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Trauma, Fantasy and Hegemony in Comprehending Prof Jibrin Ibrahim’s 70th Birthday 

Posted By: adminon: December 14, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: 'Critical distance’, 2nd International, Africa, Anthropocene, Bolaji Akinyemi, Fantasy, Halford Mackinder, Hegemony, Intellectuals of statecraft, Prof. Yakubu Ochefu, SAP, TraumaNo CommentsViews:
Trauma, Fantasy and Hegemony in Comprehending Prof Jibrin Ibrahim's 70th Birthday 

By Adagbo Onoja  It seems safe to assume that the 70th birthday anniversary of Prof Jibrin Ibrahim is finally over. But an entire week celebrating a single political scientist in a country o... Read more

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We Were Blown Away by the Colossal Size and Complexity of the Dangote Refinery

Posted By: adminon: December 10, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Africa’s biggest refinery, Engineer Ganiyu Adebayo, Floating buoy, Ibeju LekkiNo CommentsViews:
We Were Blown Away by the Colossal Size and Complexity of the Dangote Refinery

Switzerland based Sierra Leonean political economist and ex-ABU, Zaria academic, Dr Yusuf Bangura who has been in Nigeria in the past week took time off to visit the Dangote Refinery in Lago... Read more

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Three Big Take-aways From An African Family Trip to Namibia, Botswana, Cape Town and Addis Ababa

Posted By: adminon: November 30, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Black lives, Botswana Democratic Party, Christianity in Ethiopia, Decolonisation, Ethiopian sense of independence, Ethiopia’s imperial grandeur, High African entrepreneurship in Ethiopia, Namibia, Oromia, Rural Botswana, The Adwa Victory Memorial, Tswana ethnicityNo CommentsViews:
Three Big Take-aways From An African Family Trip to Namibia, Botswana, Cape Town and Addis Ababa

By Yusuf Bangura  A few days ago, we talked about the uniqueness of each of the four countries we visited and the amazing people that made our tour enjoyable. We want to conclude these refle... Read more

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Strategising on Instrumentalising Social Protection to Save West Africa From Climate Change at the OTUWA-DTDA’s Abuja Regional Workshop

Posted By: adminon: October 09, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Climate colonialism, DTDA, Frederick Chiluba, IPCC, Just transition, Kenneth Kaunda, Michael Imoudu, OTUWA, Registrar of Trade Unions, Sekou Toure, Siaka Stevens, Silva de Lula, Social protection, ‘Polluters pay’ principleNo CommentsViews:
Strategising on Instrumentalising Social Protection to Save West Africa From Climate Change at the OTUWA-DTDA’s Abuja Regional Workshop

How might a severely climate change threatened continent guarantee the social protection that can make the energy transition from fossil fuel a just transition in the face of unspeakable soc... Read more

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They know I know Everything – Robert Bourgi’s Tales of French Rape of Africa

Posted By: adminon: October 01, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: African capitals, African Heads of State, Blaise Compaoré, Bourgi, Burkina Faso, Congo-Brazzaville, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Emmanuel Macron, Gabon, Gaullists, Jacques Chirac, Jacques Foccart, Mali, Mobutu Sese Seko, Nicholas Sarkozy, Niger, Omar Bongo, ParisNo CommentsViews:
They know I know Everything - Robert Bourgi's Tales of French Rape of Africa

In a different review of this same book, the title is They know I know Everything. It carries two riders or what can be considered as such. The rider, properly speaking, is, “My life in the... Read more

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Scientists Demand Better Climate Research in Africa Just As Trinity College Defends New Chair on Climate Change

Posted By: adminon: October 01, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: African Coalition for Sustainable Energy and Access, African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Cameroon, Climate Change and Development in Africa, National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, Polluter, Professor Karen Wiltshire, Trinity College Dublin, World Meteorological OrganizationNo CommentsViews:
Scientists Demand Better Climate Research in Africa Just As Trinity College Defends New Chair on Climate Change

By Elias Ngalame  Scientists, researchers and academics are arguing the case for better research on climate change in Africa, pointing out how improved knowledge and investments in early war... Read more

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Might Ronald Reagan Be Donald Trump’s Forerunner and Model?

Posted By: adminon: September 15, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: GOP, Grenada, Larry Speakes, MAGA, Max Boot, Reaganism, TrumpismNo CommentsViews:
Might Ronald Reagan Be Donald Trump's Forerunner and Model?

Those who are able to finish reading this piece published originally in The New Yorker may no longer be surprised why Henry Kissinger once wondered why it ever occurred to anyone that a Rona... Read more

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Ngugi wa Thiong’o Spearheads Dismantling Language Empires

Posted By: adminon: August 22, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Achebe, Africa, African universities, Colonialists, Igbo, Irish nationalism, Joyce, Kenya, Toyin Falola, Yoruba, Zulu, ‘Nobel of the heart’No CommentsViews:
Ngugi wa Thiong’o Spearheads Dismantling Language Empires

Age and nasty experiences in the recent past are not slowing down Ngugi Wa Thiongo, the Kenyan writer. He is still taking the fight to Africa’s conquerors, this time revisiting his insistenc... Read more

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Let’s Abolish the Colonial IMF on Its 80th Birthday

Posted By: adminon: August 03, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Austerity, Debt, Harsh loan conditions, IMF, Neoliberalism oversold, Public sector wage bill, World BankNo CommentsViews:
Let's Abolish the Colonial IMF on Its 80th Birthday

It is just two African countries out of over 50 others  – Kenya and Nigeria – that are exploding for reasons that, in the last instance, stem from disciplinary neoliberalism supe... Read more

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Toumani Djabaté, the Maestro of Kora Music, Passes On

Posted By: adminon: July 21, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Ali Farka Toure, Bala Faséké, Balanji, Ballaké Sisoko, Epic of Sundiata, Kora, Sékou Keita and Jeli Moussa Djawara, Sona Jorbateh, Soso, Toumani Djiabaté, Traditional African music, ’Heart of the Moon’No CommentsViews:
Toumani Djabaté, the Maestro of Kora Music, Passes On

By Yusuf Bangura I was shocked to learn of the passing on July 19th, 2024 of the maestro of Kora music, the Malian Toumani Diabaté. He was only 58! There are many great kora musicians, such... Read more

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