It has to be humiliating what we are going through as a nation: an incompetent, rapacious and thieving leadership lording over a fatalistic, gullible and poverty-stricken populace…
To those folks who see some heroism in the weird rapper 50 Cent and his pedestrian ‘get rich quick or die trying’ philosophy America is home of opportunities, raw guts, audacity and bravado…
Where does the Church of Nigeria stand on the issue of the ordination of women clergy and their eventual elevation to bishop status? Is it opposed to such a move? And if it is, what is its opposition based on?
Understanding our emotions can go a long way to help in dealing with a lot of issues that crop up in our daily interactions with persons of the opposite sex as Christians…
Most of us who are offended by our wayward ways as a nation need to minimise the analyses and come together in order to initiate something that will catalyse positive change in our society in decades to come…
The immigration process is not for the “light of heart”, for it takes endurance, trust, faith in your spouse, and a thick shell to ward off the doubtful darts of others who deem you foolish for waiting for such a long period of time or marrying a foreigner in the first place…
It is one thing to live in the shadow of the Americans after the sun set on the Union Jack only to shine on the star spangled banner. How does one live under the red banner of China? British answer to the specter of China is to ensure that their irrelevant present, like their past, happens overseas…
What Alao-Akala is doing is steal enough money with which he can create his own niche, establish his own connections and power base, and buy up everybody who is for sale in Oyo State in order to facilitate his re-election in 2011 since Adedibu is no longer able to rule Oyo State by proxy…
Our emotional confusion often arises from the conflict between who we are and how we want to be perceived by others. But there was no obvious disconnect between who Jesus knew he was and how others perceived him…
Death has a peculiar scent. In the business of saving lives, one ends up hanging around that scent quite a bit. It assaults your nostrils, clings to your clothing and messes with your mind, tauntingly reminding you of your failure…
I Write To Process The World Gently – Sefi Atta In Conversation With Ike Anya (2)
by Ike Anya
by Ike Anya
“Ethnic stereotypes are absurd to me because I was raised in a part of Lagos that was unusual in the sense that almost all my friends and family had parents who were from different ethnic backgrounds…” – Sefi Atta