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Why Myths Can Save Humanity

Posted By: adminon: February 25, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: Culture, Faith, Humanity, Psychology, Religious storiesNo CommentsViews:
Why Myths Can Save Humanity

  Old stories fill our lives with dignity Myth has staged a big comeback as a theme in both radical/critical as well as status quo social science. This piece speaks to that although the... Read more

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Marxism and Literature After Biodun Jeyifo

Posted By: adminon: February 14, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: Apartheid, Critical security studies, Deliberative democracy, Discourse, Emancipation, Frankfurt School critical theory, Gramscian Marxism, Kant, Literature, Marxism, Plato, Prof Ken BoothNo CommentsViews:
Marxism and Literature After Biodun Jeyifo

By Adagbo Onoja Decades before his death January 11th, 2026, Prof Biodun Jeyifo had ceased to teach in Nigeria. But a knowledge producer is inherently a global supplier, irrespective of loca... Read more

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Whole Idea of Development Studies Under Question – Prof Anuradha Joshi, New IDS chief

Posted By: adminon: January 31, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: Research, Trump, UK, University of Sussex, USAIDNo CommentsViews:
Whole Idea of Development Studies Under Question – Prof Anuradha Joshi, New IDS chief

The Institute of Development Studies attached to the University of Sussex in the UK is not just another research centre. It is the leader, with a significance for Africa. In fact, gist merch... Read more

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Reading Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, From Subaltern Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: January 26, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: Canada, Hegemony, Medium powers, NIGERIA, Power, Radical contingency, Rules-based international order, Trump, Truth, USANo CommentsViews:
Reading Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, From Subaltern Nigeria

By Adagbo Onoja Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, managed to get the world stirring with his speech to the 2026 Davos audience. It is no mean achievement for a medium power to seemingly... Read more

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A Remarkably Prosperous 2026 Wish to All Intervention Readers

Posted By: adminon: December 31, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: 2025, 2026, Intervention, North America, Ordeals, Publishing holidays, Survival, West AfricaNo CommentsViews:
A Remarkably Prosperous 2026 Wish to All Intervention Readers

In a few hours hence, 2025 would have passed into history and been succeeded by 2026. There should be no greater joy than surviving 2025 although survival is so cheap a form or level of livi... Read more

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

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

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

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

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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:
Harvard Is Training Us for a World That No Longer Exists

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

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

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

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

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

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