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...

Understanding Terrorism: A Nigerian Perspective

The debate raging in USA over the siting of a mosque near Ground Zero is a mark of a healthy society grappling with a painful problem. However, security concerns must not be taken lightly because of what extremists are capable of...

Lessons from Montecitorio and Madama

Italian politics and institutions do not enjoy the admiration and sympathy vote its people, country and culture are showered with...

SOAR’s Philosophy In Ending Violence In Africa

Cult pressure introduces young individuals to alcohol and drug abusers, instigating in them a psychopathological trauma of fear, and the need to seek for protection...

Hurrah As Obama's White House Summons Young African Leaders

One thing that President Obama, singer Whitney Houston and late Rt. Honorable Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe have in common is the appreciation and admiration of youths...

Aluta Continua, Victoria Acerta! A New Hope for African Youths

In the struggle for the realization of our people who have been long marginalized, we have had several prophets who amidst death, suffering and contemplative madness were intimidated by those who have perpetuated injustice for so long...

Tea Party for Africa?

Perhaps as a result of our faltered pre-independence history, or our near preoccupation in post-independence Africa with the inefficiency of our governments, we hardly ask ourselves whatever should be of the role of government in our daily lives...

Obama’s Difficult Presidency

President Obama has so far waged all the wars; with the Republicans, the Tea Party, a biased Fox news, Wall Street greed, Arizona immigration Laws, and the Taliban insurgents who are even more determined to spill American blood...

A Prayer for Africa

May we overcome the demons of ethnicity and religious strife; and recognize our common humanity as a people. May we come to regard difference and diversity as strength instead of weakness...

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Dream Man: Is It Really Wishful Thinking?

Is it really wishful thinking to actually believe I would end up with my dream man?  If God could create King Solomon full of wisdom, Daniel full of faith, David full of courage, Joseph full of generosity, and Jesus full of love, then why not a Nigerian man full of Vera’s dreams?

On Babangida’s Malapropisms

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Nigeria: A Country Where Suffering Is the Ultimate Badge of Patriotism!

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Insider, Outsider: A Meditation on life in America

Life can be unkind here, sometimes. So it is everywhere else in the world, you may say. But in America, it is especially. We come here, compared to other places, dreaming of possibility. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses…,” the statue of liberty, beckons.    Then we face reality...

Jardin Privé (Private Garden)

One of our church pastors here during the sermon of last Sunday caused an 'uproar' when he preached against infidelity among men and women describing his wife and her 'inner property' as his private garden...

The Real Problems with Nigeria

If your quest and journey is to know the real problems with Nigeria, then this post is for you. And if, on the other hand, you are truly concerned about Nigeria, then this post is also for you...

The Royal Wedding: America fought a war to be free of a crown – really?

The Americans fought a war to be rid of the English Crown, their overlords but you would hardly realize it these days not only from the royal wedding-mania that has gripped the former colony but in the many ways that Americans continue to cede supremacy to their former overlords across the big pond...

An Open Letter to all newly elected Nigerian Representatives

My dear brothers and sisters of the National Assembly, the only contribution I can offer now to my great country is through my pen. This is our fatherland. You have to be happy with enough, and know what to believe and what to ignore...

Nigeria: A Nation unto Itself?

One reason many Nigerians voted for the All Progressives...