics at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria for three decades. His revolutionary activities started in his first year at high school where he was suspended over his association with a protest against the school's authorities. Despite his family background associated with affluence and his education in the best schools from elementary to tertiary, he shunned elite group and pitched his tent with the masses. He became one of the leading devotees of class struggle for the rest of his life.