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...

Sarkozy: Sweet And Bitter Memories!

France, as one of the principal world powers, official possessor of nuclear weapons, permanent member of the UN Security Council and one of the engine rooms of the European Union, must be seen as wielding enormous influence in the new world order...

Okonjo-Iweala for World Bank: Obama's United States ready for Change?

Since the inception of World Bank, the United States of America has been producing presidents of the Brentwood institution.  But this time around a new tune is in play and the United States may has to be ready for a change...

Okonjo-Iweala quest to lead World Bank: Politics over Qualification

The truth is that Nigeria's Okonjo-Iweala has strong competitors to the position and it will take more than qualification and credentials to topple those two other gentlemen. To be frank, the most compelling competitor is Dr. Jim Yong Kim, a Korean American nominated by President Barrack Obama...

David-West, Okonjo-Iweala and the World Bank

Maybe, Okonjo-Iweala’s removal will be Nigerians' subsidy' to a new lease of life. But is this the way she has to live: genuflecting from one slighted opportunity to another without leaving any vital record on the sand of history?

Lessons From Mali and Senegal.

Two significant events happened in Africa last week that should force Nigerians -- both the government and the governed -- to do a health check on the democracy we have in place currently: the military coup in Mali and the defeat of incumbent President Abdulaye Wade in Senegal...

If Mitt Romney were Nigerian

Brace yourself if you have not been following the republican primaries. Amongst his own party members, Mitt Romney’s problem is simply that he is too rich, too removed, too sophisticated to win people over....

S’Africa’s continual maltreatment of Nigerians

The recurring and unwarranted diplomatic fireworks were obviously sparked again, by South Africa, otherwise called the Rainbow Nation, when it repatriated 125 Nigerians upon landing in Johannesburg weeks ago. For all intents and purposes, the fresh affront on Nigeria was infuriating, unprovoked...

Diplomatic Battle between Two Great African Nations

"Here in Cape Town, if you are a Nigerian, you can’t sleep with your two eyes tightly closed at night. I know it sounds odd, but that’s the truth. There are so many people who hate Nigerians here. They see us as dubious dishonest people that should be sent away without causing much scene that could attract global attention..."

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Lamidi Adedibu And The Ibadan Monarch

The ordinary people of Ibadanland potentially will be the great losers in the event of full-scale atrocities between the Olubadan and his Ekarun...

Presidential Hopeful At A Disadvantage…

Journalists asking Kerry to be more forthcoming about what he wants to do and how he wants to do it are indirectly helping to deflate Kerry‘s balloon, giving undue advantage to Bush...

Why (Not) Biafra

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The Black Consciousness Movement in South African Literature (2)

Perhaps the antecedents of any serious modern black South African literary production could be located in the fifties when political repression was at its most physically visible...

Lessons from Ghana

Nigeria's self-proclaimed status as the 'Giant of Africa' is...

Congo's Floribert Chebeya murder: Afripol calls for a detailed Investigation

The Federal Republic of Congo, Africa and the civilized world have lost a great Human and Civil Rights Activist in Floribert Chebeya...

Nigeria and the part of our past (2)

Read Part 1 HERE Nigeria's current challenges are products of...