World From Africa | Intervention

The West Needs to Prepare for ‘ugly’ Russian Victory in Ukraine – Prof John Mearsheimer

Posted By: adminon: July 23, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: China Republic, NATO, Putin, Russia, Taiwan, Ukranians, US congress, Wagner Group, ‘Cold Peace’No CommentsViews:

Prof John Mearsheimer is not another pundit pontificating on war. He is in a class of his own. First, he is a graduate of the West Point Military Academy. Second, he ran up to the rank of a... Read more

Nigeria’s ‘Resource Curse’ Under Academic Scrutiny @ 27th World Congress of Political Science

Posted By: adminon: July 16, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Buenos Aires, Kenya, Mozambique, NIGERIA, Political Science, Resilience, Resource curse, Uganda, VulnerabilityNo CommentsViews:

The 27th World Congress of Political Science is underway in Buenos Aires, Brazil, with Africa set to dominate the panel on The Politics of New Resource Discoveries in the “Post-resourc... Read more

Will Ojapiano, Kcee’s Amazing New Sound, Become a Music Genre or Sub-genre of Afrobeats?

Posted By: adminon: June 18, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Afrobeats, Amapiano, Asake, Burna boy, Davido, Igbos’ Oja, Kcee, Limba, Ojapiano, SOUTH AFRICA, Tems, Yoruba DundunNo CommentsViews:

By Yusuf Bangura In his new hit single Ojapiano, which is taking TikTok and the African music scene by storm, Kcee combines amapiano (currently South Africa’s most popular music genre) and t... Read more

The New Grammy Award For Best African Music Performance Still Fails to Recognise The Wide Variety of African Music Genres

By Yusuf Bangura The decision on 14 June 2023 by the Grammys to add an African category to their yearly awards is an improvement on the grouping of African music under the all-encompassing a... Read more

On Sierra Leone’s Election into the UN Security Council

Posted By: adminon: June 07, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Britain, France, Kurt Waldheim, Republic of China, Russia, Salim Ahmed Salim, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, UNSC, USNo CommentsViews:

By Yusuf Bangura Sierra Leone was elected into the UN Security Council June 6th, 2023. That is as a non-permanent member. The UN Security Council is composed of 15 members—five (US, Russia,... Read more

Did Buhari Shift the Centrepiece of Nigerian Foreign Policy from Africa to Niger Republic?

Posted By: adminon: June 04, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Benin Republic, BOKO HARAM, Democratisation of foreign policy, Eastern Security Network, ECOWAS, Niger Republic, President Bola Tinubu's foreign policy, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, SIRANo CommentsViews:

By Ahmed Aminu-Ramatu YUSUF On October 20th, 2022, the Society for International Relations Awareness (SIRA) invited me to review a book, Continuity and Change in Nigeria’s Foreign Poli... Read more

The Three Things That Makes Nigeria Tick – Dr Yusuf Bangura

Posted By: adminon: May 09, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: No CommentsViews:

Looking back to get a better view of the future. That is the wisdom. Enjoy this interview but without forgetting for a second that it was first published in June 2012. Someone fished it out... Read more

Facing the Fundamental Tenets in Nigerian Foreign Policy in the Incoming Administration in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: May 03, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Africa, Chapter Two of the Constitution, ECOWAS, Nigerian foreign policyNo CommentsViews:

By Ambassador Usman Sarki Certain principles and constructs may be immutable when it comes to the affairs of nations. However, nations constantly reinvent themselves or seek to revamp their... Read more

There Cannot Be Only ONE Truth About Cleopatra – Charles Abani

Posted By: adminon: April 27, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Biriyani, History, Jollof rice, Swahili, Truth, Wollof rice, ‘Bemechin and Chebugen’No CommentsViews:

Charles Abani is not a professor, unlike Prof Gabriel Andrade whose article – Don’t Facts Matter Anymore? Netflix’s ‘Queen Cleopatra’ Promotes Afrocentrist Nonsense – Abani is respondi... Read more

An African Tribute to Harry Belafonte

Posted By: adminon: April 26, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Calypso, Freetown, Gramophone, Krio, MandelaNo CommentsViews:

By Yusuf Bangura In this short but sharp piece, Dr Yusuf Bangura domesticates the person, artistry and death of Harry Belafonte whose civil rights agitation excited Nelson Mandela, amongst o... Read more