By Yusuf Bangura I received the shocking news of the passing of Okello Oculi, the Ugandan scholar who lived 48 years of his life in Nigeria, while I was on the train to Ottawa from Kingston... Read more
It is contestable but not stupid to claim that Literature is always ahead in the politics of recovery of the African selves (a unitary African self would be worse than colonialism) than its... Read more
Political scientists from around the world have converged on Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea in Asia. They are there for the 28th World Congress of the International Political Sc... Read more
These shots constitute one set of pictures one comes across in a platform called ‘New Africa’. The Facebook page has many interesting pictures, mostly of Africa and Africans. For instance, t... Read more
By Adagbo Onoja Pundits are still sure he is the winner – in – waiting as Mayor of New York City. He would be scoring many firsts if he is finally pronounced anytime soon. At 33, he would be... Read more
The military regime in Mali has been asked to, as a matter of urgency, conduct elections and clear out of power. 16 prominent citizens of the country made up of writers, researchers, constit... Read more
It is still the season of tributes to leading African writer, Ngugi Wa Thiongo, all of which he is no more in a position to read and (dis)agree with. Below is, however, the piece that was pu... Read more
“The Changing Nature of Academic and Intellectual Freedom in Africa” is the subject matter the Nigerian Academy of Letters (NALS) is inviting all who care to bear witness to its unpacking Ma... Read more
At the Bingham University’s International Conference on Instability and Development Crisis in Africa
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
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
