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Yoruba: From ancestors to Architects (1)

The Yoruba-speaking people of Nigeria have been floundering, a state that, as is common in human societies, has led to transferred aggression. This isn't...

Afenifere and the Progressive Camp (1)

When sometime in 2008, the late Yinka Odumakin invited me to his 23, Sylvia Crescent, Anthony Village-office in Lagos, little did I know that...

No Shame in the Name

Because you do not have to be misrepresented by a false name. I had just finished watching another interesting episode of Third Rail on OZY...

Free at last? Nigerian Artifacts may finally return home

Debunking persistent myths and showcasing that Africans had developed complex art and systems prior to slavery and colonialism. At last, quintessential Nigerian art may return...

Rapping: a Practice in Yoruba Culture that goes back a Millennium

If you do not tell the truth about what you know and understand about yourself, then others may tell lies based on what they...

Re ‘Igbos Are their Own Worst Enemies’

The recent statement by Dr. Orji Uzor which appeared in some major newspapers that Igbos are their worst own enemies calls for great concern...

Soyinka: From California with Love

Thirty-four years back, one Saturday morning, then an undergraduate of the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, a friend (Olatunbosun Oni) and I...

Simple Questions for Yoruba Monarchs

The presidential campaign team of the PDP and their presidential flag bearer, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan must know something we do not know about the...

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