How To Be An African
The white man is happy however that he can take over the world technologically, morally and now culturally. And we are very much part of the blame…
Soyinka's Other Gift to the World
Humanity may be messy, but it is intrinsically noble, and its existence is justified by certain inalienable rights. Any attempt to demean these rights in any one single individual or group, by an act of political or religious dogmatism, is an affront on the whole community, and should be so perceived and resisted.
The Writer and the Global Frontier (2)
A lot of us will never live fully in Africa again. Many people in my daughter’s generation will probably grow up with only the idea of Africa…
The Writer and the Global Frontier
A lot of us will never live fully in Africa again. Many people in my daughter’s generation will probably grow up with only the idea of Africa…
The Incredible Fate of Small People
As you read of the slave ships waiting to berth in Cotonou, you'll also do well to remember that there is an international school on the other side of the city, or in nearby Lome, where rich black kids learn to become ambassadors and international politicians and financiers.
H.A. is not O.K.
Many families in Nigeria live below the poverty line and cannot afford therapy for the mentally sick…
The Largesse of His Excellency
If ever there was a case of money in search of an idea, it is the Abdulsalami A. Abubakar Distinguished Lecture Series!
There They Go Again: Carpetbaggers' Diaspora Organ
It is funny that a government that does not adequately attend to the ordinary needs of its citizens…is pretending to organize people whose presence in America, Europe and elsewhere is by and large a result of the failure of the Nigeria state.
A Curious Christmas Gift
I believe the boy must have been happy to be in London. He was maybe too young to hate Nigeria, but young enough to know the deliciousness and freedom of a new experience…