Africa

World Cup Tragedy Of South Africa

The urge in the beginning had been to entitle this piece “The Death of African Solidarity”. It took no time at all for me to...

South Africa: We Are All Victims

South Africa has pursued post-apartheid policies, the consequences of which we are seeing today. The country has a terrifying, soft underbelly which is now...

Manufacturers of Coups and Bandits   

Coups and bandits are all the rage these days. Just the other day, December 7 to be exact, there was the hot news that soldiers...

‘The Beautyful Ones are not yet Born’ in Them

The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, by Ayi Kwei Armah of Ghana, is a book that deconstructs the personalities of Donald Trump and...

Between Brexit and ‘Borexit’

For the second time in the entire British history another 'iron lady' has taken office as the new Prime Minister, replacing David Cameron who...

WS@82: “Politically Correct Ideas vs. Cultural Openness”

WS, Your sundry hoary strands Stand as beacons To navigators cruising from all seafronts To the island of bliss, astuteness, scarred proficiencies and maneuvers that beat fulfillment without animosity, without lust with...

The Fujimori Syndrome

Alberto Fujimori was the popular former President of Peru for close to a decade. He came to power in 1990 and left in the...

After Brexit, Regrexit Is Plundering the Souls of Britons

Following the shockwaves that came with the exit of Britain from the European Union, the reality is coming home to roost in Britain. While...

The Existential Threat of Britain’s Exit of the European Union

The shockwaves, the existential threat and exhaustion of the exit of Britain from the European Union has caused financial markets great panic and concern....

Brexit: A Journey to the Unknown

The referendum on whether Britain should exit the European Union is imminent. Those clamoring for Britain's exit have not weighed the dire consequences of...

The Revolt of Mandela’s Grandchildren

South Africa is in the midst—some would say the very incipient stage—of a major political and cultural revolt. One of the most remarkable things...

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‘New World Order’: Same Old Architects?

In the face of the magnitude of the challenges which confront us and pose a common and indiscriminate threat to the wellbeing of mankind as a species, it stands to reason that we pool resources together to ensure our collective survival...

The Virgins Of Flaming Change

I must say, after reading The Virgin of Flames that I heartily recommend it to all lovers of good literature. This book is a delightful riot of sizzling prose, robust poetry and keep-me-up-at-night issues...

African Marriages As Business Ventures

There was a time when Africans, especially the men, kept to their promise of someday returning home to marry the women they left behind. Those days are mostly long gone...

The Guardian, Jerry Gana and August 14, 1994

The day was February 27, 1983 A.D. While the informed populace writhed in pain for in-depth reporting; a paper caught the mood, went into research, put resources together and ventured out.  We are referring to The Guardian...

Defining Achievement, Performance and Humility of Nigeria’s Political Class

I am personally of the belief that contemporary challenges of development in Nigeria demand a critical and deliberate re-invention of the philosophy of governance and political leadership which must reflect a profound understanding of the very great tasks ahead of us as a nation and as a people...

Nigeria On The Brink

The country is in a bad shape. Everything appears to...

What Are You Thinking?

Don’t envy every rich man or anticipate being like all. Not all wealthy men should be role models,  because many of them acquired their wealth by infringing on the rights of  other people. It is not wealth when you debased the integrity of the other person to skyrocket...

The 'single story' of a people, by the people

Sieving through pages of history, it is quite easy to note that one of the banes of the Nigerian society is the peculiar inflexibility or outright lack of will to take advantage of available socio-economic opportunities towards entrenching a saner socio-economic and political state of affairs...

Change We Can Believe In

I have always viewed Nigeria as a mere geographical expression, a North and South joined together by an umbilical cord called United Kingdom, an umbilical cord which has since cut itself off and left us to our perils...

Death Comes in the Morning

I know the Holy Book says that joy comes in the morning. But I wish to inform you that death comes in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening as well...