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‘Not as exotic as you’: The poetics of difference and othering

‘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 […]
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Atiku: Why Igbo Leaders’ Endorsement was Right

Atiku: Why Igbo Leaders’ Endorsement was Right

Igbo leaders from all walks of life gathered at the region’s ancient city of Enugu on Wednesday, November 14, 2018, “to consider Ndigbo’s place in the polity especially in the light of the forthcoming 2019 elections”.

GEJ’s finest hours and the rest of us

GEJ’s finest hours and the rest of us

Former President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has somewhat proved a contemplative leader both in and out of office, although public appreciation of that elemental grace was lost in the haze of the    presidential power politics and electioneering for the 2015 poll.

Western Delta: The Idea of a University

Western Delta: The Idea of a University

Do you, whenever you visit a city, get magnated by an unknown force to its university, such that if until you achieve what you feel you have not actually visited that place? Some people are simply like that. The universities call out to them with silent voices that enchant their very souls.

Reno to Buhari: Leave Jonathan alone, face transparency Intl.

Reno to Buhari: Leave Jonathan alone, face transparency Intl.

The statement from the Presidency with regards to facts stated by Dr. Goodluck Jonathan in his book, My Transition Hours, is just evidence of a guilty conscience. As Shakespeare said “”The lady doth protest too much, methinks”.