The case for renaming my state capital, by Donu Kogbara
This thought-provoking and slightly edited article, which first appeared in a publication called NewAfrican, was written by my friend and former BBC boss Onyekachi Wambu, a distinguished London-based author and filmmaker. Why do we continue to cling to the colonial names bestowed on our towns and cities? We do this even when the officials after […]
Onwards and upwards!
Let’s not deceive ourselves! By DONU KOGBARA HAPPY 2021 my dear Vanguard readers. You are hearing this New Year greeting from me for the first time in the middle of January because this column has only appeared sporadically in recent weeks. I hope you will forgive me for this lamentable lack of consistency because there […]
The grass is not always greener in Europe!
By Duno Kogbara I HAVE been shuttling between the UK and Nigeria for two decades and doing at least three multi-week stints in London per annum since 1999. 2020 was different. I stayed in Nigeria all year to keep an eye on my mother…who is 85, physically frail and mentally incapable (she has dementia) of issuing […]
A young voice worth hearing
Dr Elizabeth Pinneh is a Bayelsan post-doctoral research scientist and academic, based in the UK. She lectures at St George’s University in London and works with the Brilliant Club, teaching and mentoring pupils from under-represented backgrounds in schools.
The last resort
SOME of the rice farmers who were murdered by terrorists were decapitated. I first saw images of their severed heads lying beside their bloodied corpses on Monday; and I was absolutely devastated. I shed tears at intervals all day.
Donu & Nigeria @ 60
THIS article first appeared in a European magazine called THE AFRICA REPORT last month, just before the ENDSARS protests.
