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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:

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

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:

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

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:

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

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