Dr Josephine Obiajulu Okei-Odumakin has lived a better part of her life as an activist. She has traversed, courageously, where even some men fear to tread. She remained consistent without minding the hazards to her person in a society where critical voices are loathed by an unjust system which rewards the crook and punishes the just. Her consistency and unwavering determination for survival of democracy in Nigeria made Professor Wole Soyinka to describe her as "a tireless fighter whose frail bearing bellies an inner strength and resilience purpose, a veteran of affirmative marches, of crude arrests and detentions, baton charges and tear gas who has lent luster to the struggle for justice and human dignity, who remain an inspiration of men and women, old and young." She was recently honoured in America with the Woman of Courage award. In this no-holds- barred interaction, she tells her story.