‘Not as exotic as you’: The poetics of difference and othering
By Oko Owi Ocho Afrika Isaac Miebi Mandez creates a persona who is in therapy—but it is a collective self-therapy that takes us through the history of colonial violence, the continued impact of the wound of that violence, and what Frantz Fanon had noted as the continuity of the wound of colonialism, which we have […]
The Magu Probe: Another Arugungu Fishing Festival ?
Oga Salami, may your days be long. Your lordship, you are highly revered, home and abroad. Oga, let me tell you what some people are saying now. They say this thing has become another Arugungu fishing festival. I don’t know why they are saying it but the come-today come-tomorrow has become, like they say, too much.
Service Chiefs, the National Assembly and public decorum
UNEASY, so goes a popular saying, lies the head that wears the crown. Never has this saying been more apt than in the case of the current service chiefs of the various Services of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Obaseki and the paradox of our society
The feud cost the former his exalted position in the party and forced the latter out. But what is the real cause of the rift? What is Obaseki’s grave sin? Well, I’ve got answers.
Toast to Ambassador Walter Carrington at 90
This milestone is significant, considering that in the United States, the life expectancy of the African American is 75.4 years. But it has pleased the almighty God to give him long life and
COVID-19: Increased burden of the pandemic in Africa
THE novel coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic has had far-reaching consequences across the globe. The continent of Africa has recorded over 702,663 COVID-19 cases, and there is already a concern…
