World From Africa | Intervention

The Sun Sets on Prof Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, Leading African Liberation Scholar

Posted By: adminon: April 22, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: Counter- hegemonic philosophy, Decoloniality, DRC, Pope Francis, Representational practice of power, ‘Invention of Africa’No CommentsViews:

The sun has set conclusively on Prof V. I Mudimbe, one of the earliest strikers in counter-hegemonic Philosophy, with particular reference to the constructedness of Africa. He died April 22n... Read more

If You Had to Invent a University, What Would It Look Like?

Posted By: adminon: April 11, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: Curricular, Knowledge production, Pedagogy, SOUTH AFRICA, UNESCONo CommentsViews:

By Mark Paterson and Thierry M Luescher Universities must abandon old-fashioned ideas about their roles and the kinds of qualifications they offer if they are to meet student needs and serv... Read more

An Open Letter to the Tor Tiv

Posted By: adminon: March 23, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: Cameroon, Christianity, Colonial rule, Middle Benue Valley, Swem, Tiv civilisation, TivlandNo CommentsViews:

By Terngu Sylvanus Nomishan Your Royal Majesty, the Tor Tiv, Orchivirigh Professor James Iorzua Ayatse, I humbly pen this heartfelt open letter, a solemn cry born from a place of profound di... Read more

At the Bingham University’s International Conference on Instability and Development Crisis in Africa

Posted By: adminon: March 09, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: ABU Zaria, Africa, Bingham University, Election Commission of India, INEC, Intervention, NIGERIA, TrustNo CommentsViews:

It was a great day for Political Science or, better still, for knowledge production in Nigeria; a big day for Bingham University, Karu, near Abuja for its uncommon boldness in the politics... Read more

Memories of Prof Richard Joseph’s Abuja Fish Joint Seminar

Posted By: adminon: February 16, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: Abuja Review of Fish Joint Conversation, Africa, Cameroon, Diffarance, France, NIIA, Prebendalism, Republic of Nigeria, theoryNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja It wasn’t a seminar. It was a social outing except that all the attendants have social science background. In fact, all but one of them are political scientists, invite... Read more

Thinking Africa As Sam Nujoma, the Last of That Generation, Goes Home

Posted By: adminon: February 09, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: Cyril Ramaphosa, Mugabe, Namibia, Paul Kagame, Sam Nujoma, The CommonwealthNo CommentsViews:

The death Saturday night (08/02/25) of Sam Nujoma, the first president of independent Namibia in Southern Africa must have set Africa thinking. Incumbent Namibian President, Nangolo Mbumba h... Read more

Swem Must Be Preferred Over the Cross By the Tiv

Posted By: adminon: January 31, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: Ancestors, Benue State, Biblical teachings, Gboko, God, Swem, Tiv, Tor Tiv1 CommentViews:

By Terngu Sylvanus Nomishan Three key themes: Tiv identity, Swem, and the Cross, form the foundation of this discourse. This discussion aims to highlight why the Tiv people must recognize th... Read more

Should Africa Fear Trump 2.0?

Posted By: adminon: January 20, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: 'Africa Rising', African actorness, BRICS, MAGA, Samuel HuntingtonNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja Imagining Africa under Donald Trump as he took power today for another four years as president of the United States of America should be the most legitimate of all concerns.... Read more

What’s Gone Wrong with Nigeria’s Foreign Policy?

Posted By: adminon: January 20, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: AES, BRICS, Egypt, EthiopiaNo CommentsViews:

By Yusuf Bangura Nigeria’s acceptance into the BRICS club as a *partner country* is a slap in the face for Nigerian leaders, the foreign policy establishment and citizens who believe that Ni... Read more

Thoughts on Approaches to the Study of Nigeria (and Africa Generally)

Posted By: adminon: January 11, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: African development, Afro beats, Bjorn Beckman and Gunilla Andrae, Botswana, Brazil, Columbia, Containerisation, CORRUPTION, Home market, Industrialists, Jamaica, LAGOS, Mexico, Poverty, Sierra Leone, Social scientists, SOUTH AFRICA, Trinidad, Uganda, Underdevelopment, UNRISDNo CommentsViews:

In Three Surprises From Our Two-Week Visit to Nigeria, Dr. Yusuf Bangura and wife “were struck by the easy availability of well processed and packaged foods with local flavours; the se... Read more