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Echoes of the Jos (Nigeria) Conversation on Fanon And the ‘African Condition’ at the Centenary of the Philosopher

Posted By: adminon: December 30, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: 'Marx and Africa Conference ', Africa’s knowledge production crisis, ASUU, CDD-West Africa, CITAD, CODESRIA, Fanon, Inter-generational conversation, Resurgent Pan-Africanism, The 'African condition'No CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja There were none of the overtly stormy sessions which define the 1983 ‘Marx and Africa’ Centenary with which the November 2025 Fanon Centenary compares in recent N... Read more

Won’t Amplifying the Prof Jibrin Ibrahim Story Produce A Calming Effect On the Northern Waters?

Posted By: adminon: December 02, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: Class, Cross Rivers State, Gender, Generational, Jigawa State, Northern Nigeria, Regional, ReligiousNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja Again, this is NOT signaling the end of Intervention‘s publishing holidays but a quick theft of time to simply put on record that a reflective exercise worthy of note t... Read more

Harvard Is Training Us for a World That No Longer Exists

Posted By: adminon: November 20, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: AI, ChatGPT, Computer Science, Economics, Harvard, Liberal arts, UnemploymentNo CommentsViews:

While it is debatable if a theoretically grounded student can find any situation too technically complicated to unpack since all technical designs are derivatives of a core principle, the ar... Read more

Explaining the Decline of Oxford and Cambridge in the 2026 ‘Good University’ Guide

Posted By: adminon: September 24, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: British higher education scene, LSE, Oxbridge, STEM, University of Durham, University of St AndrewsNo CommentsViews:

Those who habour the opinion that Oxford and Cambridge are overrated would be tempted to see the result of the latest ‘good university’ guide by The Times as their ultimate evidence. But why... Read more

ABU, Zaria Literary Philosopher, Muazu Maiwada, Speaks on State of Writing in Nigeria Today

Posted By: adminon: September 11, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: Abubakar Imam, Achebe, Acholonu, Ahmadu Bello University, ANA, Chike Obi, Clark, Creative writing, Gimba, Kasimu Yero, Nelly Uchendu, Ojaide, Osundare, Poetry, Soyinka, TutuolaNo CommentsViews:

LiteratureVoice conducted this interview which Intervention finds re-publishable mainly because of one question: the state of writing in Nigeria today. Why are there no Achebes, Soyinkas, JP... Read more

Uganda’s Poetic Tribute to Prof Okello Oculi

Posted By: adminon: August 27, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: Ancestors, Complex images, Jojok Amalo, Lango, Makerere University, Metaphors, Naijaland, Polemicist, Post-independence hyenas, River Moroto, Weight of historyNo CommentsViews:

Prof Okaka Opio Dokotum who read this poetic tribute to Prof Oculi at The Cathedral of the Church of Advent, Abuja on August 21st, 2025 is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Lira University in Ug... Read more

Stop the University Ranking Circus

Posted By: adminon: August 20, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: ARWU, Competition frame, QS, Shanghai, THE, ‘Good university, ‘Quantified gossip’No CommentsViews:

In June 2024, a study called for an end to use of ranking to validate research. The researchers gave their reasons. Others have followed even while the ranking industry seems to be coming of... Read more

Rome to Host 2027 World Congress of the International Political Science Association (IPSA)

Posted By: adminon: July 19, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: IPSA, Italy, Kenya, Political Science, Rome, Seoul, The Republic of Korea, UNIJOSNo CommentsViews:

The 28th World Congress of the International Political Science Association ended Wednesday, June 16th, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea with the announcement of the host of the 2027 version. It wi... Read more

28th World Congress of the International Political Science Association Takes Off in Seoul, Korea

Posted By: adminon: July 12, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: Africa, Global South, IPSA, Kenya, NIGERIA, Political Science, The Republic of Korea, UNIJOSNo CommentsViews:

Political scientists from around the world have converged on Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea in Asia. They are there for the 28th World Congress of the International Political Sc... Read more

The Image Crisis of the Tinubu Presidency

Posted By: adminon: July 09, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: APC, Civil society, Democratic glasshouse, History, Legitimacy, Sycophancy, The Renewed Hope’ agenda, Tinubu administrationNo CommentsViews:

The epistemic poverty of image making in Nigeria in general and of the Presidency in particular attracts the attention of an interested observer and activist of the Kaduna based Network for... Read more