People in Action
It was a burial fit for someone not known enough for what he was – a humanist who took and solved other people’s problems and being so good at doing that as to cultivate such a wide network... Read more
Literature and or culture and the imagination that drives them are not about pain, victory, death or surrender. They are always about critical celebration of life and its turns. This is what... Read more
Last week, it was the 60th birthday of Comrade John Odah. This week, it is the birthday of Yunusa Zakeri Y’au, the ex-academic turned civil society mandarin. The two are some of the stars of... Read more
In the context of voice as a form of power, Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey joining the academic community at the London School of Economics today would be considered great news for global academia... Read more
The month of August brings back memories of the well known Nigerian soldier turned politician – Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. IBB, as Babangida is more known, was born in August and he organis... Read more
In the Western media, the concept of the ‘African Big Man’ is part of the African crisis. In that space, the ‘African Big Man’ is the personification of lawless, corrupt use of power. This v... Read more
“Alphonso Davies, a Ghana-born Liberian refugee who migrated to Canada, was one of the standout players in the just concluded Champions League tournament, which his team, Bayern Munich... Read more
By Robert Morrell• On Monday, 17 August, Bill Freund died in Durban. He was 76 years old. He was among the most eminent of South Africa’s historians and published prodigiously broadly in the... Read more
He does not belong to the first generation – the generation of Paul Acheme Anyebe, Morgan Ogbole and Joe Omakwu. These three were the star signifiers, the ones who had broken into the exclus... Read more
He doesn’t make the headlines yet but he is a good example of an indigenous expert with global competitiveness. We are referring to Mr. Omale Ben Amedu, the Chief Executive of MB Amedu &... Read more
