For those who might not have heard the story of the Hummingbird as created and popularised by the late Prof Wangari Mathai, here is one version of it as expertly told at the just concluded ‘... Read more
By Yusuf Bangura* The balance of power in Sierra Leone’s parliament during the next five years suggests that crafting a stable majority for governance is likely to be tricky, if not messy. T... Read more
There is nothing new in Prof Deborah Brautigam dismissing American perception of China as a bogeyman in Africa. The John Hopkins University don has said that too many times, most specificall... Read more
Arusha, the Tanzanian city where the late President Julius Nyerere declared ‘Ujamaa’, (his cultural Socialism) 51 years ago is again the venue of a possible new declaration about getting the... Read more
By Mweha Msemo* Tanzania is a unique country in sub-Saharan Africa in having a single, widely used and accepted African national language that connects its entire population. Kiswahili – a l... Read more
It was a harvest of opinions as various shades of the power elite engaged the prospects of enduring democracy in Africa in Abuja. It was at the book presentation of Prof Isawa Elaigwu’s newe... Read more
The March 2018 Presidential run-off has come and gone but what was playing out and how did that happen? This is what this piece responds. This is the second and concluding part. By Yusuf Ban... Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari danced into re-election politics in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city earlier today when he formally told the National Executive Council, (NEC) meeting of his party he... Read more
The March 2018 Presidential Run-off has come and gone but what was playing out and how did that happen? This is what this piece responds. The second part follows shortly. By Yusuf Bangura Th... Read more
If Bayero University were to be a country, it could be said to be at American economist, W. W. Rostow’s stage of take-off now. At its 34th Convocation ceremony staggered over last week, it a... Read more
