World From Africa | Intervention

Plagiarism is Not a Sin: Claudine Gay’s Failure was Intellectual, Not Moral

Posted By: adminon: January 12, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Harvard, MIT, Neri Oxman, Plagiarism, Prof Claudine Gay, University of PennsylvaniaNo CommentsViews:

The orthodoxy in academia is capital NO to plagiarism. But, in the essay below, Kathleen Stock who is introduced as a columnist for UnHerd; author of Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for... Read more

ABU, Zaria Probes Into Challenges of Quality Higher Education in Africa @ Its 60th Anniversary

Posted By: adminon: January 08, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: ABU Zaria, Africa, FGN, MacArthur Foundation, media, World BankNo CommentsViews:

Nearly everyone says university education in Nigeria is all about production and circulation of illiterates. The World Bank says so, the Nigerian Government is comfortable with that and most... Read more

Selling a US Steel to Japan’s NIPPON is Dangerous But Selling Ajaokuta is an Achievement in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: December 31, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: America’s industrial economy, Chinese subsidies, Economic nationalism, Foreign capital, Japan, NIPPON SteelNo CommentsViews:

Originally titled NIPPON’s Purchase of US Steel is a Dangerous Move, this piece draws attention again to the elite crisis of mission in Nigeria By Miquel Vila Nippon Steel’s bid to purchase... Read more

From Non-linear Tracking of Empire With a Question

Posted By: adminon: November 21, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Africa, Critic, Critical, Critique, Empire, Entanglement, International Relations, Non-linearity, Opposition, Quantum social theory, ‘Officially Permitted Madness’No CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja It is incredible how International Relations (IRs) is busy breaking down all the ‘China Walls’ and expanding into diverse realms of knowledge production, from the ‘linguistic... Read more

President George Weah’s Interim Farewell to Liberia

Posted By: adminon: November 18, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Ambassador Joseph Boakai, Coalition for Democratic Change, Defeat of incumbent, Electoral democracy, Liberia, West AfricaNo CommentsViews:

In a way, it can be called his farewell address to Liberians even as he remains in power till the hand over date. but he is already looking at 2029, thereby saying ‘till then’ The presidenti... Read more

Noo, Saro-Wiwa’s Daughter, Turns ‘China in Africa’ Into ‘Africa in China’

Posted By: adminon: November 16, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: African passport, Black ghosts, Chinese racism, Jollof rice, Obi Okonkwo, People's Republic of China, Western passportNo CommentsViews:

Noo, late Saro-Wiwa’s daughter and an award winning author is doing wonders with words, turning a major global narrative 360 degrees. Hitherto, the biggest phenomenon in post-Cold War geopol... Read more

Wolf Reader Explodes on Jega, Campion’s Essay on African EMBs Following Enugu Guber NYSC Ruling

Posted By: adminon: November 08, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: 'Empty signifier', Carter Center, CCMG, ECG, ECZ, Enugu governorship election petitionNo CommentsViews:

A reader who can be called a wolf warrior is so provoked by the first part of this review of Professor Attahiru Jega and Campion’s essay on the state of election management bodies (EMBs) in... Read more

Jega and Campion’s Revealing Essay on African EMBs in the Era of Democratic Backsliding

Posted By: adminon: November 05, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: DEMOCRACY, INEC, SAJIA, Sub-Saharan Africa, ‘Authoritarian resurgence’ ‘Democratic recession’, ‘Autocratising countries, ‘Backsliding’No CommentsViews:

With many hailing the Appeal Court as obviously more mindful of the legitimacy and survival of the system in the way they handle election petitions in Nigeria of late (with many expecting mo... Read more

Can Tanzania Join Rwanda, Kenya and South Africa on Visa-free Policy?

Posted By: adminon: November 03, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Dr Tajudeen Abdulraheem, Europeans, Kenya, President Paul Kagame, President William Ruto, SOUTH AFRICA, Tanzania, Visa-free policyNo CommentsViews:

Rwanda is granting visa to Africans on arrival in the country. Paul Kagame, the president made this known by himself. Kenya, her neighbour, is following that pathway. The two will be joined... Read more

Establishing Priorities in Nigeria’s Foreign Policy

Posted By: adminon: October 14, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Atlantic Ocean, ECOWAS, Europe, Middle East, Nigerian missions, RECs, The AmericasNo CommentsViews:

By Ambassador Usman Sarki Understanding the drivers of Nigeria’s foreign policy and the determinants of the national interest is an important activity that should occupy our passing mo... Read more