The Rocks Cry Out
Subtitle: Responses to the Jos Crisis of September 2001
By: edited by Deborah L. Klein, Kenana Taisir Najmudeen, Reginald Cole
Contributors: Klein, Deborah L; Najmudeen, Kenana Taisir - Illustrations; Cole, Reginald; Association of Nigerian Authors. Plateau State.; Johnson, Dul; McCain, Carmen
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Association of Nigerian Authors, Plateau State; NoCompromise Productions
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
Subjects: Ethnic conflict -- Nigeria -- Jos Plateau.; Jos Plateau (Nigeria) -- In literature.; Jos Plateau (Nigeria) -- Ethnic relations.
Genres: In literature.
First sentence: For René Descartes, “Cogito ergo sum” (I think, therefore I am). Adapting that idea, we posit that part of what makes us human is our ability to think—though we do not all think alike. There exist almost as many explanations, suppositions, and assumptions about the Jos Crisis of September 2001 (and the following violent events which continue in Plateau State even as of this writing) as there exist people who experienced the events.
Description: The whole world quit watching.
	On Friday, 7 September 2001, unexpected violence broke out in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.  On Tuesday, 11 September 2001, two hijacked commercial planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City.  Instantly, world attention focused on the United States and its reaction.  Instantly, international reporters relegated events in Jos to a footnote.
	For those living in Jos at the time, Tuesday marked a respite, a breathing space between the horrors of the weekend and those which would follow on Wednesday, the 12th.  “Religious, ethnic conflict”, outsiders labelled the situation.  But those living in Jos, both Christians and Muslims, felt trapped, manipulated by forces beyond such simplistic descriptions.  Those living in Jos experienced the same kind of shock and disbelief as those living in New York.  The Jos Crisis lasted longer and created more casualties, but the rest of the world quit paying attention.
	“If these be silent, the rocks will cry out.”  This collection of eye-witness accounts, meditations, and poems fills the vacuum left by the outer world’s silent disinterest.  In reading this book, one relives the fear, the confusion, the grief experienced by those who lived through this time.  At the same time, one discovers amidst the horror the superior power of reason, compassion, and love.
Table of contents: title: Forward
pagenum: 5; title: Forward to 1st Edition
pagenum: 7; label: Nancin Damun Dadem
title: Season of War
pagenum: 13; label: Mmaasa Masai
title: Insanity
pagenum: 14; label: Nkiruka Irene Molokwu
title: Hope for the Rocks
pagenum: 17; label: Reginald Cole
title: I Saw . . .
pagenum: 20; label: Redzie D. Jugo
title: Landscape of Sorrow
pagenum: 23; label: Uwemedimo Enobong Iwoketok
title: Seventh September
pagenum: 24; label: Ayimo Amos Dauda
title: I traverse my land . . .
pagenum: 25; label: Angela F. Miri
title: Apprehension
pagenum: 26; label: Chima Onwude
title: Sunset on the Rocks
pagenum: 27; label: Kingsley Madueke
title: Day of the Marionettes
pagenum: 46; label: Deborah L. Klein
title: Euphemisms
pagenum: 48; label: Anayochukwu J. Ohama
title: Rumour Mongers
pagenum: 51; label: Reginald Cole
title: The Streets of Jos
pagenum: 52; label: Mmaasa Masai
title: Senben
pagenum: 54; label: Redzie D. Jugo
title: The Storm
pagenum: 56; label: Nanzing Tahiru Dangbut
title: Hey! Hey!! Hey!!!
pagenum: 57; label: Ikemefuna S. Onwude
title: Strange Friday
pagenum: 63; label: Mmaasa Masai
title: Ogun Bares His Arms
pagenum: 65; label: Za Pitman
title: September Seven and Twelve
pagenum: 68; label: Anayochukwu J. Ohama
title: They Are Coming
pagenum: 70; label: Maryam Ali Ali
title: Carnage on the Plateau
pagenum: 75; label: Augustine Oritsewyinmi Oghanrandukun (Ifa)
title: Raped Innocence
pagenum: 77; label: Dul Johnson
title: Laughing in Sadness (A Kind of Travelogue)
pagenum: 78; label: Aro Richard
title: Innocent Virgin
pagenum: 94; label: Mmaasa Masai
title: Requiem Jos
pagenum: 96; label: Anayochukwu J. Ohama
title: Jos, I Weep
pagenum: 98; label: Reginald Cole
title: How Do You Feel?
pagenum: 100; label: Deborah L. Klein
title: Coroner's Inquest
pagenum: 102; label: Carmen McCain
title: Happy Survival
pagenum: 103; label: Za Pitman
title: Food Is Ready
pagenum: 108